defilement by sin

  • 1atonement — Sin [[➝ sin]] destroys the relationship between God and people, and atonement is the means by which a reconciliation is effected. In the OT, sacrifices and offerings [[➝ offering, sin]] are prescribed and were well developed in the post exilic… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 2uncleanness — n. 1. Foulness, defilement, impurity, dirtiness, filthiness, nastiness, pollution, abomination. 2. (Jewish Law.) Impurity, pollution. 3. Moral impurity, defilement by sin, sinfulness, unholiness, pollution …

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  • 3Tlazolteotl — In Aztec mythology, Tlazolteotl (Tlacolteotl, IPA2|tɬasoɬ teotɬ) is a Central American goddess of purification, steam bath, midwives, filth, and a patroness of adulterers. In Nahuatl, the word tlazolli can refer to vice and diseases. Thus,… …

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  • 4Purity — Pu ri*ty, n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt[ e], F. puret[ e], from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See {Pure}.] The condition of being pure. Specifically: (a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5William Bernard Petre, 12th Baron Petre — William Bernard, 12th Baron Petre (20 December, 1817 – 4 July, 1884) “a pattern of charity and piety”, was an enthusiastic builder of churches. To a greater or lesser extent, he was responsible for new churches in Brentwood, Chipping Ongar,… …

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  • 6PURITY AND IMPURITY, RITUAL — (Heb. וְטָהֳרָה טֻמְאָה, tumah ve toharah), a symbolic system according to which a pure person or object is qualified for contact with the Temple and related sancta (holy objects and spaces) while an impure person or object is disqualified from… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 7LEVITICUS, BOOK OF — (Heb. וַיִּקְרָא; LXX Λευιτικόν leuitikon), more aptly described by its tannaitic name, Torat Kohanim, the Priests Manual, the third book of the Pentateuch. Leviticus is thematically an independent entity. exodus contains the story of the… …

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  • 8Naso (parsha) — Naso or Nasso (נָשֹׂא Hebrew for lift up, the sixth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 35th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the book of Numbers. It constitutes …

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  • 9RED HEIFER — (Heb. פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה), the animal whose ashes were used in the ritual purification of persons and objects defiled by a corpse (Num. 19). While the English term heifer means a young cow that has not had a calf, the Bible (Num. 19:2) speaks simply …

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  • 10MESURE - Mesures électriques et électroniques — Les mesures électriques et électroniques, grâce à l’apport des semiconducteurs, des méthodes numériques et des systèmes asservis, apparaissent à l’heure actuelle comme une technique clé dans le domaine des mesures en général. L’existence de… …

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