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2. Abomination (Bible) - Wikipedia

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   Abomination (from Latin abominare 'to deprecate as an ill omen') is an English term used to translate the Biblical Hebrew terms shiqquts שיקוץ ‎ and sheqets שקץ ‎, [1] which are derived from shâqats, or the terms תֹּועֵבָה ‎, tōʻēḇā or to'e'va (noun) or 'ta'ev (verb).

3. Leviticus 18 - Wikipedia

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   Other translations can be viewed at Bible Gateway. Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lev 18 (18th Century) Acharei Mot (Jewish weekly Torah portion that includes Leviticus 18) Hebrew phrasing for Lev 18. The Great Books, for NRSV text. Blue Letter Bible's Bible Lookup Tools were used to derive passage citations. Robert Jamieson's Commentary on Lev ...

4. Trijicon biblical verses controversy - Wikipedia

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   On 18 January 2010, ABC News reported Trijicon was placing references to verses in the Bible in the serial numbers of sights sold to the United States Armed Forces. [1] The "book chapter:verse" cites were appended to the model designation, and the majority of the cited verses are associated with light in darkness, referencing Trijicon's specialization in illuminated optics and night sights.

5. Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New ...

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   The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]

6. Abomination of desolation - Wikipedia

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   Enthroned Zeus (Greek, c. 100 BCE) "Abomination of desolation" [a] is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes replaced the twice-daily offering in the Jewish temple, or alternatively the altar on which such offerings were made.

7. Incest in the Bible - Wikipedia

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   John Calvin did not consider the father-daughter-relation to be explicitly forbidden by the Bible, but regarded it as immoral nevertheless. [ 36 ] Apart from the case of the daughter, the first incest list in Leviticus roughly produces the same rules as applied in early (pre-Islamic) Arabic culture; [ 1 ] in Islam , these pre-Islamic rules were ...

8. Witchcraft and divination in the Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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   [1] Leviticus 19:26 – You shall not eat anything with its blood. You shall not practice divination or soothsaying. [2] Leviticus 20:27 – A man or a woman who has a ghost or a familiar spirit shall be put to death; they shall be pelted with stones—and the bloodguilt is theirs. [3]

9. Whore of Babylon - Wikipedia

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   Several Old Testament prophets referred to Jerusalem as being a spiritual harlot and a mother of such harlotry (Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 2:20; 3:1–11; Ezekiel 16:1–43; 23, as well as Epistle to the Galatians 4:25). Some of these Old Testament prophecies, as well as the warnings in the New Testament concerning Jerusalem, are in fact very close ...