Torrey's Topical Textbook

"Burial" to "Calf of Gold"

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Burial

- Probable origin of Ge 4:9,10

- Design of Ge 23:3,4

- ATTENDED BY . Family of the dead Ge 50:5, 6,8; Mt 8:21

. Numbers of friends, &c Ge 50:7,9; 2Sa 3:31; Lu 7:12

. Female friends Mr 15:47; Lu 7:13

. Hired mourners Jer 9:17,18

. Great lamentation at Ge 50:10,11; 2Sa 3:31,32

- Orations sometimes made at 2Sa 3:33,34

- THE BODY WAS . Washed before Ac 9:37

. Anointed for Mt 26:12

. Wound in linen for Joh 11:44; 19:40

. Preserved with spices Joh 19:39,40

. Sometimes burned before 1Sa 31:12

. Carried on a bier to 2Sa 3:31; Lu 7:14

- Perfumes burned at 2Ch 16:14; Jer 34:5

- Antiquity of coffins for Ge 50:26

- Often took place immediately after death Joh 11:17,39; Ac 5:6,10

- Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days Ge 50:3,4

- Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution De 21:23; Joh 19:31

- The right of all nations Jud 16:31; Joh 19:38

- Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors 1Ki 11:15; Eze 39:11-14

- Of the friendless, a kind act 2Sa 2:5

- PLACES USED FOR . Natural caves Ge 23:19; Joh 11:38

. Caves hewn out of rocks Isa 22:16; Mt 27:60

. Gardens 2Ki 21:18,26; Joh 19:41

. Under trees Ge 35:8; 1Sa 31:13

. Tops of the hills Jos 24:33; 2Ki 23:16

. Houses of the deceased 1Sa 25:1; 1Ki 2:34

. The city of David for the kings of Judah 1Ki 2:10; 2Ch 21:20; 24:16

- Antiquity of purchasing places for Ge 23:7-16

- PLACES OF . Frequently prepared and pointed out during life Ge 50:5; 2Ch 16:14; Mt 27:60

. Members of a family interred in the same Ge 25:10; 49:31; 2Sa 2:32

. Held in high veneration Ne 2:3,5

. Provided for the common people Jer 26:23

. Provided for aliens and strangers Mt 27:7

. Visited by sorrowing friends Joh 11:31

. Pillars erected on Ge 35:20

. Tombs erected over Mt 23:27-29

. Sometimes had inscriptions 2Ki 23:17

. Sometimes not apparent Lu 11:44

. For criminals, marked by heaps Jos 7:26

. Were ceremonially unclean Nu 19:16,18

. Often desecrated by idolatry Isa 65:3,4

- The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places of Ge 47:29-31; 49:29,30; 50:25; 2Sa 19:37

- Followed by a feast 2Sa 3:35; Jer 16:7,8; Ho 9:4

- Privation of, considered a calamity Ec 6:3

- Privation of, threatened as a punishment 2Ki 9:10; Jer 8:2; 16:4

- An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass Jer 22:19

- Illustrative of regeneration Ro 6:4; Col 2:12

Burnt Offering, The

- To be offered only to the Lord Jud 13:16

- Specially acceptable Le 1:9, Ge 8:21;13,17

- The most ancient of all sacrifices Ge 4:4; 8:20; 22:2,13; Job 1:5

- Offered by the Jews before the law Ex 10:25; 24:5

- TO BE TAKEN FROM . The flock or herd Le 1:2

. The fowls Le 1:14

- Was an atonement for sin Le 9:7

- Guilt transferred to, by imposition of hands Le 1:4; Nu 8:12

- REQUIRED TO BE . Killed, if a beast, by the person who brought it Le 1:5,11

. Killed, if a bird, by the priest Le 1:15

. For the people at large, killed and prepared by the Levites Eze 44:11

. A male without blemish Le 1:3; 22:19

. Voluntary Le 1:3; 22:18,19

. Presented at the door of the tabernacle De 12:6, Le 1:3;11,14

. Offered by priests only Le 1:9; Eze 44:15

. Offered in righteousness Ps 51:19

. Entirely burned Le 1:8,9, 12,13; 6:9

- Blood of, sprinkled round about upon the altar Le 1:5,11

- If a bird, the blood was wrung out at the side of the altar Le 1:15

- Ashes of, collected at foot of the altar, and conveyed without the camp Le 6:11

