Torrey Topical Textbook

A covering for the head usually worn by women — Ge 38:14
Was worn
- As a token of modesty - Ge 24:65
- As a token of subjection - 1Co 11:3,6,7,10
- For concealment - Ge 38:14
The removing of, considered rude and insolent — Song 5:7
Removing of, threatened as a punishment to ungodly women — Isa 3:23
Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face — Ex 34:33; 2Co 3:13
Illustrative
- Of the spiritual blindness of the Gentile nations - Isa 25:7
- Of the spiritual blindness of the Jewish nation - 2Co 3:14-16

Moses commanded to make — Ex 26:31
Made by Bezaleel for the tabernacle — Ex 36:35
Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold — Ex 26:32
Hung between the holy and most holy place — Ex 26:33; Heb 9:3
Designed to conceal the ark, mercy seat, and the symbol of the divine presence — Ex 40:3
The high priest
- Alone allowed to enter within - Heb 9:6,7
- Allowed to enter but once a year - Le 16:2; Heb 9:7
- Could not enter without blood - Le 16:3; Heb 9:7
Made by Solomon for the temple — 2Ch 3:14
Was rent at the death of our Lord — Mt 27:51; Mr 15:38; Lu 23:45
Illustrative
- Of the obscurity of the Mosaic age - Heb 9:8
- Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity - Heb 10:20; Isa 53:2
- (Rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints - Heb 10:19,20; 9:24

Tracts of land between mountains — 1Sa 17:3
Called
- Vales - De 1:7; Jos 10:40
- Dales - Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18
- Fat valleys, when fruitful - Isa 28:1,4
- Rough valleys, when uncultivated and barren - De 21:4
Watered by mountain streams — Ps 104:8,10
Canaan abounded in — De 11:11
Abounded with
- Fountains and springs - De 8:7; Isa 41:18
- Rocks and caves - Job 30:6; Isa 57:5
- Trees - 1Ki 10:27
- Lily of the valley - Song 2:1
- Ravens - Pr 30:17
- Doves - Eze 7:16
Of Israel well tilled and fruitful — 1Sa 6:13; Ps 65:13
Often the scenes of idolatrous rites — Isa 57:5
The heathen supposed that certain deities presided over — 1Ki 20:23,28
The Canaanites held possession of, against Judah — Judg 1:19
Often the scenes of great contests — Judg 5:15; 7:8,22; 1Sa 17:19
Mentioned in scripture
- Achor - Jos 7:24; Isa 65:10; Ho 2:5
- Ajalon - Jos 10:12
- Baca - Ps 84:6
- Berachah - 2Ch 20:26
- Bochim - Judg 2:5
- Charashim - 1Ch 4:14
- Elah - 1Sa 17:2; 21:9
- Eshcol - Nu 32:9; De 1:24
- Gad - 2Sa 24:5
- Gerar - Ge 26:17
- Gibeon - Isa 28:21
- Hebron - Ge 37:14
- Hinnom or Tophet - Jos 18:16; 2Ki 23:10; 2Ch 28:3; Jer 7:32
- Jehoshaphat or decision - Joe 3:2,14
- Jericho - De 34:3
- Jezreel - Ho 1:5
- Jephthah-el - Jos 19:14,27
- Keziz - Jos 18:21
- Lebanon - Jos 11:17
- Megiddo - 2Ch 35:22; Zec 12:11
- Moab where Moses was buried - De 34:6
- Passengers or Hamongog - Eze 39:11
- Rephaim or giants - Jos 15:8; 18:16; 2Sa 5:18; Isa 17:5
- Salt - 2Sa 8:13; 2Ki 14:17
- Shaveh or king's dale - Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18
- Shittim - Joe 3:18
- Siddim - Ge 14:3,8
- Sorek - Judg 16:4
- Succoth - Ps 60:6
- Zared - Nu 21:12
- Zeboim - 1Sa 13:18
- Zephathah - 2Ch 14:10
To be filled with hostile chariots, threatened as a punishment — Isa 22:7
Miracles connected with
- The moon made to stand still over Ajalon - Jos 10:12
- Ditches in, filled with water - 2Ki 3:16,17
- Water in, made to appear to the Moabites like blood - 2Ki 3:22,23
Illustrative
- Of the church of Christ - Song 6:11
- (Fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of Israel - Nu 24:6
- (Dark,) of affliction and death - Ps 23:4
- (Filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel - Isa 40:4; Lu 3:5

