{"query": "Easton: Holy of holies", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_c_4b83886d90ce", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_11_028: My soul is on fire to know this most intricate enigma. references Holy of holies", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Holy of holies (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_f4a0f3c27fd3", "title": "Easton: Holy place", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden candlestick, as it h"}, {"id": "card_n_e35d786e1020", "title": "Easton: Holy of holies", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitted to enter it except the high priest, and that only once a year. It contained the ark of the covenan"}, {"id": "card_n_6cb382b0b203", "title": "Easton: Sin-offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in Lev. 4-6:13; 9:7-11, 22-24; 12:6-8; 15:2, 14, 25-30; 14:19, 31; Num. 6:10-14. On the day of Atonement it was made with special solemnity (Lev. 16:5, 1"}, {"id": "card_n_78597846927c", "title": "Easton: Shechinah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Chaldee word meaning resting-place, not found in Scripture, but used by the later Jews to designate the visible symbol of God’s presence in the tabernacle, and afterwards in Solomon’s temple. When t"}, {"id": "card_n_8090780d2b74", "title": "Easton: Mercy-seat", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. kapporeth, a “covering;” LXX. and N.T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of the ark of the covenant (q.v.). It was of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, or perhaps rather a"}, {"id": "card_n_dc3d12884023", "title": "Easton: Incense", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A fragrant composition prepared by the “art of the apothecary.” It consisted of four ingredients “beaten small” (Ex. 30:34-36). That which was not thus prepared was called “strange incense” (30:9). It"}, {"id": "card_n_9e88feeb505a", "title": "Easton: Temple", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First used of the tabernacle, which is called “the temple of the Lord” (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ’s human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers are called “th"}, {"id": "card_n_b7fe5d1e8b9d", "title": "Hebrews 9", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and an earthly sanctuary.\n2. For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the show bread,"}, {"id": "card_n_23ddfa0652b0", "title": "Easton: Acts of the Apostles", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author styles it a “treatise” (1:1). It was early called “The Acts,” “The Gospel of the Holy Ghost,” and “Th"}, {"id": "card_n_ce53a28d8d15", "title": "Easton: Curtain", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat’s hair, covered the tabernacle (Ex. 26:1-13; 36:8-17). (2.) The sacred curtain, separating "}, {"id": "card_n_06be62a24478", "title": "Easton: Elah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Terebinth or oak. (1.) Valley of, where the Israelites were encamped when David killed Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2, 19). It was near Shochoh of Judah and Azekah (17:1). It is the modern Wady es-Sunt, i.e., “"}, {"id": "card_n_efd92dd5f79e", "title": "Easton: Luke, Gospel according to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord’s ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly narrativ"}, {"id": "card_n_aabbe96cf183", "title": "Easton: Fast", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old Tes"}, {"id": "card_n_fcea49f2a0b0", "title": "Easton: Repentance", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are three Greek words used in the New Testament to denote repentance. (1.) The verb metamelomai is used of a change of mind, such as to produce regret or even remorse on account of sin, but not "}, {"id": "card_n_fbfa0cbf408e", "title": "Easton: Gate", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; Neh. 1:3; 2:3; 3:3), of Sodom (Gen. 19:1), of Gaza (Judg. 16:3). (2.) Of royal palaces (Neh. 2:8). (3.) Of the temple of Solomon (1 Kings 6:34, 35; 2 Kings"}, {"id": "card_n_2bb4cd399edc", "title": "Easton: Shewbread", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Ex. 25:30 (R.V. marg., “presence bread”); 1 Chr. 9:32 (marg., “bread of ordering”); Num. 4:7: called “hallowed bread” (R.V., “holy bread”) in 1 Sam. 21:1-6. This bread consisted of twelve loaves made "}, {"id": "card_n_32eb82a23d70", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7. (2.) Neh. 3:16. (3.) The son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. His family must have belonged to Jerusalem (Neh. 2:3). He was o"}, {"id": "card_c_d4d72e83d78c", "title": "Easton: John, Gospel of references Holy Ghost", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Holy Ghost (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_fdd426da35cb", "title": "Easton: Acts of the Apostles references Holy Ghost", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Holy Ghost (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}]}