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  • 121HAZOR — (Heb. חָצוֹר), a large Canaanite and Israelite city in Upper Galilee. It is identified with Tell al Qidāḥ (also called Tell Waqqāṣ), 8¾ mi. (14 km.) north of the Sea of Galilee and 5 mi. (8 km.) southwest of Lake Ḥuleh . The city was… …

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  • 122Tabernacle —    1) A house or dwelling place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.).    2) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., Siccuth ).    3) The human body (2 Cor. 5:1, 4); a tent, as opposed to a permanent… …

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  • 123DAY OF ATONEMENT — (Heb. יוֹם הכִּפּוּרִים, Yom ha Kippurim), one of the appointed seasons of the Lord, holy convocations, a day of fasting and atonement, occurring on the Tenth of Tishri. It is the climax of the ten days of penitence and the most important day in… …

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  • 124Heavenly sanctuary — In Seventh day Adventist theology, the heavenly sanctuary teaching asserts that many aspects of the Hebrew tabernacle or sanctuary are representative of heavenly realities. In particular, Jesus is regarded as a High Priest who provides cleansing… …

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  • 125Ciborium (architecture) — Ciborium of Sant Ambrogio, Milan; note the rods for curtains. The columns are probably 4th century, the canopy 9th, 10th or 12th century.[1] In ecclesiastical architecture, a ciborium ( ciborion : κιβωρι …

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  • 126Song of Songs — 1979), p. 260.] The Song of Songs is thought by some to be an allegorical representation of the relationship of God and Israel as husband and wife. [ [http://www.schechter.org.il/iyounei chabate.asp?id=61 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies… …

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  • 127Herod's Temple — in Jerusalem was a massive expansion of the Temple Mount and construction of a completely new and much larger Jewish Temple by King Herod the Great around 19 BCE. Although the Second Temple was completely removed and a new third temple was built… …

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  • 128ark — /ahrk/, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) Also called Noah s Ark. the large boat built by Noah in which he saved himself, his family, and a pair of every kind of creature during the Flood. Gen. 6 9. 2. Also called ark of the covenant. a chest or box… …

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