DEDICATION
The term dedication is found almost exclusively in the OT. The singular NT occurrence in John 10:22 ("the Feast of the Dedication") originated during the intertestamental period in commemoration of the cleansing of the temple and altar by Judas Maccabeus in 164/165 B.C. The Hebrew words for dedication express such ideas as "consecration," "separation for sacred use," or "presentation (to the Lord)." In Christian doctrine, dedication is often used to indicate an offering of self, substance, or both to God for holy purposes.
laws concerning
of people:
♦ the Levites:
♦ Nazirites:
♦ the child Samuel:
• 1 Samuel 1:28; 2:20 (cf. 1:11, 22)
of things:
♦ the altar of sacrifice:
• Numbers 7:1-88, esp. vv. 10-11, 84, 88; 2 Chronicles 7:9
♦ a house:
♦ silver for graven images:
♦ temple treasuries:
• 2 Samuel 8:11; 1 Kings 7:51; 15:15; 2 Kings 12:18; 1 Chronicles 18:11; 26:20, 26-28; 28:12; 2 Chronicles 5:1; 7:5; 15:18
♦ Solomon's temple:
♦ rebuilt (i.e. the second) temple:
♦ rebuilt wall of Jerusalem:
♦ Nebuchadnezzar's image:
♦ Feast of the
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.