• Moses was commanded to make after a divine pattern — Ex 25:9; 26:30; Heb 8:5
  • Made of the free-will offerings of the people — Ex 25:1-8; 35:4,5,21-29
  • Divine wisdom given to Bezaleel to make — Ex 31:2-7; 35:30-35; 36:1
  • Called the
    • Tabernacle of the Lord - Jos 22:19; 1Ki 2:28; 1Ch 16:39
    • Tabernacle of testimony or witness - Ex 38:21; Nu 1:50; 17:7,8; 2Ch 24:6; Ac 7:44
    • Tabernacle of the congregation - Ex 27:21; 33:7; 40:26
    • Tabernacle of Shiloh - Ps 78:60
    • Tabernacle of Joseph - Ps 78:67
    • Temple of the Lord - 1Sa 1:9; 3:3
    • House of the Lord - Jos 6:24; 1Sa 1:7,24
  • Was a moveable tent suited to the unsettled condition of Israel — 2Sa 7:6,7
  • Designed for manifestation of God's presence and for his worship — Ex 25:8; 29:42,43
  • The boards of
    • Made of shittim wood - Ex 26:15; 36:20
    • Ten cubits high by one and a half broad - Ex 26:16; 36:21
    • Had each two tenons fitted into sockets of silver - Ex 26:17,19; 36:22-24
    • Twenty on south side - Ex 26:18; 36:23
    • Twenty on north side - Ex 26:20; 36:25
    • Six, and two corner boards for west side - Ex 26:22-25; 36:27-30
    • Supported by bars of shittim wood resting in rings of gold - Ex 26:26-29; 36:31-33
    • With the bars, covered with gold - Ex 26:26-29; 36:34
  • The door of, a curtain of blue and purple suspended by gold rings from five pillars of shittim wood — Ex 26:36,37; 36:37,38
  • Coverings of
    • The first or inner, ten curtains of blue, purple, &c joined with loops and golden taches - Ex 26:1-6; 36:8-13
    • The second, eleven curtains of goats' hair - Ex 26:7-13; 36:14-18
    • The third of rams' skins dyed red - Ex 26:14; 36:19
    • The fourth or outward of badgers' skins - Ex 26:14; 36:19
  • Divided by a vail of blue, purple, suspended from four pillars of shittim — Ex 26:31-33; 36:35,3640:21
  • Divided into
    • The holy place - Ex 26:33; Heb 9:2-6
    • The most holy place - Ex 26:34; Heb 9:3,7
  • Had a court round about — Ex 40:8
  • The table of show-bread, the golden candlestick, and the altar of incense were place in the holy
  • place — Ex 26:35; 40:22,24,26; Heb 9:2
  • The ark and mercy-seat put in the most holy place — Ex 26:33,34; 40:20,21; Heb 9:4
  • Court of
    • One hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide - Ex 27:18
    • Surrounded by curtains of fine line suspended from pillars in sockets of brass - Ex 27:9-15; 38:9-16
    • The gate of, a hanging of blue, purple, &c twenty cubits wide, suspended from four pillars, &c — Ex 27:16; 38:18
    • Contained the brazen altar and laver of brass - Ex 40:29,30
    • All the pillars of, filleted with silver, &c - Ex 27:17; 38:17
    • All the vessels of, made of brass - Ex 27:19
  • First reared, on the first day of the second year after the exodus — Ex 40:2,17
  • Was set up
    • By Moses at Mount Sinai - Ex 40:18,19; Nu 10:11,12
    • At Gilgal - Jos 5:10,11
    • In Shiloh - Jos 18:1; 19:51
    • In Nob - 1Sa 21:1-6
    • Finally at Gibeon - 1Ch 16:39; 21:29
  • Anointed and consecrated with oil — Ex 40:9; Le 8:10; Nu 7:1
  • Sprinkled and purified with blood — Heb 9:21
  • Sanctified by the glory of the Lord — Ex 29:43; 40:34; Nu 9:15
  • The Lord appeared in, over the mercy-seat — Ex 25:22; Le 16:2; Nu 7:89
  • The cloud of glory rested on, by night and day during its abode in the wilderness — Ex 40:38; Nu 15,16
  • The journeys of Israel regulated by the cloud on — Ex 40:36,37
  • The priests
    • Alone could enter - Nu 18:3,5
    • Performed all services in - Nu 3:10; 18:1,2; Heb 9:6
    • Were the ministers of - Heb 8:2
  • The Levites
    • Appointed over, and had charge of - Nu 1:50; 8:24; 18:2-4
    • Did the inferior service of - Nu 3:6-8
    • Took down, and put up - Nu 1:51
    • Carried - Nu 4:15,25,31
    • Pitched their tents around - Nu 1:53; 3:23,29,35
  • Free-will offerings made at the first rearing of — Nu 7:1-9
  • Free-will offerings made at the dedication of the altar of — Nu 7:10-87
  • All offerings to be made at — Le 17:4; De 12:5,6,11,13,14
  • Punishment for defiling — Le 15:31; Nu 19:13
  • A permanent house substituted for, when the kingdom was established — 2Sa 7:5-13
  • Illustrative
    • Of Christ - Isa 4:6; Joh 1:14; Heb 9:8,9,11
    • Of the Church - Ps 15:1; Isa 16:5; 54:2; Heb 8:2; Re 21:2,3
    • Of the body - 2Co 5:1; 2Pe 1:13
    • (The holy of holies,) of heaven - Heb 6:19,20; 9:12,24; 10:19
    • (The vail,) of Christ's body - Heb 10:20
    • (The vail,) of the obscurity of the Mosaic age - Heb 9:8,10; Ro 16:25,26; Re 11:19
  • Built on Mount Moriah on the threshing-floor of Ornan or Araunah — 1Ch 21:28-30; 22:2; 2Ch 3:1
  • David
    • Anxious to build - 2Sa 7:2; 1Ch 22:7; 29:3; Ps 132:2-5
    • Being a man of war not permitted to build - 2Sa 7:5-9; 1Ki 5:3; 1Ch 22:8
    • Told by the prophet that Solomon should build - 2Sa 7:12,13; 1Ch 17:12
    • Made preparations for building - 1Ch 22:2-5,14-16; 29:2-5
    • Charged Solomon to build - 1Ch 22:6,7,11
    • Prayed that Solomon might have wisdom to build - 1Ch 29:19
    • Charged his princes to assist in building - 1Ch 22:17-19
    • Free will offering of the people for the building - 1Ch 29:6-9
  • Solomon
    • Determined to build - 2Ch 2:1
    • Specially instructed for - 2Ch 3:3
    • Employed all the strangers in preparing for - 2Ch 2:2,17,18; 1Ki 5:15
    • Applied to Hiram for a skilful workman to superintend, &c the building of - 2Ch 2:7,13,14
    • Employed thirty thousand Israelites in the work - 1Ki 5:13,14
    • Contracted with Hiram for wood, stone, and labour - 1Ki 5:6-12; 2Ch 2:8-10
    • Commenced second day of second month of fourth year of Solomon - 1Ki 6:1,37; 2Ch 3:2
    • Built without the noise of hammers, axe, or any tool - 1Ki 6:7
  • Divided into
    • The sanctuary or greater house - 2Ch 3:5
    • The oracle or most holy place - 1Ki 6:19
    • The porch - 2Ch 3:4
  • Surrounded with three stories of chambers communicating with the interior on the right side —
  • 1Ki 6:5,6,8,10
  • Surrounded with spacious courts — 1Ki 6:36; 2Ch 4:9
  • Was three score cubits longs, twenty broad, and thirty high — 1Ki 6:2; 2Ch 3:3
  • Was lighted by narrow windows — 1Ki 6:4
  • Was roofed with cedar — 1Ki 6:9
  • The greater or outer house
    • Was forty cubits long - 2Ki 6:17
    • Had folding doors of fir wood carved and golden - 1Ki 6:34,35
    • Had door posts of olive wood carved and gilded - 1Ki 6:33; 2Ch 3:7
  • The oracle or most holy place
    • Was twenty cubits every way - 1Ki 6:16,20
    • Two cherubims of gilded olive wood made within - 1Ki 6:23-28; 2Ch 3:11-13
    • A partition of chains of gold between it and outer house - 1Ki 6:21
    • The doors and the posts of, of olive wood carved and gilded - 1Ki 6:31,32
    • Separated from the outer house by a vail - 2Ch 3:14
  • The floor and walls of, covered with cedar and fir wood — 1Ki 6:15
  • Cedar of, carved with flowers, &c — 1Ki 6:18
  • Ceiled with fir wood and gilt — 2Ch 3:5
  • The whole inside and outside covered with gold — 1Ki 6:21,22; 2Ch 3:7
  • Garnished with precious stones — 2Ch 3:6
  • The porch of
    • Twenty cubits long and ten broad - 1Ki 6:3
    • One hundred and twenty cubits high - 2Ch 3:4
    • Pillars of, with their chapiters described - 1Ki 7:15-22; 2Ch 3:15-17
  • Its magnificence — 2Ch 2:5,9
  • Was seven years in building — 1Ki 6:38
  • Was finished in the eighth month of the eleventh year of Solomon — 1Ki 6:38
  • Was called
    • The house of the Lord - 2Ch 23:5,12
    • The mountain of the Lord's house - Isa 2:2
    • House of the God of Jacob - Isa 2:3
    • Zion - Ps 84:1-7
    • Mount Zion - Ps 74:2
  • Appointed as a house of sacrifice — 2Ch 7:12
  • Appointed as a house of prayer — Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13
  • God promised to dwell in — 1Ki 6:12,13
  • All dedicated things placed in — 2Ch 5:1
  • The ark of God brought into with great solemnity — 1Ki 8:1-9; 2Ch 5:2-10
  • Filled with the cloud of glory — 1Ki 8:10,11; 2Ch 5:13; 7:2
  • Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon — 1Ki 8:12-66; 2Ch 6:1-42
  • Sacred fire sent down from heaven at its dedication — 2Ch 7:3
  • Was but a temple built with hands — Ac 7:47,48
  • Complete destruction of, predicted — Jer 26:18; Mic 3:12
  • Historical notices of
