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Elephantine , ELEPHANTINE (Aram. יֵב, yb; Eg. ' ibw, ' bw; Gr. ieb), "the city of ivories," situated at the eastern bank of the southern end of a small island in t… Tithes , Tithe
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The rendering of tithes of property for sacral purposes was common all over the ancient Near East, though well-documented and first-han… High Priest , HIGH PRIEST (Heb. הַ)כּהֵן הָדֹאשׁ ,הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל ,הַכֹּהֵן)), the priest at the head of the priestly affairs. In pre-Exilic times the common ap… Haggai , Haggai
HAGGAI (Heb. חַגַּי; "born on a festival"), prophet who lived in the post-Exilic period and whose book is the tenth in the Minor Prophets. The… Temple (texas) , Temple
Our word temple comes from the Latin templum, meaning any space demarcated as sacred—even a part of the sky. A temple is the place for housing… Ezra (Bible priest) , Ezra a Jewish priest and scribe who played a central part in the reform of Judaism in the 5th or 4th century bc, continuing the work of Nehemiah and…
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