Thematic Bible: Acting as priests

Jehovah appeared to Abram and said: I will give this land to your offspring (seed). He built an altar there to Jehovah, who had appeared to him.

Verse Concepts

AltarsAbrahamAppearances Of God In OtBlessings, To AbrahamLand, As A Divine GiftOffspringWorship, Places Of

Altars, Built ByThe Promised LandAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsGod AppearingLand Promised To Israel

God said to Jacob: Go to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar to God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau. Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes. After that let us go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I have gone. read more.
So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem. Jacob and his family traveled through Canaan. God terrified the people in the towns so much that no one dared bother them. Finally, they reached Bethel, also known as Luz. Jacob built an altar there and called it God of Bethel. That was the place where God appeared to him when he was running from Esau.

Noah built an altar to Jehovah and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.

Verse Concepts

AltarsAltars, UsesAnimals, religious role ofBuild, LiterallyBefore The FloodBurnt offeringBuildingAnimal LifeNoah

Ritual LawSacrifice, In OtWorship, Places OfAltars, Built ByBirds, Features OfAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsClean AnimalsSacrifices

The morning after each feast, Job would get up early to offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.

Verse Concepts

CustomBad ParentsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenRising Early, Examples OfFamilies, Examples OfMorning DevotionsBurnt offeringOfferingsSonsWorldly Pleasures, Leads To

Parents Duty To ChildrenRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyCursing GodMaking People HolyEarly RisingSacrificeKidsRoses