    • Pillaged by Shishak king of Egypt - 2Ki 21:4-7; 2Ch 33:4,5,7
    • Repaired by Josiah in the 18th year of his reign - 1Ki 14:25,26; 2Ch 12:9
    • Repaired by Jehoash at the institution of Jehoiada - 2Ki 12:4-14; 2Ch 24:4-13
    • Treasures of given by Jehoash to propitiate the Syrians - 2Ki 12:17,18
    • Defiled and its treasures given by Ahaz to the king of Assyria - 2Ki 16:14,18; 2Ch 28:20,21
    • Purified and divine worship restored under Hezekiah - 2Ch 29:3-35
    • Its treasures given by Hezekiah to the Assyrians to procure a treaty - 2Ki 18:13-16
    • Polluted by the idolatrous worship of Manasseh - 2Ki 21:4-7; 2Ch 33:4,5,7
    • Repaired by Josiah in the 18th year of his reign - 2Ki 22:3-7; 2Ch 34:8-13
    • Purified by Josiah - 2Ki 23:4-7,11,12
    • Pillaged and burned by the Babylonians - 2Ki 25:9,13-17; 2Ch 36:18,19
  • Illustrative of
    • Christ - Joh 2:19,21
    • The spiritual church - 1Co 3:16; 2Co 6:16; Eph 2:20-22
    • The bodies of saints - 1Co 6:19
  • Built on the site of the first temple — Ezr 6:2-12
  • Cyrus
    • His decree for building, predicted - Isa 44:28
    • Gave a decree for building, in the first year of his reign - Ezr 1:1,2; 6:3
    • Gave permission to the Jews to go to Jerusalem to build - Ezr 1:3
    • Furnished means for building - Ezr 6:4
    • Ordered those who remained in Babylon to contribute to the building of - Ezr 1:4
    • Gave the vessels of the first temple for - Ezr 1:7-11; 6:5
  • Divine worship commenced before the foundation was laid — Ezr 3:1-6
  • Materials for building procured from Tyre and Sidon — Ezr 3:7
  • Foundation of, laid the second month of second year after the captivity — Ezr 3:8
  • Solemnities connected with laying the foundation of — Ezr 3:9-11
  • Its dimensions — Ezr 6:3,4
  • Grief of those who had seen the first temple — Ezr 3:12; Hag 2:3
  • Joy of those who had not seen the first temple — Ezr 3:13
  • The Samaritans
    • Proposed to assist in building - Ezr 4:1,2
    • Their help refused by the Jews - Ezr 4:3
    • Weakened the hands of the Jews in building - Ezr 4:4,5
    • Wrote to Artaxerxes Smerdis to interrupt the building - Ezr 4:6-16
    • Procured its interruption for fifteen years - Ezr 4:24
  • The Jews reproved for not building — Hag 1:1-5
  • The Jews punished for not persevering in building — Hag 1:6,9-11; 2:15,17; Zec 8:10
  • The Jews encouraged to proceed in building — Hag 1:8; 2:19; Zec 8:9
  • Resumed by Zerubbabel and Jeshua — Ezr 5:2
  • Its completion by Zerubbabel foretold, to encourage the Jews — Zec 4:4-10
  • Future glory of, predicted — Hag 2:7-9
  • Tatnai the governor wrote to Darius to know if the building had his sanction — Ezr 5:3-17
  • The decree of Cyrus found and confirmed by Darius — Ezr 6:1,2,6-12
  • Finished the third of the twelfth month in the sixth year of Darius — Ezr 6:15
  • Dedication of, celebrated with joy and thankfulness — Ezr 6:16-18
  • Repaired and beautified by Herod, which occupied forty-six years — Joh 2:20
  • The magnificence of its building and ornaments — Joh 2:20; Mr 13:1; Lu 21:5
  • Beautiful gate of, mentioned — Ac 3:2
  • Solomon's porch connected with — Joh 10:23; Ac 3:11
  • Christ
    • To appear in - Hag 2:7; Mal 3:1
    • Presented in - Lu 2:22,27
    • Miraculously transported to a pinnacle of - Mt 4:5; Lu 4:9
    • Frequently taught in - Mr 14:49
    • Purified, and the commencement of his ministry - Joh 2:15-17
    • Purified, at the close of his ministry - Mt 21:12,13
    • Predicted its destruction - Mt 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 21:6
    • The vail of, rent at our Lord's death - Mt 27:51
  • Separation between the outer or Gentile court and that of the Jews alluded to — Eph 2:13,14
  • No Gentile allowed to enter the inner courts of — Ac 21:27-30
  • The Jews
    • Prayed without, while the priest offered incense within - Lu 1:10; 18:10
    • Considered it blasphemy to speak against - Mt 26:61; Ac 6:13; 21:28
    • Desecrated by selling oxen, &c in - Joh 2:14
  • Desecration of, foretold — Da 9:27; 11:31
  • Cleansed and rededicated by Judas Maccabaeus after its desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes — Joh 10:22
  • Desecrated by the Romans — Da 9:27; Mt 24:15
  • God cannot be the subject of — Jas 1:13
  • Does not come from God — Jas 1:13
  • Comes from
    • Lusts - Jas 1:14
    • Covetousness - Pr 28:20; 1Ti 6:9,10
  • The devil is the author of — 1Ch 21:1; Mt 4:1; Joh 13:2; 1Th 3:5
  • Evil associates, the instruments of — Pr 1:10; 7:6; 16:29
  • Often arises through
    • Poverty - Pr 30:9; Mt 4:2,3
    • Prosperity - Pr 30:9; Mt 4:8
    • Worldly glory - Nu 22:17; Da 4:30; 5:2; Mt 4:8
  • To distrust of God's providence — Mt 4:3
  • To presumption — Mt 4:6
  • To worshipping the god of this world — Mt 4:9
  • Often strengthened by the perversion of God's word — Mt 4:6
  • Permitted as a trial of
    • Faith - 1Pe 1:7; Jas 1:2,3
    • Disinterestedness - Job 1:9-12
  • Always conformable to the nature of man — 1Co 10:13
  • Often ends in sin and perdition — 1Ti 6:9; Jas 1:15
  • Christ
    • Endured, from the devil - Mr 1:13
    • Endured, from the wicked - Mt 16:1; 22:18; Lu 10:25
    • Resisted by the word of God - Mt 4:4,7,10
    • Overcame - Mt 4:11
    • Sympathises with those under - Heb 4:15
    • Is able to help those under - Heb 2:18
    • Intercedes for his people under - Lu 22:31,32; Joh 17:15
  • God will not suffer saints to be exposed to, beyond their powers to bear — 1Co 10:13
  • God will make a way for saints to escape out of — 1Co 10:13
  • God enables the saints to bear — 1Co 10:13
  • God knows how to deliver saints out of — 2Pe 2:9
  • Christ keeps faithful saints from the hour of — Re 3:10
  • Saints may be in heaviness through — 1Pe 1:6
  • Saints should
    • Resist, in faith - Eph 6:16; 1Pe 5:9
    • Watch against - Mt 26:41; 1Pe 5:8
    • Pray to be kept from - Mt 6:13; 26:41
    • Not to occasion, to others - Ro 14:13
    • Restore those overcome by - Ga 6:1
    • Avoid the way of - Pr 4:14,15
  • The devil will renew — Lu 4:13
  • Has strength through the weakness of the flesh — Mt 26:41
  • Mere professors fall away in time of — Lu 8:13
  • Blessedness of those who meet and overcome — Jas 1:2-4,12
  • Exemplified
    • Eve - Ge 3:1,4,5
    • Joseph - Ge 39:7
    • Balaam - Nu 22:17
    • Achan - Jos 7:21
    • David - 2Sa 11:2
    • Jeroboam - 1Ki 15:30
    • Peter - Mr 14:67-71
    • Paul - 2Co 12:7; Ga 4:14
  • Origin and antiquity of — Ge 4:20
  • Called
    • Tabernacles - Nu 24:5; Job 12:6; Heb 11:9
    • Curtains - Isa 54:2; Heb 3:7
  • Were spread out — Isa 40:22
  • Fastened by cords to stakes or nails — Isa 54:2; Jer 10:20; Judg 4:21
  • Were used by
    • Patriarchs - Ge 13:5; 25:27; Heb 11:9
    • Israel in the desert - Ex 33:8; Nu 24:2
    • The people of Israel in all their wars - 1Sa 4:3,10; 29:1; 1Ki 16:16
    • The Rechabites - Jer 35:7,10
    • The Arabs - Isa 13:20
    • Shepherds while tending their flocks - Song 1:8; Isa 38:12
    • All eastern nations - Judg 6:5; 1Sa 17:4; 2Ki 7:7; 1Ch 5:10
  • Separate, for females of the family — Ge 24:67
  • Separate, for the servants — Ge 31:33
  • Were pitched
    • With order and regularity - Nu 1:52
    • In the neighbourhood of wells, &c - Ge 13:10,12; 26:17,18; 1Sa 29:1
    • Under trees - Ge 18:1,4; Judg 4:5
    • On the tops of houses - 2Sa 16:22
  • Sending persons to seek a convenient place for, alluded to — De 1:33
  • Ease and rapidity of their removal, alluded to — Isa 38:12
  • Of the Jews contrasted with those of the Arabs — Nu 24:5; Song 1:5
  • Custom of sitting and standing at the door of — Ge 18:1; Judg 4:20
  • Illustrative
    • (Spread out,) of the heavens - Isa 40:22
    • (Enlarging of,) of the great extension of the Church - Isa 54:2
  • Christ set an example of — Mt 11:25; 26:27; Joh 6:11; 11:41
  • The heavenly host engaged in — Re 4:9; 7:11,12; 11:16,17
  • Commanded — Ps 50:14; Php 4:6
  • Is a good thing — Ps 92:1
  • Should be offered
    • To God - Ps 50:14
    • To Christ - 1Ti 1:12
    • Through Christ - Ro 1:8; Col 3:17; Heb 13:15
    • In the name of Christ - Eph 5:20
    • In behalf of ministers - 2Co 1:11
    • In private worship - Da 6:10
    • In public worship - Ps 35:18
    • In everything - 1Th 5:18
    • Upon the completion of great undertakings - Ne 12:31,40
