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  2. Peculiar People - Wikipedia

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    In the King James Version of the Bible, first published in 1611, Deuteronomy 14:2 includes the verse "For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth"; [3] 1 Peter 2:9 reads "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an ...

  3. Nonconformity to the world - Wikipedia

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    "Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people." (1 Peter 2:9) [10] "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." (James 1:27) [11] [12]

  4. Hebrews 7 - Wikipedia

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    Hebrews 7 is the seventh chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The author is anonymous, although the internal reference to "our brother Timothy" (Hebrews 13:23) causes a traditional attribution to Paul, but this attribution has been disputed since the second century and there is no decisive evidence for the authorship.

  5. Amish religious practices - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Separation from the rest of society is based on being a "chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people" (1 Peter 2:9), [12] not being "conformed to this world" (Romans 12:2), [13] avoiding the "love [of] the world or the things in the world" (1 John 2:15) [14] and the belief that "friendship with the world ...

  6. Priesthood of all believers - Wikipedia

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    (This New Living Translation version reflects the Protestant view, as the universal "royal priesthood" from the Bible Luther cites above has been changed to individual "royal priests".) Other relevant Scripture passages include Exodus 19:5–6, 1 Peter 2:4–9, Revelation 1:4–6, Revelation 5:6–10, Revelation 20:6 and the Epistle to the Hebrews.

  7. Davidic line - Wikipedia

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    According to the Tanakh, upon being chosen and becoming king, one was customarily anointed with holy oil poured on one's head. In David's case, this was done by the prophet Samuel . Initially, David was king over the Tribe of Judah only and ruled from Hebron , but after seven and a half years, the other Israelite tribes, who found themselves ...

  8. Priestly divisions - Wikipedia

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    [1] According to the Bible, Aaron had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. However, Nadab and Abihu died before Aaron, and only Eleazar and Ithamar had sons. [ 2 ] In Chronicles, one priest ( Zadok ) from Eleazar's descendants, and another priest ( Ahimelech ) from Ithamar's descendants, were designated by King David to help create the ...

  9. Sons of Zadok - Wikipedia

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    The sons of Zadok are mentioned four times in the Hebrew Bible as part of the Third Temple prophecy in the final chapters of the Book of Ezekiel (chapters 40:46, 43:19, 44:15, and 48:11). They are a theme in Jewish and Christian interpretation of these chapters.