Torrey's Topical Textbook

"Punishments" to "Reaping"

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Punishments

- Antiquity of Ge 4:13,14

- Power of inflicting, given to magistrates Job 31:11; Ro 13:4

- Designed to be a warning to others De 13:11; 17:13; 19:20

- WERE INFLICTED . On the guilty De 24:16; Pr 17:26

. Without pity De 19:13,21

. Without partiality De 13:6-8

. By order of magistrates Ac 16:22

. By order of kings 2Sa 1:13-16; 1Ki 2:23-46

. Immediately after sentence was passed De 25:2; Jos 7:25

. By the witnesses De 13:9; 17:7; Joh 8:7; Ac 7:58,59

. By the people Nu 15:35,36; De 13:9

. By soldiers 2Sa 1:15; Mt 27:27-35

- Sometimes deferred until God was consulted Nu 15:34

- Sometimes deferred for a considerable time 1Ki 2:5,6, 8,9

- SECONDARY KINDS OF . Imprisonment Ezr 7:26; Mt 5:25

. Confinement in a dungeon Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11

. Confinement in stocks Jer 20:2; Ac 16:24

. Fine, or giving of money Ex 21:22; De 22:19

. Restitution Ex 21:36; 22:1-4; Le 6:4,5; 24:18

. Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done Ex 21:24; De 19:21

. Binding with chains and fetters Ps 105:18

. Scourging De 25:2,3; Mt 27:26; Ac 22:25; 2Co 11:24

. Selling the criminal Mt 18:25

. Banishment Ezr 7:26; Re 1:9

. Torturing Mt 18:34; Heb 11:37

. Putting out the eyes Jud 16:21; 1Sa 11:2

. Cutting off hands and feet 2Sa 4:12

. Mutilating the hands and feet Jud 1:5-7

. Cutting off nose and ears Eze 23:25

. Plucking out the hair Ne 13:25; Isa 50:6

. Confiscating the property Ezr 7:26

- Inflicting of capital, not permitted to the Jews by the Romans Joh 18:31

- CAPITAL KINDS OF . Burning Ge 38:24; Le 20:14; Da 3:6

. Hanging Nu 25:4; De 21:22,23; Jos 8:29; 2Sa 21:12; Es 7:9,10

. Crucifying Mt 20:19; 27:35

. Beheading Ge 40:19; Mr 6:16,27

. Slaying with the sword 1Sa 15:33; Ac 12:2

. Stoning Le 24:14; De 13:10; Ac 7:59

. Cutting in pieces Da 2:5; Mt 24:51

. Sawing asunder Heb 11:37

. Exposing to wild beasts Da 6:16,24; 1Co 15:32

. Bruising in mortars Pr 27:22

. Casting headlong from a rock 2Ch 25:12

. Casting into the sea Mt 18:6

- Strangers not exempted from Le 20:2

- Were sometimes commuted Ex 21:29,30

- For murder not to be commuted Nu 35:31,32

Purifications or Baptisms

- Of Israel at the exodus Ex 14:22; 1Co 10:2

- Of Israel before receiving the law Ex 19:10

- Of priests before consecration Ex 29:4

- Of Levites before consecration Nu 8:6,7

- Of high priest on day of atonement Le 16:4,24

- Of things for burnt-offerings 2Ch 4:6

- Of individuals who were ceremonially unclean Le 15:2-13; 17:15; 22:4-7; Nu 19:7-12,21