    • Before taking food - Joh 6:11; Ac 27:35
    • Always - Eph 1:16; 5:20; 1Th 1:2
    • At the remembrance of God's holiness - Ps 30:4; 97:12
    • For the goodness and mercy of God - Ps 106:1; 107:1; 136:1-3
    • For the gift of Christ - 2Co 9:15
    • For Christ's power and reign - Re 11:17
    • For the reception and effectual working of the word of God in others - 1Th 2:13
    • For deliverance through Christ from in-dwelling sin - Ro 7:23-25
    • For victory over death and the grave - 1Co 15:57
    • For wisdom and might - Da 2:23
    • For the triumph of the gospel - 2Co 2:14
    • For the conversion of others - Ro 6:17
    • For faith exhibited by others - Ro 1:8; 2Th 1:3
    • For love exhibited by others - 2Th 1:3
    • For the grace bestowed on others - 1Co 1:4; Php 1:3-5; Col 1:3-6
    • For the zeal exhibited by others - 2Co 8:16
    • For the nearness of God's presence - Ps 75:1
    • For appointment to the ministry - 1Ti 1:12
    • For willingness to offer our property for God's service - 1Ch 29:6-14
    • For the supply of our bodily wants - Ro 14:6,7; 1Ti 4:3,4
    • For all men - 1Ti 2:1
    • For all things - 2Co 9:11; Eph 5:20
  • Should be accompanied by intercession for others — 1Ti 2:1; 2Ti 1:3; Phm 1:4
  • Should always accompany prayer — Ne 11:17; Php 4:6; Col 4:2
  • Should always accompany praise — Ps 92:1; Heb 13:15
  • Expressed in psalms — 1Ch 16:7
  • Ministers appointed to offer, in public — 1Ch 16:4,7; 23:30; 2Ch 31:2
  • Saints
    • Exhorted to - Ps 105:1; Col 3:15
    • Resolved to offer - Ps 18:49; 30:12
    • Habitually offer - Da 6:10
    • Offer sacrifices of - Ps 116:17
    • Abound in the faith with - Col 2:7
    • Magnify God by - Ps 69:30
    • Come before God with - Ps 95:2
    • Should enter God's gate with - Ps 100:4
  • Of hypocrites, full of boasting — Lu 18:11
  • The wicked averse to — Ro 1:21
  • Exemplified
    • David - 1Ch 29:12
    • Levites - 2Ch 5:12,13
    • Daniel - Da 2:23
    • Jonah - Jon 2:9
    • Simeon - Lu 2:28
    • Anna - Lu 2:38
    • Paul - Ac 28:15
  • Is an abomination — Jer 7:9,10
  • Forbidden — Ex 20:15; Mr 10:19; Ro 13:9
  • From the poor specially forbidden — Pr 22:2
  • Includes fraud in general — Le 19:13
  • Includes fraud concerning wages — Le 19:13; Mal 3:5; Jas 5:4
  • Proceeds from the heart — Mt 15:19
  • Defiles a man — Mt 15:20
  • The wicked
    • Addicted to - Ps 119:61
    • Store up the fruits of - Am 3:10
    • Lie in wait to commit - Ho 6:9
    • Commit, under shelter of the night - Job 24:14; Ob 1:5
    • Consent to show who commit - Ps 50:18
    • Associate with those who commit - Isa 1:23
    • May, for a season, prosper in - Job 12:6
    • Plead excuses for - Jer 7:9,10
    • Repent not of - Re 9:21
    • Destroy themselves by - Pr 21:7
  • Connected with murder — Jer 7:9; Ho 4:2
  • Shame follows the detection of — Jer 2:26
  • Brings a curse on those who commit it — Ho 4:2,3; Zec 5:3,4; Mal 3:5
  • Brings the wrath of God upon those who commit it — Eze 22:29,31
  • Excludes from heaven — 1Co 6:10
  • They who connive at
    • Hate their own souls - Pr 29:24
    • Shall be reproved of God - Ps 50:18,21
  • Mosaic law respecting — Ex 22:1-8
  • Saints
    • Warned against - Eph 4:28; 1Pe 4:15
  • All earthly treasure exposed to — Mt 6:19
  • Heavenly treasure secure from — Mt 6:20; Lu 12:33
  • Woe denounced against — Isa 10:2; Na 3:1
  • Illustrates the guilt of false teachers — Jer 23:30; Joh 10:1,8,10
  • Exemplified
    • Rachel - Ge 31:19
    • Achan - Jos 7:21
    • Shechemites - Judg 9:25
    • Micah - Judg 17:2
  • Lasted from the deliverance out of Egypt until the appointment of kings — Ex 19:4-6; 1Sa 8:7
  • Was established on
    • The right of redemption - Ex 6:6,7; 2Sa 7:23; Isa 43:3
    • The right of covenant - De 26:17-19
  • Consisted in his
    • Promulgating laws - Ex 20:1-23:33
    • Directing the movements of the nation - Ex 40:36,37; Nu 9:17-23
    • Proclaiming war - Ex 17:14-16; Nu 31:1,2; Jos 6:2,3; 8:1
    • Appointing civil officers - Ex 3:10; Nu 27:18,20
    • Appointing ecclesiastical officers - Ex 28:1; 40:12-15
    • Being the supreme judge - Nu 9:8-11; 15:34,35; 27:5-11
    • Exercise of the prerogative of mercy - Nu 14:20; De 9:18-20
    • Distribution of conquered lands - Jos 13:1-7
    • Exacting tribute - Ex 35:4-29; Le 27:30; De 16:16; 26:1-4
  • The tabernacle designed as a royal residence for God during — Ex 25:8; Le 26:11,12
  • The emblem of the divine presence appeared over the tabernacle during — Nu 9:15,16
  • Guilt of Israel in rejecting — 1Sa 2:17
  • The removing or separating corn, &c form the straw — 1Ch 21:20
  • Was performed
    • By a rod or staff - Isa 28:27
    • By cart wheels - Isa 28:27,28
    • By instruments with teeth - Isa 41:15; Am 1:3
    • By the feet of horses and oxen - Isa 28:28; Ho 10:11; 2Sa 24:22
  • Cattle employed in, not to be muzzled — De 25:4; 1Co 9:9; 1Ti 5:18
  • Continued until the vintage in years of abundance — Le 26:5
  • The place for
    • Called the floor - Judg 6:37; Isa 21:10
    • Called the threshing floor - Nu 18:27; 2Sa 24:18
    • Called the barn-floor - 2Ki 6:27
    • Called the corn-floor - Ho 9:1
    • Was large and roomy - Ge 50:10
    • Generally on high ground - 1Ch 21:18; 2Ch 3:1
    • Sometimes beside the wine-press for concealment - Judg 6:11
    • Used for winnowing the corn - Ru 3:2
    • Often robbed - 1Sa 23:1
    • The Jews slept on, during the time of - Ru 3:7
    • Fulness of, promised as a blessing - Joe 2:24
    • Scarcity in, a punishment - Ho 9:2
  • Followed by a winnowing with a shovel or fan — Isa 30:24; 41:16; Mt 3:12
  • Illustrative
    • Of the judgments of God - Isa 21:10; Jer 51:33; Hab 3:12
    • Of the labours of ministers - 1Co 9:9,10
    • Of the church in her conquests - Isa 41:15,16; Mic 4:13
    • (Gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of the Church for judgments - Mic 4:12
    • (Dust made by,) of complete destruction - 2Ki 13:7; Isa 41:15
    • (An instrument for, with teeth,) of the Church overcoming opposition - Isa 41:15
  • The duration of the world — Job 22:16; Re 10:6
  • The measure of the continuance of anything — Judg 18:31
  • An appointed season — Ne 2:6; Ec 3:1,17
  • Computed by
    • Years - Ge 15:13; 2Sa 21:1; Da 9:2
    • Months - Nu 10:10; 1Ch 27:1; Job 3:6
    • Weeks - Da 10:2; Lu 18:12
    • Days - Ge 8:3; Job 1:4; Lu 11:3
    • Hours, after the captivity - Da 5:5; Joh 11:9
  • Moments — Ex 33:5; Lu 4:5; 1Co 15:52
  • The heavenly bodies, appointed as a means for computing — Ge 1:14
  • The sun-dial early invented for pointing out — 2Ki 20:9-11
  • Eras from which, computed
    • Nativity of the patriarchs during the patriarchal age - Ge 7:11; 8:13; 17:1
    • The exodus from Egypt - Ex 19:1; 40:17; Nu 9:1; 33:38; 1Ki 6:1
    • The jubilee - Le 25:15
    • Accession of kings - 1Ki 6:1; 15:1; Isa 36:1; Jer 1:2; Lu 3:1
    • Building of the temple - 1Ki 9:10; 2Ch 8:1
    • The captivity - Eze 1:1; 33:21; 40:1
  • Part of a period of, usually counted as the whole — 1Sa 13:1; Es 4:16; 5:1
  • In prophetic language, means a prophetic year, or 360 natural days — Da 12:7; Re 12:14
  • Shortness of man's portion of — Ps 89:47
  • Should be redeemed — Eph 5:16; Col 4:5
  • Should be spent in fear of God — 1Pe 1:17
  • Particular periods of, mentioned
    • The ancient time - Isa 45:21
    • The accepted time - Isa 49:8; 2Co 6:2
    • The time of visitation - Jer 46:21; 50:27
    • The time of refreshing - Ac 3:19
    • The time of restitution of all things - Ac 3:21
    • The time of reformation - Heb 9:10
    • The time of healing - Jer 14:19
    • The time of need - Heb 4:16
    • The time of temptation - Lu 8:13
    • The evil time - Ps 37:19; Ec 9:12
    • The time of trouble - Ps 27:5; Jer 14:8
  • All events of, predetermined by God — Ac 17:26
  • All God's purposes fulfilled in due time — Mr 1:15; Ga 4:4
  • The tenth of anything — 1Sa 8:15,17
  • Antiquity of the custom of giving to God's ministers — Ge 14:20; Heb 7:6
  • Considered a just return to God for his blessings — Ge 28:22
  • Under the law belonged to God — Le 27:30
  • Consisted of a tenth
    • Of all the produce of the land - Le 27:30
    • Of all cattle - Le 27:32
    • Of holy things dedicated - 2Ch 31:6
  • Given by God to the Levites for their services — Nu 18:21,24; Ne 10:37