A consequence of the fall — Ro 8:20
Every man is — Ps 39:11
Every state of man is — Ps 62:9
Man at his best estate is — Ps 39:5
Man is like to — Ps 144:4
The thoughts of man are — Ps 94:11
The days of man are — Job 7:16; Ec 6:12
Childhood and youth are — Ec 11:10
The beauty of man is — Ps 39:11; Pr 31:30
The help of man in — Ps 60:11; La 4:17
Man's own righteousness is — Isa 57:12
Worldly wisdom is — Ec 2:15,21; 1Co 3:20
Worldly pleasure is — Ec 2:1
Worldly anxiety — Ps 39:6; 127:2
Worldly labour is — Ec 2:11; 4:4
Worldly enjoyment is — Ec 2:3,10,11
Worldly possessions are — Ec 2:4-11
Treasures of wickedness are — Pr 10:2
Heaping up riches is — Ec 2:26; 4:8
Love of riches is — Ec 5:10
Unblessed riches are — Ec 6:2
Riches gotten by falsehood are — Pr 21:6
All earthly things are — Ec 1:2
Foolish questions, &c are — 1Ti 1:6,7; 6:20; 2Ti 2:14,16; Tit 3:9
The conduct of the ungodly is — 1Pe 1:18
The religion of hypocrites is — Jas 1:26
The worship of the wicked is — Isa 1:13; Mt 6:7
Lying words are — Jer 7:8
False teaching is but — Jer 23:32
Mere external religion is — 1Ti 4:8; Heb 13:9
Alms giving without charity is — 1Co 13:3
Faith without works is — Jas 2:14
Idolatry is — 2Ki 17:15; Ps 31:6; Isa 44:9,10; Jer 10:8; 18:15
Wealth gotten by, diminishes — Pr 13:11
Saints
- Hate the thoughts of - Ps 119:113
- Pray to be kept from - Ps 119:37; Pr 30:8
- Avoid - Ps 24:4
- Avoid those given to - Ps 26:4
The wicked
- Especially characterised by - Job 11:11
- Though full of, affect to be wise - Job 11:12
- Love - Ps 4:2
- Imagine - Ps 2:1; Ac 4:25; Ro 1:21
- Devise - Ps 36:4
- Speak - Ps 10:7; 12:2; 41:6
- Count God's service as - Job 21:15; Mal 3:14
- Allure others by words of - 2Pe 2:18
- Walk after - Jer 2:5
- Walk in - Ps 39:6; Eph 4:17
- Inherit - Jer 16:19
- Reap - Pr 22:8; Jer 12:13
- Judicially given up to - Ps 78:33; Isa 57:13
Fools follow those given to — Pr 12:11
Following those given to, leads to poverty — Pr 28:19
They who trust in, rewarded with — Job 15:31

Often found wild — 2Ki 4:39; Ho 9:10
Cultivated
- In vineyards from the time of Noah - Ge 9:20
- On the sides of hills - Jer 31:5
- In the valleys - Song 6:11
- By the walls of houses - Ps 128:3
Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness — Le 25:3; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 18:5
Canaan abounded in — De 6:11; 8:8
Places celebrated for
- Eshcol - Nu 13:23,24
- Sibmah - Isa 16:8,9
- Lebanon - Ho 14:7
- Egypt - Ps 78:47; 80:8
The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed — Eze 17:6
Of Sodom bad and unfit for use — De 32:32
Often degenerated — Isa 5:2; Jer 2:21
Frequently injured by hail and frost — Ps 78:47; 105:32,33
Foxes destructive to — Song 2:15
The wild boar destructive to — Ps 80:13
The fruit of
Called grapes - Ge 40:10
- Peculiarly sour when unripe - Jer 31:30
- Eaten fresh from the tree - De 23:24
- Eaten dried - 1Sa 25:18; 30:12
- Sold in the markets - Ne 13:15
- Made into wine - De 32:14; Mt 26:29
The wood of, fit only for burning — Eze 15:2-5
Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots — Ge 49:11
Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year — Nu 13:20
Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers — Song 2:13; Ho 14:7
God made, fruitful for his people when obedient — Joe 2:22; Zec 8:12
Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment — Jer 8:13; Ho 2:12; Joe 1:7,12; Hag 2:19
Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection — Job 15:33; Mal 3:11
Nazarites prohibited eating any part of — Nu 6:3,4
Illustrative
- Of Christ - Joh 15:1,2
- Of Israel - Ps 80:8; Isa 5:2,7
- (Its fruitful branches,) of saints - Joh 15:5
- (Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors - Joh 15:2,6
- (Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace - Ho 14:7
- (Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church - Song 7:8
- (Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions - Joh 15:2
- (Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked - Eze 15:6,7
- (Unfruitful,) of the wicked - Ho 10:1
- (Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity - 1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10
Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of — Jer 31:29,30; Eze 18:2

