{"query": "Easton: Dedication, Feast of the", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_e2da6efaf1f0", "title": "Easton: Dedication, Feast of the", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(John 10:22, 42), i.e., the feast of the renewing. It was instituted B.C. 164 to commemorate the purging of the temple after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes (B.C. 167), and the rebuilding of the "}, {"id": "card_n_972ee38e2278", "title": "Easton: Hallel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Praise, the name given to the group of Psalms 113-118, which are preeminently psalms of praise. It is called “The Egyptian Hallel,” because it was chanted in the temple whilst the Passover lambs were "}, {"id": "card_n_37284637e771", "title": "Easton: Tabernacles, Feast of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The third of the great annual festivals of the Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the “feast of ingathering” (Ex. 23:16; Deut. 16:13). It was celebrated immediately after the harvest, in the mont"}, {"id": "card_n_b560cfdfff5a", "title": "Easton: Passover", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord’s passing over the houses of the Israelites (Ex. 12:13) when the first bo"}, {"id": "card_n_39fb74a3b5b2", "title": "Easton: Pentecost", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "I.e., “fiftieth”, found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex. 23:16 as “the feast of harvest,” and again in Ex. 34:22 as “the day of"}, {"id": "card_n_5a0d951f0365", "title": "Easton: Ezra, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time included in Nehemiah, the Jews regarding them as one volume. The two are still distinguished in the"}, {"id": "card_n_2b842a4e6efa", "title": "Easton: Trumpets, Feast of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was celebrated at the beginning of the month Tisri, the first month of the civil year. It received its name from the circumstances that the trumpets usually blown at the commencement of each month wer"}, {"id": "card_n_14110e5bcd41", "title": "Easton: Banquet", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A feast provided for the entertainment of a company of guests (Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet. 4:3); such as was provided for our Lord by his friends in Bethany (Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3; comp. John 12:2). These mea"}, {"id": "card_n_a13975ce6129", "title": "Easton: Festivals, Religious", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9; "}, {"id": "card_c_d2af7c31d20a", "title": "Easton: Dedication, Feast of the cites 1 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 1 Kings 8:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_38fc358dbb38", "title": "Easton: Dedication, Feast of the cites Ezra", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Ezra 10:9; Ezra 6:16 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_50ce21b1cb53", "title": "Easton: Dedication, Feast of the cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 10:22 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_e0accfb8fba2", "title": "Easton: Tithe", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A tenth of the produce of the earth consecrated and set apart for special purposes. The dedication of a tenth to God was recognized as a duty before the time of Moses. Abraham paid tithes to Melchized"}, {"id": "card_n_22287c2f7117", "title": "Easton: Seven", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This number occurs frequently in Scripture, and in such connections as lead to the supposition that it has some typical meaning. On the seventh day God rested, and hallowed it (Gen. 2:2, 3). The divis"}, {"id": "card_n_3eac20d6d4c5", "title": "Easton: First-fruits", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals. The law required, (1.) That on the morrow after the Passover Sabbath a sheaf of new corn should be waved"}, {"id": "card_c_700cb2c6e6a2", "title": "Easton: Dedication, Feast of the references Hezekiah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Hezekiah (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_5cd250058aba", "title": "Easton: Dedication, Feast of the references Judas", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Judas (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_615dd6cca916", "title": "Easton: Convocation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A meeting of a religious character as distinguished from congregation, which was more general, dealing with political and legal matters. Hence it is called an “holy convocation.” Such convocations wer"}, {"id": "card_n_072a76f32c9d", "title": "Easton: Uzzi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Lord is my strength. (1.) The son of Bukki, and a descendant of Aaron (1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4). (2.) A grandson of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:2, 3). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. "}, {"id": "card_n_925184919906", "title": "Easton: Shemaiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr. 9:1"}]}