  • The tenth of, offered by the Levites as an heave offering to God — Nu 18:26,27
  • The tenth of, given by the Levites to the priests as their portion — Nu 18:26,28; Ne 10:38
  • Reasonableness of appointing, for the Levites — Nu 18:20,23,24; Jos 13:33
  • When redeemed to a fifth part of the value added — Le 27:31
  • Punishment for changing — Le 27:33
  • The Jews slow in giving — Ne 13:10
  • The Jews reproved for withholding — Mal 3:8
  • The pious governors of Israel caused the payment of — 2Ch 31:5; Ne 13:11,12
  • Rulers appointed over, for distributing — 2Ch 31:12; Ne 13:13
  • The Pharisees scrupulous in paying — Lu 11:42; 18:12
  • A second
    • Or its value yearly brought to the tabernacle and eaten before the Lord - De 12:6,7,17-19; 14:22-27
    • To be consumed at home every third year to promote hospitality and charity - De 14:28,29; 26:12-15
  • Adam, Second — 1Co 15:45
  • Almighty — Re 1:18
  • Amen — Re 3:14
  • Alpha and Omega — Re 1:8; 22:13
  • Advocate — 1Jo 2:1
  • Angel — Ge 48:16; Ex 23:20,21
  • Angel of the Lord — Ex 3:2; Judg 13:15-18
  • Angel of God's presence — Isa 63:9
  • Apostle — Heb 3:1
  • Arm of the Lord — Isa 51:9; 53:1
  • Author and Finisher or our faith — Heb 12:2
  • Blessed and only Potentate — 1Ti 6:15
  • Beginning of the creation of God — Re 3:14
  • Branch — Jer 23:5; Zec 3:8; 6:12
  • Bread of Life — Joh 6:35,48
  • Captain of the Lord's hosts — Jos 5:14,15
  • Captain of salvation — Heb 2:10
  • Chief Shepherd — 1Pe 5:4
  • Christ of God — Lu 9:20
  • Consolation of Israel — Lu 2:25
  • Chief Corner-stone — Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:6
  • Commander — Isa 55:4
  • Counsellor — Isa 9:6
  • David — Jer 30:9; Eze 34:23
  • Day-spring — Lu 1:78
  • Deliverer — Ro 11:26
  • Desire of all nations — Hag 2:7
  • Door — Joh 10:7
  • Elect of God — Isa 42:1
  • Emmanuel — Isa 7:14; Mt 1:23
  • Eternal life — 1Jo 1:2; 5:20
  • Everlasting Father — Isa 9:6
  • Faithful witness — Re 1:5; 3:14
  • First and Last — Re 1:17; 2:8
  • First-begotten of the dead — Re 1:5
  • First-born of every creature — Col 1:15
  • Forerunner — Heb 6:20
  • God — Isa 40:9; Joh 20:28
  • God blessed for ever — Ro 9:5
  • God's fellow — Zec 13:7
  • Glory of the Lord — Isa 40:5
  • Good Shepherd — Joh 10:14
  • Great High Priest — Heb 4:14
  • Governor — Mt 2:6
  • Head of the Church — Eph 5:23; Col 1:18
  • Heir of all things — Heb 1:2
  • Holy One — Ps 16:10; Ac 2:27,31
  • Holy One of God — Mr 1:24
  • Holy One of Israel — Isa 41:14
  • Horn of salvation — Lu 1:69
  • I AM — Ex 3:14; Joh 8:58
  • Jehovah — Isa 26:4
  • Jesus — Mt 1:21; 1Th 1:10
  • Judge of Israel — Mic 5:1
  • Just One — Ac 7:52
  • King — Zec 9:9; Mt 21:5
  • King of Israel — Joh 1:49
  • King of the Jews — Mt 2:2
  • King of Saints — Re 15:3
  • King of Kings — 1Ti 6:15; Re 17:14
  • Law giver — Isa 33:22
  • Lamb — Re 5:6,12; 13:8; 21:22; 22:3
  • Lamb of God — Joh 1:29,36
  • Leader — Isa 55:4
  • Life — Joh 14:6; Col 3:4; 1Jo 1:2
  • Light of the world — Joh 8:12
  • Lion of the tribe of Judah — Re 5:5
  • Lord of glory — 1Co 2:8
  • Lord of all — Ac 10:36
  • Lord our righteousness — Jer 23:6
  • Lord God of the holy prophets — Re 22:6
  • Lord God Almighty — Re 15:3
  • Mediator — 1Ti 2:5
  • Messenger of the covenant — Mal 3:1
  • Messiah — Da 9:25; Joh 1:41
  • Mighty God — Isa 9:6
  • Mighty One of Jacob — Isa 60:16
  • Morning-star — Re 22:16
  • Nazarene — Mt 2:23
  • Offspring of David — Re 22:16
  • Only-begotten — Joh 1:14
  • Our Passover — 1Co 5:7
  • Plant of renown — Eze 34:29
  • Prince of life — Ac 3:15
  • Prince of peace — Isa 9:6
  • Prince of the kings of the earth — Re 1:5
  • Prophet — Lu 24:19; Joh 7:40
  • Ransom — 1Ti 2:6
  • Redeemer — Job 19:25; Isa 59:20; 60:16
  • Resurrection and life — Joh 11:25
  • Rock — 1Co 10:4
  • Root of David — Re 22:16
  • Root of Jesse — Isa 11:10
  • Ruler of Israel — Mic 5:2
  • Saviour — 2Pe 2:20; 3:18
  • Servant — Isa 42:1; 52:13
  • Shepherd and Bishop of souls — 1Pe 2:25
  • Shiloh — Ge 49:10
  • Son of the blessed — Mr 14:61
  • Son of God — Lu 1:35; Joh 1:49
  • Son of the Highest — Lu 1:32
  • Son of David — Mt 9:27
  • Son of man — Joh 5:27; 6:37
  • Star — Nu 24:17
  • Sun of righteousness — Mal 4:2
  • Surety — Heb 7:22
  • True God — 1Jo 5:20
  • True Light — Joh 1:9
  • True Vine — Joh 15:1
  • Truth — Joh 14:6
  • Way — Joh 14:6
  • Wisdom — Pr 8:12
  • Witness — Isa 55:4
  • Wonderful — Isa 9:6
  • Word — Joh 1:1; 5:7
  • Word of God — Re 19:13
  • Word of Life — 1Jo 1:1
  • Ambassadors for Christ — 2Co 5:20
  • Angels of the Church — Re 1:20; 2:1
  • Apostles — Lu 6:13; Eph 4:11; Re 18:20
  • Apostles of Jesus Christ — Tit 1:1
  • Bishops — Php 1:1; 1Ti 3:1; Tit 1:7
  • Deacons — Ac 6:1; 1Ti 3:8; Php 1:1
  • Elders — 1Ti 5:17; 1Pe 5:1
  • Evangelists — Eph 4:11; 2Ti 4:5
  • Fishers of men — Mt 4:19; Mr 1:17
  • Labourers — Mt 9:38; Phm 1:1; 1Th 2:2
  • Messengers of the church — 2Co 8:2,3
  • Messengers of the Lord of hosts — Mal 2:7
  • Ministers of God — 2Co 6:4
  • Ministers of the Lord — Joe 1:17
  • Ministers of Christ — Ro 15:16; 1Co 4:1
  • Ministers of the sanctuary — Eze 45:4
  • Ministers of the gospel — Eph 3:7; Col 1:23
  • Ministers of the word — Lu 1:2
  • Ministers of the New Testament — 2Co 3:6
  • Ministers of the Church — Col 1:24,25
  • Ministers of righteousness — 2Co 11:15
  • Overseers — Ac 20:28
  • Pastors — Jer 3:15; Eph 4:11
  • Preachers — Ro 10:14; 1Ti 2:7
  • Servants of God — Tit 1:1; Jas 1:1
  • Servants of the Lord — 2Ti 2:24
  • Servants of Jesus Christ — Php 1:1; Jude 1:1
  • Servants of the Church — 2Co 4:5
  • Shepherds — Jer 23:4
  • Soldiers of Christ — Php 2:25; 2Ti 2:3
  • Stars — Re 1:20; 2:1
  • Stewards of God — Tit 1:7
  • Stewards of the grace of God — 1Pe 4:10
  • Stewards of the mysteries of God — 1Co 4:1
  • Teachers — Isa 30:20; Eph 4:11
  • Watchmen — Isa 62:6; Eze 33:7
  • Witnesses — Ac 1:8; 5:32; 26:16
  • Workers together with God — 2Co 6:1
  • Believers — Ac 5:14; 1Ti 4:12
  • Beloved of God — Ro 1:7
  • Beloved brethren — 1Co 15:58; Jas 2:5
  • Blessed of the Lord — Ge 24:31; 26:29
  • Blessed of the Father — Mt 25:34
  • Brethren — Mt 23:8; Ac 12:17
  • Brethren of Christ — Lu 8:21; Joh 20:17
  • Called of Jesus Christ — Ro 1:6
  • Children of the Lord — De 14:1
  • Children of God — Joh 11:52; 1Jo 3:10
  • Children of the Living God — Ro 9:26
  • Children of the Father — Mt 5:45
  • Children of the Highest — Lu 6:35
  • Children of Abraham — Ga 3:7
  • Children of Jacob — Ps 105:6
  • Children of promise — Ro 9:8; Ga 4:28
  • Children of the free-woman — Ga 4:31
  • Children of the kingdom — Mt 13:38
  • Children of Zion — Ps 149:2; Joe 2:23
  • Children of the bride-chamber — Mt 9:15
  • Children of light — Lu 16:8; Eph 5:8; 1Th 5:5
  • Children of the day — 1Th 5:5
  • Children of the resurrection — Lu 20:36
  • Chosen generation — 1Pe 2:9
  • Chosen ones — 1Ch 16:13
  • Chosen vessels — Ac 9:15
  • Christians — Ac 11:26; 26:28
  • Dear children — Eph 5:1
  • Disciples of Christ — Joh 8:31; 15:8
  • Elect of God — Col 3:12; Tit 1:1
  • Epistles of Christ — 2Co 3:3
  • Excellent, The — Ps 16:3
  • Faithful brethren in Christ — Col 1:2
  • Faithful, The — Ps 12:1
  • Faithful of the land — Ps 101:6
  • Fellow-citizens with the saints — Eph 2:19
  • Fellow-heirs — Eph 3:6
  • Fellow-servants — Re 6:11
  • Friends of God — 2Ch 20:7; Jas 2:23
  • Friends of Christ — Joh 15:15
  • Godly, The — Ps 4:3; 2Pe 2:9
  • Heirs of God — Ro 8:17; Ga 4:7
  • Heirs of the grace of life — 1Pe 3:7
  • Heirs of the kingdom — Jas 2:5
  • Heirs of promise — Heb 6:17; Ga 3:29
  • Heirs of salvation — Heb 1:14
  • Holy brethren — 1Th 5:27; Heb 3:1
  • Holy nation — Ex 19:6; 1Pe 2:9
  • Holy people — De 26:19; Isa 62:12
  • Holy priesthood — 1Pe 2:5
  • Joint-heirs with Christ — Ro 8:17
  • Just, The — Hab 2:4
  • Kings and priests to God — Re 1:6
  • Kingdom of priests — Ex 19:6
  • Lambs — Isa 40:11; Joh 21:15
  • Lights of the world — Mt 5:14
  • Little children — Joh 13:33; 1Jo 2:1
  • Lively stones — 1Pe 2:5
  • Members of Christ — 1Co 6:15; Eph 5:30
  • Men of God — De 33:1; 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 3:17
  • Obedient children — 1Pe 1:14
  • Peculiar people — De 14:2; Tit 2:14; 1Pe 2:9
  • Peculiar treasure — Ex 19:5; Ps 135:4