Origin and antiquity of — Ge 9:20
The design of planting — Ps 107:37; 1Co 9:7
Frequently walled or fenced with hedges — Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31; Isa 5:2,5
Cottages built in, for the keepers — Isa 1:8
Provided with the apparatus for making wine — Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33
The stones carefully gathered out of — Isa 5:2
Laws respecting
- Not to be planted with different kinds of seed - De 22:9
- Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year - Ex 23:11; Le 25:4
- The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year - Le 25:5,11
- Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to - Ex 22:5
- Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away - De 23:24
- The gleaning of, to be left for the poor - Le 19:10; De 24:21
- The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years - Le 19:23
- The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year - Le 19:24
- The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year - Le 19:25
- Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit - De 20:6
Frequently let out to husbandmen — Song 8:11; Mt 21:33
Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit — Mt 21:34
Were often mortgaged — Ne 5:3,4
Estimated rent of — Song 8:11; Isa 7:23
Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators — Song 8:12
The poor engaged in the culture of — 2Ki 25:12; Isa 61:5
Members of the family often wrought in — Song 1:6; Mt 21:28-30
Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in — Mt 20:1,2
Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state — 1Ch 27:27
The vintage or ingathering of
- Was a time of great rejoicing - Isa 16:10
- Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed - Le 26:5
- Failure in, occasioned great grief - Isa 16:9,10
Of red grapes particularly esteemed — Isa 27:2
The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies — Jer 48:32
The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c — De 28:39; Am 4:9
In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine — Isa 5:10; Hag 1:9,11
The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of — Am 5:11; Zep 1:13
The Rechabites forbidden to plant — Jer 35:7-9
Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste — Pr 24:30,31
Illustrative
- Of the Jewish Church - Isa 5:7; 27:2; Jer 12:10; Mt 21:23
- (Failure of,) of severe calamities - Isa 32:10
- (Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect - Isa 24:13

God often made known his will by — Ps 89:19
God especially made himself known to prophets by — Nu 12:6
Often accompanied
- A representative of the divine person and glory - Isa 6:1
- An audible voice from heaven - Ge 15:1; 1Sa 3:4,5
- An appearance of angels - Lu 1:22,11; 24:23; Ac 10:3
- An appearance of human beings - Ac 9:12; 16:9
Frequently difficult and perplexing to those who received them — Da 7:15; 8:15; Ac 10:17
Often communicated
- In the night season - Ge 46:2; Da 2:19
- In a trance - Nu 24:16; Ac 11:5
Often recorded for the benefit of the people — Hab 2:2
Often multiplied for the benefit of the people — Ho 12:10
Mentioned in scripture
- To Abraham - Ge 15:1
- To Jacob - Ge 46:2
- To Moses - Ex 3:2,3; Ac 7:30-32
- To Samuel - 1Sa 3:2-15
- To Nathan - 2Sa 7:4,17
- To Eliphaz - Job 4:13-16
- To Isaiah - Isa 6:1-8
- To Ezekiel (See chapters 10, 40-48 of Ezekiel) - Eze 1:4-14; 8:2-14; 11:24,25; 37:1-10
- To Nebuchadnezzar - Da 2:28; Da 4:5
- To Daniel (See chapters 7, 8, and 10 of Daniel) - Da 2:19
- To Amos - Am 7:1-9; 8:1-6; 9:1
- To Zechariah - Zec 1:8; 3:1; 4:2; 5:2; 6:1
- To Paul - Ac 9:3,6; 16:9; 18:9; 22:18; 27:23; 2Ch 12:1-4
- To Ananias - Ac 9:10,11
- To Cornelius - Ac 10:3
- To Peter - Ac 10:9-17
- To John (See also Rev chapters 4 - 22) - Re 1:12
Sometimes withheld for a long season — 1Sa 3:1
The withholding of a great calamity — Pr 29:18; La 2:9
False prophets pretended to have seen — Jer 14:14; 23:16
The prophets of God skilled in interpreting — 2Ch 26:5; Da 1:17

Solemn promises made to God — Ps 76:11
Were made in reference to
- Devoting the person to God - Nu 6:2
- Dedicating children to God - 1Sa 1:11
- Devoting property to God - Ge 28:22
- Offering sacrifices - Le 7:16; 22:18:22; Nu 15:3
- Afflicting the soul - Nu 30:13
To be voluntary — De 23:21,22
To be performed faithfully — Nu 30:2
To be performed without delay — De 23:21,23
Danger of inconsiderately making — Pr 20:25
Of children void without the consent of parents — Nu 30:3-5
Of married women void without consent of husbands — Nu 30:6-8,10-13
Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding — Nu 30:9
Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making — Nu 30:14,15
Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation — Le 27:1-8,11-23
Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed — Le 27:9,10
Recorded in scripture
- Of Jacob - Ge 28:20-22; 31:13
- Of Israelites - Nu 21:2
- Of Jephthah - Judg 11:30,31
- Of Hannah - 1Sa 1:1
- Of Elkanah - 1Sa 1:24
- Of David - Ps 132:2-5
- Of mariners who cast out Jonah - Jon 1:16
- Of Jonah - Jon 2:9
- Of Lemuel's mother - Pr 31:1,2
- Of Paul - Ac 18:18
- Of certain Jews with Paul - Ac 21:23,24,26
All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle — De 12:6,11,17,18,26
Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God — Le 22:23; Mal 1:14
The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the subject of — De 23:18

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