burnt sacrifices
1Burnt offering — Hebrew olah; i.e., ascending, the whole being consumed by fire, and regarded as ascending to God while being consumed. Part of every offering was burnt in the sacred fire, but this was wholly burnt, a whole burnt offering. It was the most… …
2Semicha in sacrifices — See Semicha article about ordination of rabbis .Semicha in sacrifices was the placing/leaning [of the hands] before the offering of a korban ( animal sacrifice ) in the Temple in Jerusalem. This involved pressing firmly on the head of the… …
3Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice Sacrifice …
4TEMPLE — The article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple history structure the ground plan of the temple the detailed plan of the temple general description the porch THE MAIN ROOM (HEKHAL) OR HOLY PLACE …
5Priesthood — • Brief yet thorough examination of this sacrament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Priesthood Priesthood † …
6Mount Sapo — This article is about the fictional mountain in Italy. For the real mountains in Bolivia and Panama, see Cerro Sapo (Bolivia) and Cerro Sapo (Panama). Mount Sapo is a fictional mountain supposed to exist somewhere near Rome, presumably in Italy.… …
7κατακάρπου — κατάκαρπος fruitful masc/fem/neut gen sg κατακαρπόω offer burnt sacrifices pres imperat act 2nd sg κατακαρπόω offer burnt sacrifices imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic) …
81 Chronicles 16 — 1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. 2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace… …
9Iconoclasm — Reformation iconoclasm in the 16th century. Relief statues in St Stevenskerk in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, attacked in the Beeldenstorm …
10BALAAM — (Heb. בַּלְעָם, בִּלְעָם), son of Beor, a non Israelite diviner famous for his effectiveness, enlisted by Balak, king of Moab, to pronounce curses over the Israelites. The pronunciation Balaam reflects the Greek rendering of the name in the… …