  • People of God — Heb 4:9; 1Pe 2:10
  • People near to God — Ps 148:14
  • People saved by the Lord — De 33:29
  • Pillars in the temple of God — Re 3:12
  • Ransomed of the Lord — Isa 35:10
  • Redeemed of the Lord — Isa 51:11
  • Royal priesthood — 1Pe 2:9
  • Salt of the earth — Mt 5:13
  • Servants of Christ — 1Co 7:22; Eph 6:6
  • Servants of righteousness — Ro 6:18
  • Sheep of Christ — Joh 10:1-16; 21:16
  • Sojourners with God — Le 25:23; Ps 39:12
  • Sons of God — Joh 1:12; Php 2:15; 1Jo 3:1,2
  • The Lord's freemen — 1Co 7:22
  • Trees of righteousness — Isa 61:3
  • Vessels to honour — 2Ti 2:21
  • Vessels of mercy — Ro 9:23
  • Witnesses for God — Isa 44:8
  • Assembly of the saints — Ps 89:7
  • Assembly of the upright — Ps 111:1
  • Body of Christ — Eph 1:22,23; Col 1:24
  • Branch of God's planting — Isa 60:21
  • Bride of Christ — Re 21:9
  • Church of God — Ac 20:28
  • Church of the Living God — 1Ti 3:15
  • Church of the first-born — Heb 12:23
  • City of the Living God — Heb 12:22
  • Congregation of saints — Ps 149:1
  • Congregation of the Lord's poor — Ps 74:19
  • Dove — Song 2:14; 5:2
  • Family in heaven and earth — Eph 3:15
  • Flock of God — Eze 34:15; 1Pe 5:2
  • Fold of Christ — Joh 10:16
  • General assembly of the first-born — Heb 12:23
  • Golden candlestick — Re 1:20
  • God's building — 1Co 3:9
  • God's husbandry — 1Co 3:9
  • God's heritage — Joe 3:2; 1Pe 5:3
  • Habitation of God — Eph 2:22
  • Heavenly of Jerusalem — Ga 4:26; Heb 12:22
  • Holy city — Re 21:2
  • Holy mountain — Zec 8:3
  • Holy hill — Ps 15:1
  • House of God — 1Ti 3:15; Heb 10:21
  • House of the God of Jacob — Isa 2:3
  • House of Christ — Heb 3:6
  • Household of God — Eph 2:19
  • Inheritance — Ps 28:9; Isa 19:25
  • Israel of God — Ga 6:16
  • King's daughter — Ps 45:13
  • Lamb's wife — Re 19:7; 21:9
  • Lot of God's inheritance — De 32:9
  • Mount Zion — Ps 2:6; Heb 12:22
  • Mountain of the Lord's house — Isa 2:2
  • New Jerusalem — Re 21:2
  • Pillar and ground of the truth — 1Ti 3:15
  • Sanctuary of God — Ps 114:2
  • Spiritual house — 1Pe 2:5
  • Spouse of Christ — Song 4:12; 5:1
  • Sought out, a city not forsaken — Isa 62:12
  • Temple of God — 1Co 3:16,17
  • Temple of the Living God — 2Co 6:16
  • Vineyard — Jer 12:10; Mt 21:41
  • Abaddon — Re 9:11
  • Accuser of our brethren — Re 12:10
  • Adversary — 1Pe 5:8
  • Angel of the bottomless pit — Re 9:11
  • Apollyon — Re 9:11
  • Beelzebub — Mt 12:24
  • Belial — 2Co 6:15
  • Crooked serpent — Isa 27:1
  • Dragon — Isa 27:1; Re 20:2
  • Enemy — Mt 13:39
  • Evil spirit — 1Sa 16:14
  • Father of lies — Joh 8:44
  • Great red dragon — Re 12:3
  • Leviathan — Isa 27:1
  • Liar — Joh 8:44
  • Lying spirit — 1Ki 22:22
  • Murderer — Joh 8:44
  • Old serpent — Re 12:9; 20:2
  • Piercing serpent — Isa 27:1
  • Power of darkness — Col 1:13
  • Prince of this world — Joh 14:30
  • Prince of the devils — Mt 12:24
  • Prince of the power of the air — Eph 2:2
  • Ruler of the darkness of this world — Eph 6:12
  • Satan — 1Ch 21:1; Job 1:6
  • Serpent — Ge 3:4,16; 2Co 11:3
  • Spirit that works in the children of disobedience — Eph 2:2
  • Tempter — Mt 4:3; 1Th 3:5
  • The god of this world — 2Co 4:4
  • Unclean spirit — Mt 12:43
  • Wicked-one — Mt 13:19,38
  • Breath of the Almighty — Job 33:4
  • Comforter — Joh 14:16,26; 15:26
  • Eternal Spirit — Heb 9:14
  • Free Spirit — Ps 51:12
  • God — Ac 5:3,4
  • Good Spirit — Ne 9:20; Ps 143:10
  • Holy Spirit — Ps 51:11; Lu 11:13; Eph 1:13; 4:30
  • Lord, The — 2Th 3:5
  • Power of the Highest — Lu 1:35
  • Spirit, The — Mt 4:1; Joh 3:6; 1Ti 4:1
  • Spirit of the Lord God — Isa 61:1
  • Spirit of the Lord — Isa 11:2; Ac 5:9
  • Spirit of God — Ge 1:2; 1Co 2:11; Job 33:4
  • Spirit of the Father — Mt 10:20
  • Spirit of Christ — Ro 8:9; 1Pe 1:11
  • Spirit of the Son — Ga 4:6
  • Spirit of life — Ro 8:2; Re 11:11
  • Spirit of grace — Zec 12:10; Heb 10:29
  • Spirit of prophecy — Re 19:10
  • Spirit of adoption — Ro 8:15
  • Spirit of wisdom — Isa 11:2; Eph 1:17
  • Spirit of counsel — Isa 11:2
  • Spirit of might — Isa 11:2
  • Spirit of understanding — Isa 11:2
  • Spirit of knowledge — Isa 11:2
  • Spirit of the fear of the Lord — Isa 11:2
  • Spirit of truth — Joh 14:17; 15:26
  • Spirit of holiness — Ro 1:4
  • Spirit of revelation — Eph 1:17
  • Spirit of judgment — Isa 4:4; 28:6
  • Spirit of burning — Isa 4:4
  • Spirit of glory — 1Pe 4:14
  • Seven Spirits of God — Re 1:4
  • Adversaries of the Lord — 1Sa 2:10
  • Children of Belial — De 13:13; 2Ch 13:7
  • Children of the devil — Ac 13:10; 1Jo 3:10
  • Children of the wicked one — Mt 13:38
  • Children of hell — Mt 23:15
  • Children of base men — Job 30:8
  • Children of fools — Job 30:8
  • Children of strangers — Isa 2:6
  • Children of transgression — Isa 57:4
  • Children of disobedience — Eph 2:2; Col 3:6
  • Children in whom is no faith — De 32:20
  • Children of the flesh — Ro 9:8
  • Children of iniquity — Ho 10:9
  • Children that will not hear the law of the Lord — Isa 30:9
  • Children of pride — Job 41:34
  • Children of this world — Lu 16:8
  • Children of wickedness — 2Sa 7:10
  • Children of wrath — Eph 2:3
  • Children that are corrupters — Isa 1:4
  • Cursed children — 2Pe 2:14
  • Enemies of God — Ps 37:20; Jas 4:4
  • Enemies of the cross of Christ — Php 3:18
  • Enemies of all righteousness — Ac 13:10
  • Evil doers — Ps 37:1; 1Pe 2:14
  • Evil men — Pr 4:14; 2Ti 3:13
  • Evil generation — De 1:35
  • Evil and adulterous generation — Mt 12:39
  • Fools — Pr 1:7; Ro 1:22
  • Froward generation — De 32:20
  • Generation of vipers — Mt 3:7; 12:34
  • Grievous revolters — Jer 6:28
  • Haters of God — Ps 81:15; Ro 1:30
  • Impudent children — Eze 2:4
  • Inventors of evil things — Ro 1:30
  • Lying children — Isa 30:9
  • Men of the world — Ps 17:14
  • People loaded with iniquity — Isa 1:4
  • Perverse and crooked generation — De 32:5; Mt 17:17; Php 2:15
  • Rebellious children — Isa 30:1
  • Rebellious people — Isa 30:9; 65:2
  • Rebellious house — Eze 2:5,8; 12:2
  • Reprobates — 2Co 13:5-7
  • Scornful, The — Ps 1:1
  • Seed of falsehood — Isa 57:4
  • Seed of the wicked — Ps 37:28
  • Seed of evil doers — Isa 1:4; 14:20
  • Serpents — Mt 23:33
  • Servants of corruption — 2Pe 2:19
  • Servants of sin — Joh 8:34; Ro 6:20
  • Sinful generation — Mr 8:28
  • Sinners — Ps 26:9; Pr 1:10
  • Sons of Belial — 1Sa 2:12; 1Ki 21:10
  • Sottish children — Jer 4:22
  • Strange children — Ps 144:7
  • Stubborn and rebellious generation — Ps 78:8
  • Transgressors — Ps 37:38; 51:13
  • Ungodly, The — Ps 1:1
  • Ungodly men — Jude 1:4
  • Unprofitable servants — Mt 25:30
  • Untoward generation — Ac 2:40
  • Vessels of wrath — Ro 9:22
  • Wicked of the earth — Ps 75:8
  • Wicked transgressors — Ps 59:5
  • Wicked servants — Mt 25:26
  • Wicked generation — Mt 12:45; 16:4
  • Wicked ones — Jer 2:33
  • Wicked doers — Ps 101:8; Pr 17:4
  • Workers of iniquity — Ps 28:3; 36:12
  • Origin and antiquity of — Ge 11:4
  • Were built
    • In cities - Judg 9:51
    • On the walls of cities - 2Ch 14:7; 26:9
    • In the forests - 2Ch 27:4
    • In the deserts - 2Ch 26:10
    • In vineyards - Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33
  • Frequently very high — Isa 2:15
  • Frequently strong and well fortified — Judg 9:51; 2Ch 26:9
  • Were used as armouries — Song 4:4
  • Were used as citadels in time of war — Judg 9:51; Eze 27:11
  • Watchmen posted on, in times of danger — 2Ki 9:17; Hab 2:1
  • Mentioned in scripture
    • Babel - Ge 11:9
    • Edar - Ge 35:21
    • Penuel - Judg 8:17
    • Shechem - Judg 9:46
    • Thebez - Judg 9:50,51
    • David - Song 4:4
    • Lebanon - Song 7:4
    • Of the furnaces - Ne 3:11
    • Meah - Ne 12:39
    • Jezreel - 2Ki 9:17
    • Hananeel - Jer 31:38; Zec 14:10
    • Syene - Eze 29:10; 30:6
    • Siloam - Lu 13:4
  • Of Jerusalem remarkable for number, strength, and beauty — Ps 48:12
  • Frequently thrown down in war — Judg 8:17; 9:49; Eze 26:4
  • Frequently left desolate — Isa 32:14; Zep 3:6
  • Illustrative of
    • God as the protector of his people - 2Sa 22:3,51; Ps 18:2; 61:3
    • The name of the Lord - Pr 18:10
    • Ministers - Jer 6:27
    • Mount Sion - Mic 4:8
    • The grace and dignity of the church - Song 4:4; 7:4; 8:10
    • The proud and haughty - Isa 2:15; 30:25