- Of the healed leper Le 14:8,9

- Of Nazarites after vow expired Ac 21:24,26

- Used by the devout before entering God's house Ps 26:6; Heb 10:22

- Multiplied by traditions Mt 15:2; Mr 7:3,4

- MEANS USED FOR . Water of separation Nu 19:9

. Running water Le 15:13

. Water mixed with blood Ex 24:5-8; Heb 9:19

- WAS BY . Sprinkling Nu 19:13,18; Heb 9:19

. Washing parts of the body Ex 30:19

. Washing the whole body Le 8:6; 14:9

- Of priests performed in the brazen laver Ex 30:18; 2Ch 4:6

- Vessels in the houses of the Jews for Joh 2:6

- Consequence of neglecting those prescribed by law Le 17:16; Nu 19:13,20

- Availed to sanctifying the flesh Heb 9:13

- Insufficient for spiritual purification Job 9:30,31; Jer 2:22

- The Jews laid great stress on Joh 3:25

- ILLUSTRATIVE OF . Purification by the blood of Christ Heb 9:9-12

. Regeneration Eph 5:26; 1Jo 1:7

Rain

- Occasioned by the condensing of the clouds Job 36:27,28; Ps 77:17; Ec 11:3

- GOD . Made a decree for Job 28:26

. Prepares Ps 147:8

. Gives Job 5:10

. Causes, to come down Joe 2:23

. Exhibits goodness in giving Ac 14:17

. Exhibits greatness in giving Job 36:26,27

. Sends upon the evil and good Mt 5:45

. Should be praised for Ps 147:7,8

. Should be feared on account of Jer 5:24

- Impotence of idols exhibited in not being able to give Jer 14:22

- Not sent upon the earth immediately after creation Ge 2:5

- Rarely falls in Egypt De 11:10; Zec 14:18

- Canaan abundantly supplied with De 11:11

- DESIGNED FOR . Refreshing the earth Ps 68:9; 72:6

. Making fruitful the earth Heb 6:7

. Replenishing the springs and fountains of the earth Ps 104:8

- Promised in due season to the obedient Le 26:4; De 11:14; Eze 34:26,27

- Frequently withheld on account of iniquity De 11:17; Jer 3:3; 5:25; Am 4:7

- THE WANT OF . Causes the earth to open Job 29:23; Jer 14:4

. Dries up springs and fountains 1Ki 17:7

. Occasions famine 1Ki 18:1,2

. Removed by prayer 1Ki 8:35,36; Jas 5:18

- Withheld for three years and six months in the days of Elijah 1Ki 17:1; Jas 5:17

- DIVIDED INTO . Great Ezr 10:9

. Plentiful Ps 68:9

. Overflowing Eze 38:22

. Sweeping Pr 28:3

. Small Job 37:6

- The former, after harvest, to prepare for sowing De 11:14; Jer 5:24

- The latter, before harvest Joe 2:23; Zec 10:1

- The rainbow often appears during Ge 9:14; Eze 1:28

- Often succeeded by heat and sunshine 2Sa 23:4; Isa 18:4

- The appearance of a cloud from the west indicated 1Ki 18:44; Lu 12:54

- The north wind drives away Pr 25:23

- Unusual in harvest time Pr 26:1

- Thunder and lightning often with Ps 135:7

- Storm and tempest often with Mt 7:25,27

- INSTANCES OF EXTRAORDINARY . Time of the flood Ge 7:4,12

. Plague of, upon Egypt Ex 9:18,23

. During wheat harvest in the days of Samuel 1Sa 12:17,18

. After long drought in Ahab's reign 1Ki 18:45

. After the captivity Ezr 10:9,13

- Often impeded travelling in the east 1Ki 18:44; Isa 4:6

- Often destroyed houses Eze 13:13-15; Mt 7:27

- ILLUSTRATIVE . Of the word of God Isa 55:10,11

. Of the doctrine of faithful ministers De 32:2

. Of Christ in the communication of his graces Ps 72:6; Ho 6:3

. Of spiritual blessings Ps 68:9; 84:6; Eze 34:26

. Of righteousness Ho 10:12

. (Destructive,) of God's judgments Job 20:23; Ps 11:6; Eze 38:22

. (Destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor Pr 28:3

Raven, The

- Unclean and not to be eaten Le 11:15; De 14:14

- Called the raven of the valley Pr 30:17

- DESCRIBED AS . Black So 5:11

. Solitary in disposition Isa 34:11

. Improvident Lu 12:24

. Carnivorous Pr 30:17

- God provides food for Job 38:41; Ps 147:9; Lu 12:24

- Sent by Noah from the ark Ge 8:7

- Elijah fed by 1Ki 17:4-6

- Plumage of, illustrative of the glory of Christ So 5:11

Reaping

- Is the cutting of the corn in harvest Job 24:6; Le 23:10

- The sickle used for De 16:9; Mr 4:29

- Both men and women engaged in Ru 2:8,9

- THE JEWS NOT TO REAP . The corners of their fields Le 19:9; 23:22

. During the Sabbatical year Le 25:5

. During the year of jubilee Le 25:11

. The fields of others De 23:25

- Mode of gathering the corn for, alluded to Ps 129:7; Isa 17:5

- Corn after, was bound up into sheaves Ge 37:7; Ps 129:7

- PERSONS ENGAGED IN . Under the guidance of a steward Ru 2:5,6

. Visited by the master Ru 2:4; 2Ki 4:18

. Fed by the master who himself presided at their meals Ru 2:14

. Received wages Joh 4:36; Jas 5:4

- A time of great rejoicing Ps 126:5,6

- The Jews often hindered from, on account of their sins Mic 6:15

- Often unprofitable on account of sin Jer 12:13

- ILLUSTRATIVE OF . Receiving the reward of wickedness Job 4:8; Pr 22:8; Ho 8:7; Ga 6:8

. Receiving the reward of righteousness Ho 10:12; Ga 6:8,9

. Ministers receiving temporal provision for spiritual labours 1Co 9:11

. Gathering in souls to God Joh 4:38

. The judgments of God on the antichristian world Re 14:14-16

. The final judgment Mt 13:30,39-43