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	1.	AZAZEL  (3.14)    The name of a supernatural being mentioned in connection with the ritual of the Day of Atonement (Lev. xvi.). After ...
	2.	WANDERING JEW:  (3.10)    Imaginary figure of a Jerusalem shoemaker who, taunting Jesus on the way to crucifixion, was told by him to "go ...
	3.	NAZARITE:  (3.09)    One who lives apart; one who has made a vow of abstinence; in the former sense used as early as ...
	4.	URIM AND THUMMIM.  (3.08)    Objects connected with the breastplate of the high priest, and used as a kind of divine oracle. Since the days ...
	5.	SERAPHIM  (3.07)    Class of heavenly beings, mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in a vision of the prophet Isaiah (vi. 2 ...
	6.	MOLOCH (MOLECH).  (3.07)    In the Masoretic text the name is "Molech"; in the Septuagint "Moloch." The earliest mention of Molech is in Lev. ...
	7.	HILLEL:  (3.07)    Doctor of the Law at Jerusalem in the time of King Herod; founder of the school called after him, and ...
	8.	ANTIOCHUS IV., EPIPHANES  (3.06)    ("the Illustrious"): King of Syria; reigned from 175 B.C.; died 164. He was a son of Antiochus the Great, and, ...
	9.	LORD'S PRAYER, THE:  (3.05)    Name given by the Christian world to the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples (Matt. vi. 9-13; Luke xi. 1-4). ...
	10.	ESAU.  (3.05)    Jacob's elder brother (Gen. xxv. 25-34, and elsewhere; comp. Josh. xxiv. 4). The name alternates with "Edom," though only rarely ...
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