  • Called way-faring men — Judg 19:17; Isa 35:8
  • Preparations made by, alluded to — Eze 12:3,4
  • Often collected together and formed caravans — Ge 37:25; Isa 21:13; Lu 2:44
  • Often engaged persons acquainted with the country as guides — Nu 10:31,32; Job 29:15
  • Friends of
    • Often supplied them with provision - Ge 21:14; 44:1; Jer 40:5
    • Sometimes accompanied them a short way - 2Sa 19:31; Ac 20:38; 21:5
    • Frequently commended them to protection of God - Ge 43:13,14; Ac 21:5
    • Frequently took leave of them with sorrow - Ac 20:37; 21:6
    • Often sent them away with music - Ge 31:27
  • Generally commenced their journey early in the morning — Judg 19:5
  • Generally rested at noon — Ge 18:1,3; Joh 4:6
  • Halted at even — Ge 24:11
  • Generally halted at wells or streams — Ge 24:11; 32:21,23; Ex 15:27; 1Sa 30:21; Joh 4:6
  • Carried with them
    • Provisions for the way - Jos 9:11,12; Judg 19:19
    • Provender for their beasts of burden - Ge 42:27; Judg 19:19
    • Skins filled with water, wine, &c - Ge 21:14,15; Jos 9:13
    • Presents for those who entertained them - Ge 43:15; 1Ki 10:2; 2Ki 5:5; Mt 2:11
  • Often travelled on foot — Ge 28:10; 32:10; Ex 12:37; Ac 20:13
  • On foot, how attired — Ex 12:11
  • After a long journey, described — Jos 9:4,5,13
  • Of distinction
    • Rode on asses, camels, &c - Ge 22:3; 24:64; Nu 22:21
    • Rode in chariots - 2Ki 5:9; Ac 8:27,28
    • Generally attended by running footmen - 1Sa 25:27; 1Ki 18:46; 2Ki 4:24; Ec 10:7
    • Often preceded by heralds, &c to have the roads prepared - Isa 40:3,4; Mr 1:2,3
    • Generally performed their journey in great state - 1Ki 10:2; 2Ki 5:5,9
    • Frequently extorted provisions by the way - Judg 8:5,8; 1Sa 25:4-13
    • Before setting out gave employment, &c to their servants - Mt 25:14
  • Strangers civil to — Ge 18:2; 24:18,19
  • Generally treated with great hospitality — Ge 18:3-8; 19:2; 24:24,32,33; Ex 2:20; Judg 19:20,21; Job 31:32; Heb 13:2
  • The caravanserai or public inn for noticed — Ge 42:27; Ex 4:24; Lu 2:7; 10:34
  • Were frequently asked whence they came and whither they went — Judg 19:17
  • Protected by those who entertained them — Ge 19:6-8; Judg 19:23
  • For security often left the highways — Judg 5:6
  • Tesserae hospitales or pledges of hospitality, alluded to — Re 2:17
  • On errands requiring despatch
    • Went with great speed - Es 8:10; Job 9:25
    • Saluted no man by the way - 2Ki 4:29; Lu 10:4
  • Estimated the length of their journey by the number of days which it occupied — Ge 31:23; De
  • 1:2; 2Ki 3:9
  • The Jews prohibited from taking long journeys on the Sabbath — Ex 20:10; Ac 1:12
  • Ceasing of, threatened as a calamity — Isa 33:8
  • Originally created by God — Ge 1:11,12; 2:9
  • Made for the glory of God — Ps 148:9
  • Different kinds of mentioned
    • Of the wood - Song 2:3
    • Of the forest - Isa 10:19
    • Bearing fruit - Ne 9:25; Ec 2:5; Eze 47:12
    • Evergreen - Ps 37:35; Jer 17:2
    • Deciduous or casting the leaves - Isa 6:13
  • Of various sizes — Eze 17:24
  • Given as food to the animal creation — Ge 1:29,30; De 20:19
  • Designed to beautify the earth — Ge 2:9
  • Parts of mentioned
    • The roots - Jer 17:8
    • The stem or trunk - Isa 11:1; 44:19
    • The branches - Le 23:40; Da 4:14
    • The tender shoots - Lu 21:29,30
    • The leaves - Isa 6:13; Da 4:12; Mt 21:19
    • The fruit or seeds - Le 27:30; Eze 36:30
  • Each kind has its own seed for propagating its species — Ge 1:11,12
  • Often propagated by birds who carry the seeds along with them — Eze 17:3,5
  • Planted by man — Le 19:23
  • Each kind of, known by its fruit — Mt 12:33
  • Nourished
    • By the earth - Ge 1:12; 2:9
    • By the rain from heaven - Isa 44:14
    • Through their own sap - Ps 104:16
  • Specially flourished beside the rivers and streams of water — Eze 47:12
  • When cut down often sprouted from their roots again — Job 14:7
  • Were sold with the land on which they grew — Ge 23:17
  • Often suffered from
    • Locusts - Ex 10:5,15; De 28:42
    • Hail and frost - Ex 9:25; Ps 78:47
    • Fire - Joe 1:19
    • Desolating armies - 2Ki 19:23; Isa 10:34
  • Afford an agreeable shade in eastern countries during the heat of the day — Ge 18:4; Job 40:21
  • Were cut down
    • With axes - De 19:5; Ps 74:5; Mt 3:10
    • For building - 2Ki 6:2; 2Ch 2:8,10
    • By besieging armies for erecting forts - De 20:20; Jer 6:6
    • For making idols - Isa 40:20; 44:14,17
    • For fuel - Isa 44:14-16; Mt 3:10
  • God increases and multiplies the fruit of, for his people — Le 26:4; Eze 34:27; Joe 2:22
  • God often renders, barren as a punishment — Le 26:20
  • Early custom of planting, in consecrated grounds — Ge 21:33
  • The Jews
    • Prohibited from planting in consecrated places - De 16:21
    • Prohibited from cutting down fruit bearing, for sieges - De 20:19
    • Often pitched their tents under - Ge 18:1,4; Judg 4:5; 1Sa 22:6
    • Often buried under - Ge 35:8; 1Sa 21:13
    • Often executed criminals on - De 21:22,23; Jos 10:26; Ga 3:13; Ge 40:19
    • Considered trees on which criminals were executed abominable - Isa 14:19
  • Mentioned in scripture
    • Almond - Ge 43:11; Ec 12:5; Jer 1:11
    • Almug or algum - 1Ki 10:11,12; 2Ch 9:10,11
    • Apple - Song 2:3; 8:5; Joe 1:12
    • Ash - Isa 44:14
    • Bay - Ps 37:35
    • Box - Isa 41:19
    • Cedar - 1Ki 10:27
    • Chestnut - Eze 31:8
    • Cyprus - Isa 44:14
    • Fig - De 8:8
    • Fir - 1Ki 5:10; 2Ki 19:23; Ps 104:17
    • Juniper - 1Ki 19:4,5
    • Lign-aloes - Nu 24:6
    • Mulberry - 2Sa 5:23,24
    • Myrtle - Isa 41:19; 55:13; Zec 1:8
    • Mustard - Mt 13:32
    • Oak - Isa 1:30
    • Oil-tree - Isa 41:19
    • Olive - De 6:11
    • Palm - Ex 15:27
    • Pine - Isa 41:19
    • Pomegranate - De 8:8; Joe 1:12
    • Shittah or shittim - Ex 36:20; Isa 41:19
    • Sycamore - 1Ki 10:27; Ps 78:47; Am 7:14; Lu 19:4
    • Teil - Isa 6:13
    • Vine - Nu 6:4; Eze 15:2
    • Willow - Isa 44:4; Eze 17:5
  • Solomon wrote the history of — 1Ki 4:33
  • Illustrative
    • Of Christ - Ro 11:24; Re 2:7; 22:2,14
    • Of wisdom - Pr 3:18
    • Of kings, &c - Isa 10:34; Eze 17:24; 31:7-10; Da 4:10-14
    • Of the life and conversation of the righteous - Pr 11:30; 15:4
    • (Green,) of the innocence of Christ - Lu 23:31
    • (Good and fruitful,) of saints - Nu 24:6; Ps 1:3; Isa 61:3; Jer 17:8; Mt 7:17,18
    • (Evergreen,) of saints - Ps 1:1-3
    • (Duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints - Isa 65:22
    • (Casting their leaves yet retaining their substance,) of the elect remnant in the church - Isa 6:13
    • (Barren,) of the wicked - Ho 9:16
    • (Shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked - Isa 7:2
    • (Producing evil fruit,) of the wicked - Mt 7:17-19
    • (Dry,) of useless persons - Isa 56:3
    • (Dry,) of the wicked ripe for judgment - Lu 23:31
  • Esteemed as a sin offering, and frequently so called — Le 5:6,9
  • To be offered
    • For concealing knowledge of a crime - Le 5:1
    • For involuntarily touching unclean things - Le 5:2,3
    • For rash swearing - Le 5:4
    • For sins of ignorance in holy things - Le 5:15
    • For any sin of ignorance - Le 5:17
    • For breach of trust, or fraud - Le 6:2-5
  • Was a most holy offering — Le 14:13
  • Consisted of
    • A she lamb or kid - Le 5:6
    • A ram without blemish - Le 5:15; 6:6
    • Two turtle doves by those unable to bring a lamb - Le 5:7-10
    • A meat offering by the very poor - Le 5:11-13
  • Being for minor offences was lessened for the poor, not so the sin offering — Le 4:1-5:19
  • Atonement made by — Le 5:6,10,13,16,18; 6:7; 19:22
  • Accompanied by confession — Le 5:5
  • Generally accompanied by restitution — Le 5:16; 6:5
  • To be slain where the sin offering and burnt offering were slain — Le 14:13; Eze 40:39
  • Sometimes waved alive before the Lord — Le 14:12,13
  • Special occasions of offering
    • Cleansing of a leper - Le 14:2,12-14,21,22
    • Purification of women - Le 12:6-8
    • Purification of those with issues - Le 15:14,15
    • Purification of Nazarites who had broken their vow - Nu 6:12
    • For connection with a betrothed bondmaid - Le 19:20-22
  • Was the perquisites of the priest — Le 14:13; Eze 44:29
  • Illustrative of Christ — Isa 53:10; Eze 46:20