- Skin of, given to the priests for clothing Le 7:8; Ge 3:21

- WAS OFFERED . Every morning and evening Ex 29:38-42

. Every sabbath day Nu 28:9,10

. The first day of every month Nu 28:11

. The seven days of unleavened bread Nu 28:19,24

. The day of atonement Le 16:3,5; Nu 29:8

. At consecration of Levites Nu 8:12

. At consecration priests Le 9:2,12-14

. At consecration of kings 1Ch 29:21-23

. At purification of women Le 12:6

. For Nazarites after defilement, or at the end of their vow Nu 6:11,14

. For the healed leper Le 14:13, 19,20

. At dedication of sacred places Nu 7:15; 1Ki 8:64

. After great mercies 1Sa 6:14; 2Sa 24:22,25

. Before going to war 1Sa 7:9

. With sounds of trumpets at feasts Nu 10:10

- The fat, &c of all peace offerings laid on, and consumed with the daily Le 3:5; 6:12

- Of the wicked, not accepted by God Isa 1:10,11; Jer 6:19,20; Am 5:22

- Obedience better than 1Sa 15:22; Jer 7:21-23

- Knowledge of God better than Ho 6:6

- Love of God better than Mr 12:33

- Abraham tried by the command to offer Isaac as Ge 22:1-24

- Incapable of removing sin, and reconciling to God Ps 40:6; 50:8; Heb 10:6

- The most costly, no adequate tribute to God Isa 40:16; Ps 50:9-13

- Guilt of unauthorised persons offering 1Sa 13:12,13

- Guilt of offering, except in the place appointed Le 17:8,9

- Of human victims execrated De 12:31; 2Ki 3:27; Jer 7:31; 19:5

- ILLUSTRATIVE OF . The offering of Christ Eph 5:2; Heb 10:8-10

. Devotedness to God Ro 12:1

Busy-bodies

- Fools are Pr 20:3

- The idle are 2Th 3:11; 1Ti 5:13

- Are mischievous tale-bearers 1Ti 5:13

- Bring mischief upon themselves 2Ki 14:10; Pr 26:17

- Christians must not be 1Pe 4:15

Calf, The

- The young of the herd Job 21:10; Jer 31:12

- Playfulness of, alluded to Ps 29:6

- FED ON . Milk 1Sa 6:10

. Branches of trees, &c Isa 27:10

- Fattened in stalls, &c 1Sa 28:24; Am 6:4

- Offered in sacrifice Le 9:2,3; Heb 9:12,19

- Of a year old best for sacrifice Mic 6:6

- If first-born not redeemed Nu 18:17

- Eaten in the patriarchal age Ge 18:7,8

- When fattened considered a delicacy 1Sa 28:24,25; Am 6:4; Lu 15:23,27

- ILLUSTRATIVE OF . Saints nourished by grace Mal 4:2

. Sacrifices of praise Ho 14:2; Heb 13:5

. Patient endurance Eze 1:7; Re 4:7

Calf of Gold

- Made on account of the delay of Moses in the mount Ex 32:1

- WAS MADE . Of the ornaments of the women, &c Ex 32:2,3

. To represent God Ex 32:4,5; Ps 106:20

. After an Egyptian model Ac 7:39,41

. To go before the congregation Ex 32:1

- Molten in the fire Ex 32:4; Ps 106:19

- Fashioned with a graven tool Ex 32:4

- An altar built before Ex 32:5

- Sacrifices offered to Ex 32:6; Ac 7:41

- Worshipped with profane revelry Ex 32:6,18, 19,25; 1Co 10:7

- MAKING OF . A very great sin Ex 32:21, 30,31

. A forgetting of God Ps 106:21

. A turning aside from the divine command Ex 32:8; De 9:12,16

. Excited wrath against Aaron De 9:20

. Excited wrath against Israel Ex 32:10; De 9:14,19

. Caused Moses to break the tables of the testimony Ex 32:19; De 9:17

. Israel punished for Ex 32:26-29,35

- Moses interceded for those who worshipped Ex 32:11-14,30-34; De 9:18-20

- Destroyed by Moses Ex 32:20; De 9:21

- Punishment of those who worshipped a warning to others 1Co 10:5-7