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36741 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Leper Leprosy.5 (William Smith)

… , producing spiritual death; unfitting it forever for heaven and the company of the holy, and insuring its eternal banishment, as polluted and abominable …

36742 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Levites.3 (William Smith)

… the spiritual as higher than the natural. From this time they occupied a distinct position. The tribe of Levi was to take the place of that earlier priesthood …

36743 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Leviticus.2 (William Smith)

… its spiritual meaning. That so elaborate a ritual looked beyond itself we cannot doubt. It was a prophecy of things to come; a shadow whereof the substance …

36744 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Lord’s Prayer.2 (William Smith)

… of spiritual requirements; yet all in the most simple, condensed, and humble form, resembling, in this respect, a pearl on which the light of heaven plays.”— Lange …

36745 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Lord’s Supper.4 (William Smith)

… the spiritual blessings God gives us. (9) By this meal our daily bread is sanctified. (10) The most intimate communion with God in Christ. (11) Communion with one …

36746 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mala-chi.3 (William Smith)

… a spiritual worship as the one essential of true religion. But the system of temple ritual and sacrifices was in existence, and the prophet recognizes it …

36747 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mark.2 (William Smith)

… his spiritual father, the great friend of his mother, at Babylon, then and for some hundred years afterward one of the chief seats of Jewish culture. From Babylon …

36748 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Marriage.7 (William Smith)

… the spiritual relationship between God and his people. In the Old Testament Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 2:19. In the New Testament the image of the bridegroom …

36749 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Melchizedek.2 (William Smith)

… higher spiritual rank than the friend of God. Disappearing as suddenly as he came, he is lost to the sacred writings for a thousand years. Jewish tradition …

36750 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Messiah.2 (William Smith)

… be spiritual rather than temporal. Psalm 2, Psalm 21, Psalm 40, Psalm 110. In other places he is seen in suffering and humiliation. Psalm 16, Psalm 22, Psalm 40. Later …

36751 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Moses.7 (William Smith)

… his spiritual body meet Christ, together with Elijah, on the mount of transfiguration.)

36752 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Names.4 (William Smith)

… the spiritual character, in place of Jacob, which designated the natural character. Genesis 32:28 .

36753 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. New Testament.8 (William Smith)

… a spiritual sense, which lies beneath and quickens every part of Holy Scripture. [ BIBLE .]

36754 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Pentateuch The.5 (William Smith)

… the spiritual interpretation and application of the law. But the letter is always before the spirit; the thing before its interpretation. 5. The first composition …

36755 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Peter.2 (William Smith)

… in spiritual discernment and consistency. Toward the close of our Lord’s ministry Peter’s characteristics become especially prominent. At the last supper …

36756 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Peter First Epistle of.3 (William Smith)

… and spiritual duties involved in their calling. 3. To warn them against special temptations attached to their position. 4. To remove all doubt as to the soundness …

36757 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Philosophy.5 (William Smith)

… purely spiritual (intellectual) morality. The opposition between the two was complete. The infinite, chance-formed worlds of the one stand over against the …

36758 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Prayer.4 (William Smith)

… man’s spiritual unity with God in Christ, and of the consequent gift of the Holy Spirit. So also is it said of the spiritual influence of the Holy Ghost on each …

36759 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Prophet.3 (William Smith)

… things spiritual. Teaching by act and teaching by word were alike their task. But during the time of the judges, the priesthood sank into a state of degeneracy …

36760 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Prophet.5 (William Smith)

… of spiritual religion. The system of morals put forward by the prophets, if not higher or sterner or purer than that of the law, is more plainly declared, and …