  • Were twelve in number — Ge 49:28; Ac 26:12; Jas 1:1
  • Descended from Jacob's sons — Ge 35:22-26
  • Manasseh and Ephraim numbered among, instead of Joseph and Levi — Ge 48:5; Jos 14:3,4
  • Predictions respecting each of — Ge 49:3-27; De 33:6-29
  • Each of
    • Under a president or chief - Nu 1:4-16
    • Divided into families - Nu 1:2; 26:5-50; Jos 7:14
    • Usually furnished an equal number of men for war - Nu 31:4
  • Each family of, had a chief or head — Nu 36:1; 1Ch 4:38
  • Total strength of, on leaving Egypt — Ex 12:37; Nu 1:44-46; 2:32
  • Divided into four divisions while in the wilderness — Nu 10:14-28
  • Encamped in their divisions and by their standards round the tabernacles — Nu 2:2-31
  • Canaan to be divided amongst according to their numbers — Nu 33:54
  • Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh
    • Settled on east side of Jordan - De 3:12-17; Jos 13:23-32
    • Were required to assist in subduing Canaan - Nu 32:6-32; De 3:18-20
  • Total strength of, on entering the land of Canaan — Nu 26:51
  • Canaan divided amongst nine and a half of, by lot — Jos 14:1-5
  • Situation of, and bounds of the inheritance of each — Jos 15:1-17:18
  • All inheritance to remain in the tribe and family to which allotted — Nu 36:3-9
  • Names of, engraven on the breastplate of the high priest — Ex 28:21; 39:14
  • Divided on mounts Ebal and Gerizim to hear the law — De 27:12,13
  • Remained as one people until the reign of Rehoboam — 1Ki 12:16-20
  • Sometimes exacted by kings from their own subjects 1Sa 8:10-17
  • Exacted from all conquered nations Jos 16:10; Jdj 1:30,33,35; 2Ki 23:33,35
  • Often exacted in
    • Labour 1Ki 5:13,14; 9:15,21
    • Produce of land, &c 1Sa 8:15; 1Ki 4:7
    • Gold and silver 2Ki 23:33,35
  • The Jews required to pay half a shekel to God as Ex 30:12-16
  • Christ to avoid offence wrought a miracle to pay for himself and Peter Mt 17:24-27
  • Kings of Israel
    • Forbidden to levy unnecessary or oppressive De 17:17
    • Set officers over 2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 4:6,7
    • Often oppressed the people with 1Ki 12:4,11
  • When oppressive frequently led to rebellion 1Ki 12:14-20
  • Priests and Levites exempted from Ezr 7:24
  • Roman
    • Decree of Augustus for Lu 2:1
    • First levied in Judea when Cyrenius was governor Lu 2:2
    • Persons enroled for, in the native place of their tribe and family Lu 2:3-5
    • Collected by the Publicans Lu 3:12,13; 5:27
    • Was paid in Roman coin Mt 22:19,20
    • Was resisted by the Galilaeans under Judas of Galilee Ac 5:37; Lu 13:1
    • Christ showed to the Pharisees and Herodians the propriety of paying Mt 22:15-22; Mr 12:13-17
    • Our Lord falsely accused of forbidding to pay Ro 13:6,7
  • All saints exhorted to pay Ro 13:6,7
  • Doctrine of proved from Scripture Mt 3:16,17; 28:19; Ro 8:9; 1Co 12:3-6; 2Co 13:14; Eph 4:4-6; 1Pe 1:2; Jude 1:20,21; Re 1:4,5
  • Divine titles applied to the three persons in Ex 20:2; Joh 20:28; Ac 5:3,4
  • Each person in, described as
    • Eternal Ro 16:26; Re 22:13; Heb 9:14
    • Holy Re 4:8; 15:4; Ac 3:14; 1Jo 2:20
    • True Joh 7:28; Re 3:7
    • Omnipresent Jer 23:24; Eph 1:23; Ps 139:7
    • Omnipotent Ge 17:1; Re 1:8; Ro 15:19; Jer 32:17; Heb 1:3; Lu 1:35
    • Omniscient Ac 15:18; Joh 21:17; 1Co 2:10,11
    • Creator Ge 1:1; Col 1:16; Job 33:4; Ps 148:5; Joh 1:3; Job 26:13
    • Sanctifier Jude 1:1; Heb 2:11; 1Pe 1:2
    • Author of all spiritual operations Heb 13:21; Col 1:29; 1Co 12:11
    • Source of eternal life Ro 6:23; Joh 10:28; Ga 6:8
    • Teacher Isa 54:13; Lu 21:15; Joh 14:26; Isa 48:17; Ga 1:12; 1Jo 2:20
    • Raising Christ from the dead 1Co 6:14; Joh 2:19; 1Pe 3:18
    • Inspiring the prophets, &c Heb 1:1; 2Co 13:3; Mr 13:11
    • Supplying ministers to the Church Jer 3:15; Eph 4:11; Ac 20:28; Jer 26:5; Mt 10:5; Ac 13:2
  • Salvation the work of 2Th 2:13,14; Tit 3:4-6; 1Pe 1:2
  • Baptism administered in name of Mt 28:19
  • Benediction given in name of 2Co 13:14
  • An instrument of music 1Ch 13:8
  • Called the trump 1Co 15:52
  • Made of
    • Rams' horns Jos 6:4
    • Silver Nu 10:2
  • Required to give an intelligible and understood sound 1Co 14:8
  • Used for
    • Regulating the journeys of the children of Israel Nu 10:2,5,6
    • Calling assemblies Nu 10:2,3,7
    • Blowing over the sacrifices on the feast day Nu 10:10; Ps 81:3
    • Blowing at all religious processions and ceremonies 1Ch 13:8; 15:24,28; 2Ch 5:13; 15:14
    • Assembling the people to war Jdj 3:27
    • Sounding for a memorial when the people went into battle Nu 10:9; 31:6,7
    • Proclaiming kings 2Ki 9:13; 11:14
    • Giving alarm in cases of danger Eze 33:2-6
  • Moses commanded to make two, for the tabernacle Nu 10:2
  • Solomon made a great many, for the service of the temple 2Ch 5:12
  • The priests to blow the sacred Nu 10:8; 2Ch 5:12; 7:6
  • The feast of trumpets celebrated by blowing of Le 23:24; Nu 29:1
  • The jubilee introduced by blowing of Le 25:9
  • Miracles connected with
    • Falling of the walls of Jericho Jos 6:20
    • Heard at Mount Sinai at giving of the law Ex 19:16; 20:18
    • Confusion produced in the camp of the Midianites by sound of Jdj 7:16,22
  • The war-horse acquainted with the sound of Job 39:24,25
  • Sounding of, illustrative of
    • God's power to raise the dead 1Co 15:52; 1Th 4:16
    • The proclamation of the gospel Ps 89:15
    • The bold and faithful preaching of ministers Isa 58:1; Ho 8:1; Joe 2:1
    • The latter day judgments Re 8:2,13
  • God is the true object of Ps 65:5
  • The fear of God leads to Pr 14:26
  • Encouragements to
    • The everlasting strength of God Isa 26:4
    • The goodness of God Na 1:7
    • The loving-kindness of God Ps 36:7
    • The rich bounty of God 1Ti 6:17
    • The care of God for us 1Pe 5:7
    • Former deliverances Ps 9:10; 2Co 1:10
  • Should be with the whole heart Pr 3:5
  • Should be from youth up Ps 71:5
  • Of saints is
    • Not in the flesh Php 3:3,4
    • Not in themselves 2Co 1:9
    • Not in carnal weapons 1Sa 17:38,39,45; Ps 44:6; 2Co 10:4
    • In God Ps 11:1; 31:14; 2Co 1:9
    • In the word of God Ps 119:42
    • In the mercy of God Ps 13:5; 52:8
    • In Christ Eph 3:12
    • Through Christ 2Co 3:4
    • Grounded on the covenant 2Sa 23:5
    • Strong in the prospect of death Ps 23:4
    • Fixed 2Sa 22:3; Ps 112:7
    • Unalterable Job 13:15
    • Despised by the wicked Isa 36:4,7
    • For ever Ps 52:8; 62:8; Isa 26:4
  • Saints plead, in prayer Ps 25:20; 31:1; 141:8
  • The Lord knows those who have Na 1:7
  • Exhortations to Ps 4:5; 115:9-11
  • Leads to
    • Being compassed with mercy Ps 32:10
    • Enjoyment of perfect peace Isa 26:3
    • Enjoyment of all temporal and spiritual blessings Isa 57:13
    • Enjoyment of happiness Pr 16:20
    • Rejoicing in God Ps 5:11; 33:21
    • Fulfilment of all holy desires Ps 37:5
    • Deliverance from enemies Ps 37:40
    • Safety in times of danger Pr 29:25
    • Stability Ps 125:1
    • Prosperity Pr 28:25
  • Keeps from
    • Fear Ps 56:11; Isa 12:2; Heb 13:6
    • Sliding Ps 26:1
    • Desolation Ps 34:22
  • To be accompanied by doing good Ps 37:3
  • Blessedness of placing, in God Ps 2:12; 34:8; 40:4; Jer 17:7
  • Of the wicked
    • Is not in God Ps 78:22; Zep 3:2
    • Is in idols Isa 42:17; Hab 2:18
    • Is in man Jdj 9:26; Ps 118:8,9
    • Is in their own heart Pr 28:26
    • Is in their own righteousness Lu 18:9,12
    • Is in vanity Job 15:31; Isa 59:4
    • Is in falsehood Isa 28:15; Jer 13:25
    • Is in earthly alliances Isa 30:2; Eze 17:15
    • Is in wealth Ps 49:6; 52:7; Pr 11:28; Jer 48:7; Mr 10:24
    • Is vain and delusive Isa 30:7; Jer 2:37
    • Shall make them ashamed Isa 20:5; 30:3,5; Jer 48:13
    • Shall be destroyed Job 18:14; Isa 28:18
  • Woe and curse of false Isa 30:1,2; 31:1-3; Jer 17:5
  • Of saints--Illustrated Ps 91:12; Pr 18:10
  • Of the wicked--Illustrated 2Ki 18:21; Job 8:14
  • Of saints-Exemplified
    • David 1Sa 17:45; 30:6
    • Hezekiah 2Ki 18:5
    • Jehoshaphat 2Ch 20:12
    • Shadrach &c Da 3:28
    • Paul 2Ti 1:12
  • Of the wicked-Exemplified
    • Goliath 1Sa 17:43-45
    • Benhadad 1Ki 20:10
    • Sennacherib 2Ch 32:8
    • Israelites Isa 31:1
  • God is a God of — De 32:4; Ps 31:15
  • Christ is — Joh 14:6; 7:18
