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• Genesis 29

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  Genesis 29 tells how Jacob, after arriving in Haran, serves his uncle Laban seven years for Rachel, is deceived into marrying Leah first, and agrees to serve another seven years. The chapter closes with Leah bearing four sons.

• 1 Samuel 27

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  First Samuel 27 tells how David, fleeing Saul's pursuit, takes refuge with his six hundred men under Achish, the Philistine king of Gath. He receives Ziklag, stays in Philistine territory for a year and four months, raids the surrounding peoples, and deceives Achish.

• Proverbs 30

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  Proverbs 30 contains the words of Agur the son of Jakeh. It consists of questions about the Creator, a declaration of the purity of God's word, a prayer asking for neither poverty nor riches, and observational sayings grouped in the pattern of "three things, yea, four."

• Zechariah 1

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  Zechariah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Zechariah. It opens with a call to the people who had returned from exile to "turn ye unto me," followed by the first two of the prophet's eight night visions: the man riding a red horse among the myrtle trees, and the four horns and the four craftsmen.

• Genesis 6:1–4

  [Bible Verses]

  A brief and enigmatic passage stating that "the sons of God" took "the daughters of men" as wives and that the Nephilim were on the earth in those days. Since antiquity, interpreters have disagreed over whether the sons of God were angels, descendants of Seth, or kings.

• Aloes

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  Aloes is a precious aromatic mentioned in the Bible. In the Old Testament it describes the fragrance of a king and of lovers; in the New Testament it refers to the spices Nicodemus brought for the burial of Jesus.

• Sibbechai

  [People]

  Sibbechai was a warrior in the time of King David. The Bible records that he killed a descendant of the giants in battle against the Philistines and that he commanded the division of David's army that served in the eighth month.

• Zacchaeus

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  Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector of Jericho who appears in Luke 19. He climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Jesus and, after Jesus called him, welcomed him into his home. He then declared that he would give half of his goods to the poor and repay fourfold anything he had taken by fraud.

• Genesis 14:18-20

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  Genesis 14:18-20 is the passage in which Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the most high God, blesses Abram on his return from battle, and Abram gives him a tenth. It is frequently cited in connection with the Epistle to the Hebrews' reading of Melchizedek as a type of Christ and in discussions of tithing.

• Troas

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  Troas was a port city on the Aegean coast of northwestern Asia Minor. The Book of Acts records it as the place where Paul saw the vision of the man of Macedonia and where Eutychus was restored to life.

• Rameses

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  Rameses was the name of a region and a city in the eastern Nile Delta of ancient Egypt. The children of Israel built it as a store city while in bondage, and it was the starting point of their march at the Exodus.

• Gibbethon

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  Gibbethon was an Old Testament town in the territory of the tribe of Dan and a Levitical city, but by the period recounted in the books of Kings it belonged to the Philistines. King Nadab of Israel was assassinated while besieging it, and Omri was proclaimed king in the camp there.

• Beth-peor

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  Beth-peor was a place in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River. Scripture records it as the site where Moses proclaimed the law of Deuteronomy and identifies the valley opposite it as the place of his burial.

• Caphtor

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  Caphtor is an Old Testament place name identified as the land from which the Philistines came. It is generally thought to be an island or coastal region of the Mediterranean, and the best-known view identifies it with Crete.

• Shethar-boznai

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  Shethar-boznai was an official during the reign of the Persian king Darius who investigated the authority for rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. In Ezra 5–6 his name always appears together with that of Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River.

• Silvanus

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  Silvanus was a first-century coworker who preached the gospel alongside the apostle Paul. He is named in the Pauline Epistles and in 1 Peter and is generally identified with the Silas of the Book of Acts.

• Spices

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  In the Bible, "spices" is a general term for aromatic plant substances. Scripture associates them with the holy anointing oil and incense of the tabernacle, with royal treasuries and gifts, and with burial. They also appear in the accounts of Jesus' burial and the morning of his resurrection.

• Ruth 3

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  Ruth 3 is the chapter in which Ruth, following Naomi's instructions, goes to the threshing floor at night and asks Boaz to take up the responsibility of a kinsman-redeemer, and Boaz promises with an oath to do so.

• Ruth 2

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  While gleaning in the barley harvest fields of Bethlehem, Ruth comes to the field of Boaz, a kinsman of Elimelech, and receives his kindness. Naomi tells her that Boaz is one of their kinsman-redeemers.

• Presbyterian Church of Chosen

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  The Presbyterian Church of Chosen was the first General Assembly organization of Korean Presbyterianism, formed in Pyongyang in September 1912 by seven presbyteries. It was renamed the Presbyterian Church in Korea in 1949, and many Presbyterian denominations today regard it as their common root.