2. Pagan priests

The pagan nations surrounding Israel all had their 'priests' who led the worship of the local idols (see Deuteronomy 4:15-31; 1 Kings ch.18; 2 Kings 17:29-33).

They were usually rich and influential because they could deceive kings and people with their human skills or magic. They presided over many abominable practices, such as human sacrifices and ritual prostitution, which God could not tolerate. This was one reason why God brought Israel away from the abominations of Egypt, and into the land of Canaan, to destroy the Canaanite people, whose ways God found abhorrent (see Genesis 47:20-22; Numbers chs.22,25; Deuteronomy 18:9-13).

Pagan
Parable
Paradise
  New Testament references to paradise
Passover
  1. The first Passover
  2. Old Testament Passover feasts
  3. Jesus and the Passover
Pastor
Patriarch
Peace
Pentateuch
Perfect, Perfection
Pharisee
Power of God
Prayer
Preach
Predestination
Priest
  1. The Mosaic priesthood
  2. Pagan priests
  3. Christian priesthood
  4. Priests in the age to come
Promise
Promised Land
Prophet, Prophecy
Pure