  • Christ was full of — Joh 1:14
  • Christ spoke — Joh 8:45
  • The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of — Joh 14:17
  • The Holy Spirit guides into all — Joh 16:13
  • The word of God is — Da 10:21; Joh 17:17
  • God regards, with favour — Jer 5:3
  • The judgments of God are according to — Ps 96:13; Ro 2:2
  • Saints should
    • Worship God in - Joh 4:24; Ps 145:18
    • Serve God in - Jos 24:14; 1Sa 12:24
    • Walk before God in - 1Ki 2:4; 2Ki 20:3
    • Keep religious feasts with - 1Co 5:8
    • Esteem, as inestimable - Pr 23:23
    • Rejoice in - 1Co 13:6
    • Speak, to one another - Zec 8:16; Eph 4:25
    • Meditate upon - Php 4:8
    • Write upon the tables of the heart - Pr 3:3
  • God desires in the heart — Ps 51:6
  • The fruit of the Spirit is in — Eph 5:9
  • Ministers should
    • Speak - 2Co 12:6; Ga 4:16
    • Teach in - 1Ti 2:7
    • Approve themselves by - 2Co 4:2; 6:7,8; 7:14
  • Magistrates should be men of — Ex 18:21
  • Kings are preserved by — Pr 20:28
  • They who speak
    • Show forth righteousness - Pr 12:17
    • Shall be established - Pr 12:19
    • Are the delight of God - Pr 12:22
  • The wicked
    • Destitute of - Ho 4:1
    • Speak not - Jer 9:5
    • Uphold not - Isa 59:14,15
    • Plead not for - Isa 59:4
    • Are not valiant for - Jer 9:3
    • Punished for want of - Jer 9:5,9; Ho 4:1
  • The gospel as
    • Came by Christ - Joh 1:17
  • Christ bear witness to — Joh 18:37
  • Is in Christ — Ro 9:1; 1Ti 2:7
  • John bears witness to — Joh 5:33
  • Is according to godliness — Tit 1:1
  • Is sanctifying — Joh 17:17,19
  • Is purifying — 1Pe 1:22
  • Is part of Christian armour — Eph 6:14
  • Revealed abundantly to saints — Jer 33:6
  • Abides continually with saints — 2Jo 1:2
  • Should be acknowledged — 2Ti 2:25
  • Should be believed — 2Th 2:12,13; 1Ti 4:3
  • Should be obeyed — Ro 2:8; Ga 3:1
  • Should be loved — 2Th 2:10
  • Should be manifested — 2Co 4:2
  • Should be rightly divided — 2Ti 2:15
  • The wicked turn away from — 2Ti 4:4
  • The wicked resist — 2Ti 3:8
  • The wicked destitute of — 1Ti 6:5
  • The church is the pillar and ground of — 1Ti 3:15
  • The devil is devoid of — Joh 8:44
  • Is one of his attributes — De 32:4; Isa 65:16
  • Always goes before his face — Ps 89:14
  • He keeps, for ever — Ps 146:6
  • Described as
    • Great - Ps 57:10
    • Plenteous - Ps 86:15
    • Abundant - Ex 34:6
    • Inviolable - Nu 23:19; Tit 1:2
    • Reaching to the clouds - Ps 57:10
    • Enduring to all generations - Ps 100:5
  • United with mercy in redemption — Ps 85:10
  • Exhibited in his
    • Counsels of old - Isa 25:1
    • Ways - Re 15:3
    • Works - Ps 33:4; 11:7; Da 4:37
    • Judicial statutes - Ps 19:9
    • Administration of justice - Ps 96:13
    • Word - Ps 119:160; Joh 17:17
    • Fulfilment of promises in Christ - 2Co 1:20
    • Fulfilment of his covenant - Mic 7:20
    • Dealings with saints - Ps 25:10
    • Deliverance of saints - Ps 57:3
    • Punishment of the wicked - Re 16:7
  • Remembered toward saints — Ps 98:3
  • Is a shield and buckler to saints — Ps 9:14
  • We should
  • Confide in - Ps 31:5; Tit 1:2
    • Plead, in prayer - Ps 89:49
    • Pray for its manifestation to ourselves - 2Ch 6:17
    • Pray for its exhibition to others - 2Sa 2:6
    • Make known to others - Isa 38:19
    • Magnify - Ps 71:22; 138:2
  • Is denied by
    • The devil - Ge 3:4,5
    • The self-righteous - 1Jo 1:10
    • Unbelievers - 1Jo 5:10
  • Exemplified towards
    • Abraham - Ge 24:27
    • Jacob - Ge 32:10
    • Israel - Ps 98:3
  • Adam — Ro 5:14; 1Co 15:45
  • Abel — Ge 4:8,10; Heb 12:24
  • Abraham — Ge 17:5; Eph 3:15
  • Aaron — Ex 28:1; Heb 5:4,5; Le 16:15; Heb 9:7,24
  • Ark — Ge 7:16; 1Pe 3:20,21
  • Ark of the Covenant — Ex 25:16; Ps 40:8; Isa 42:6
  • Atonement, sacrifices offered on the day of — Le 16:15,16; Heb 9:12,24
  • Brazen serpent — Nu 21:9; Joh 3:14,15
  • Brazen altar — Ex 27:1,2; Heb 13:10
  • Burnt offering — Le 1:2,4; Heb 10:10
  • Cities of refuge — Nu 35:6; Heb 6:18
  • David — 2Sa 8:15; Eze 37:24; Ps 89:19,20; Php 2:9
  • Eliakim — Isa 22:20-22; Re 3:7
  • First-fruits — Ex 22:29; 1Co 15:20
  • Golden candlestick — Ex 25:31; Joh 8:12
  • Golden altar — Ex 40:5,26,27; Re 8:3; Heb 13:15
  • Isaac — Ge 22:1,2; Heb 11:17-19
  • Jacob — Ge 32:28; Joh 11:42; Heb 7:25
  • Jacob's ladder — Ge 28:12; Joh 1:51
  • Joseph — Ge 50:19,20
  • Joshua — Jos 1:5,6; Heb 4:8,9; Jos 11:23; Ac 20:32
  • Jonah — Jon 1:17; Mt 12:40
  • Laver of brass — Ex 30:18-20; Zec 13:1; Eph 5:26,27
  • Leper's offering — Le 14:4-7; Ro 4:25
  • Man — Ex 16:11-15; Joh 6:32-35
  • Melchizedek — Ge 14:18-20; Heb 7:1-17
  • Mercy-seat — Ex 25:17-22; Ro 3:25; Heb 4:16
  • Morning and evening sacrifices — Ex 29:38-41; Joh 1:29,36
  • Moses — Nu 12:7; Heb 3:2; De 18:15; Ac 3:20-22
  • Noah — Ge 5:29; 2Co 1:5
  • Paschal lamb — Ex 12:3-6,46; Joh 19:36; 1Co 5:7
  • Peace offerings — Le 3:1; Eph 2:14,16
  • Red heifer — Nu 19:2-6; Heb 9:13,14
  • Rock of Horeb — Ex 17:6; 1Co 10:4
  • Samson — Judg 16:30; Col 2:14,15
  • Scape goat — Le 16:20-22; Isa 53:6,12
  • Sin offering — Le 4:2,3,12; Heb 13:11,12
  • Solomon — 2Sa 7:12,13; Lu 1:32,33; 1Pe 2:5
  • Tabernacle — Ex 40:2,34; Heb 9:11; Col 2:9
  • Table and show bread — Ex 25:23-30; Joh 1:16; 6:48
  • Temple — 1Ki 6:1,38; Joh 2:19,21
  • Tree of life — Ge 2:9; Joh 1:4; Re 22:2
  • Trespass offering — Le 6:1-7; Isa 53:10
  • Vail of the tabernacle and temple — Ex 40:21; 2Ch 3:14; Heb 10:20
  • Zerubbabel — Zec 4:7-9; Heb 12:2,3
  • Antiquity of — Isa 23:7; Jos 19:29
  • Called
    • The daughter of Zidon - Isa 23:12
    • The daughter of Tarshish - Isa 23:10
    • The joyous city - Isa 23:7
    • The crowning city - Isa 23:8
    • The renowned city - Eze 26:17
  • Insular position of — Eze 26:17; 27:4,25
  • Strongly fortified — Jos 19:29; 2Sa 24:7; Eze 26:17; Zec 9:3
  • Governed by kings — 1Ki 5:1; Jer 25:22
  • Celebrated for
    • Its beauty - Eze 27:3,4
    • Its commerce - Isa 23:2,3; Eze 27:3,12-25
    • Its wealth - Eze 27:33; 28:4,5; Zec 9:3
    • Strength and beauty of its ships - Eze 27:5-7
  • Soldiers of, supplied by Persia, &c — Eze 27:10,11
  • Inhabitants of
    • Sea-faring men - Eze 26:17
    • Mercantile men - Isa 23:8
    • Proud and haughty - Isa 23:9; Eze 28:2,17
    • Self-conceited - Eze 28:3-5
    • Superstitious - Jer 27:2,3,9
    • Wicked - Eze 28:18
  • Often confederated against the Jews and rejoiced in their calamities — Ps 83:7; Eze 26:2; Am 1:9
  • David and Solomon formed alliances with — 1Ki 5:1; 2Ch 2:3
  • Supplied
    • Seamen for Solomon's navy - 1Ki 9:27; 2Ch 8:18
    • A master-builder for the temple - 2Ch 2:7,13
    • Stones and timber for building the temple - 1Ki 5:6,9; 2Ch 2:8,9,16
    • Timber for rebuilding the temple and city - Ezr 3:7
  • The Jews condemned for purchasing from the people of, on the Sabbath — Ne 13:16
  • Christ
    • Alluded to the depravity of - Mt 11:21,22
    • Visited the coasts of - Mt 15:21; Mr 7:24
    • Was followed by many from - Mr 3:8; Lu 6:17
    • Paul found disciples at - Ac 21:3,4
    • Depended for provision upon Galilee - Ac 12:20
  • Propitiated the favour of Herod — Ac 12:20
  • Prophecies respecting
    • Envy against the Jews a cause of its destruction - Eze 26:2
    • Pride a cause of its destruction - Eze 28:2-6
    • To be destroyed by the king of Babylon - Isa 23:13,14; Jer 27:3,6; Eze 26:7-13
    • Inhabitants of, to emigrated to other countries - Isa 23:6,12
    • To be scraped as the top of a rock, and to be a place for the spreading nets - Eze 26:3-5,14
    • The king of Babylon to be rewarded with the spoil of Egypt for his service against - Eze 29:18-20
    • To lie waste and be forgotten for seventy years - Isa 23:15
    • Its restoration to commercial greatness after seventy years - Isa 23:16,17
    • Its second destruction by the Macedonians - Eze 27:32; 28:7,8,18; Zec 9:2-4
    • The ruins of the first city to be employed in making a causeway to effect the destruction of insular Tyre - Eze 26:12
    • Never to recover its greatness - Eze 26:21
    • Its inhabitants to be sold as slaves, as a recompence for their selling the Jews - Joe 3:4-8
    • All nations to be terrified at its destruction - Eze 26:15-18; 27:29-36; Zec 9:5
    • To participated in the blessings of the gospel - Ps 45:12; Isa 23:18