The Temple: Its Ministry and Services As They Were at the Time of Jesus Christ


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It has been my wish in this book, to take the reader back eighteen centuries; to show him Jerusalem as it was, when our Lord passed through its streets, and the Sanctuary, when He taught in its porches and courts; to portray, not only the appearance and structure of the Temple, but to describe its ordinances and worshippers, the ministry of its priesthood, and the ritual of its services. In so doing, I have hoped, not only to illustrate a subject, in itself most interesting to the Bible-student, but also, and chiefly, to sketch, in one important aspect, the religious life of the period in which our blessed Lord lived upon earth, the circumstances under which He taught, and the religious rites by which He was surrounded ; and whose meaning, in their truest sense He came to fulfil. - Summary by Preface

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A First View of Jerusalem, and of the Temple 28:59 Read by InTheDesert
Within the Holy Place 31:05 Read by Vinny Lerin
Temple Order, Revenues, and Music 35:56 Read by Vinny Lerin
The Officiating Priesthood 42:59 Read by Hansen1021
Sacrifices: Their Order and Their Meaning 44:29 Read by mleigh
The Burnt-Offering, the Sin- and Trespass-Offering, and the Peace-Offering 32:15 Read by LifeisButaDream
At Night in the Temple 19:41 Read by ronaldschoedel
The Morning and the Evening Sacrifice 34:52 Read by channelcat
Sabbath in the Temple 33:29 Read by Vinny Lerin
Festive Cycles and Arrangement of the Calendar 22:19 Read by Vinny Lerin
The Passover 36:40 Read by Miss Alyce
The Paschal Feast and the Lord’s Supper 34:20 Read by Vinny Lerin
The Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Pentecost 36:07 Read by Hansen1021
The Feast of Tabernacles 39:31 Read by Hansen1021
The New Moons: The Feast of the Seventh New Moon, or of Trumpets, or New Year's Day 22:35 Read by Vinny Lerin
The Day of Atonement 46:21 Read by Vinny Lerin
Post-Mosaic Festivals 22:15 Read by Hansen1021
On Purifications — The Burning of the Red Heifer — The Cleansing of the Healed Leper — The Trial of the Woman Suspected of Adultery 38:39 Read by Vinny Lerin
On Vows — The Nazarite’s Vow — The Offering of Firstfruits in the Temple 40:02 Read by Hansen1021
Appendix — Did the Lord institute His "Supper" on the Paschal Night? 22:45 Read by InTheDesert