Torrey’s New Topical Textbook

Authority of, established  Col 3:22; 1Pe 2:18.

Should, with their households,

Worship God.  Ge 35:3.

Fear God.  Ac 10:2.

Serve God.  Jos 24:15.

Observe the Sabbath.  Ex 20:10; De 5:12-14.

Put away idols.  Ge 35:2.

Should select faithful servants  Ge 24:2; Ps 101:6,7.

Should receive faithful advice from servants  2Ki 5:13,14.

Duty of, toward servants;

To act justly.  Job 31:13,15; Col 4:1.

To deal with them in the fear of God.  Eph 6:9; Col 4:1.

To esteem them highly, if saints.  Phm 1:16.

To take care of them in sickness.  Lu 7:3.

To forbear threatening them.  Eph 6:9.

Not to defraud them.  Ge 31:7.

Not to keep back their wages.  Le 19:13; De 24:15.

Not to rule over them with rigour.  Le 25:43; De 24:14.

Benevolent, blessed  De 15:18.

Unjust, denounced  Jer 22:13; Jas 5:4.

Good-Exemplified

Abraham.  Ge 18:19.

Jacob.  Ge 35:2.

Joshua.  Jos 24:15.

Centurion.  Lu 7:2,3.

Cornelius.  Ac 10:2.

Bad-Exemplified

Egyptians.  Ex 1:13,14.

Nabal.  1Sa 25:17.

Amalekite.  1Sa 30:13.

Unjust, an abomination to God  Pr 20:10.

The Jews not to be unjust in  Le 19:35; De 25:14,15.

The Jews often used unjust  Mic 6:10.

Of liquids and solids

Log.  Le 14:10,15.

Cab.  2Ki 6:25.

Omer or tenth-deal (the tenth of an ephah).  Ex 16:36; Le 5:11; 14:10.

Hin.  Ex 29:40.

Bath or ephah.  Isa 5:10; Eze 45:11.

Homer or Cor.  Isa 5:10; Eze 45:14.

Firkin.  Joh 2:6.

Of length

Handbreadth.  Ex 25:25; Ps 39:5.

Span.  Ex 28:16; 1Sa 17:4.

Cubit.  Ge 6:15,16; De 3:11.

Fathom.  Ac 27:28.

Furlong.  Lu 24:13; Joh 11:13.

Mile.  Mt 5:41.

Distances measured by rods and lines  2Sa 8:2; Jer 31:39; Eze 40:3; Re 21:16.

Were regulated by the standard of the sanctuary  1Ch 23:29.

Illustrative

(Correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions.  Jer 30:11.

(Drinking tears in great measure,) of severe afflictions.  Ps 80:5.

(Weighing the waters in a measure,) of God’s infinite wisdom.  Job 28:23,25.

(Measuring the dust of the earth,) of God’s greatness.  Isa 40:12.

(The measure of our days,) of the shortness of life.  Ps 39:4.

(Drinking water, by measure) of severe famine.  Eze 4:11,16.

(The measure of the stature of Christ,) of perfection.  Eph 4:13.

(Opening the mouth without measure,) of the insatiableness of hell.  Isa 5:14.

Were most holy  Le 6:17.

Consisted of

Fine flour.  Le 2:1.

Unleavened cakes baked in the oven.  Le 2:4.

Fine flour baked in a pan.  Le 2:5.

Fine flour baked in a frying pan.  Le 2:7.

Green ears of corn parched.  Le 2:5.

Barley meal.  Nu 5:15.

Oil and incense used with  Le 2:1,4,15.

Of jealousy, without oil or incense  Nu 5:15.

Always seasoned with salt  Le 2:13.

No leaven used with  Le 2:11; 6:17.

Not to be offered on altar of incense  Ex 30:9.

Offered

On the altar of burnt offering.  Ex 40:29.

With the daily sacrifices.  Ex 29:40-42.

With all burnt offerings.  Nu 15:3-12.

By the poor for a trespass offering.  Le 5:11.

By the high priest every day, half in the morning and half in the evening.  Le 6:20-22.

A small part of, was consumed on the altar for a memorial  Le 2:2,9,16; 6:15.

When offered for a priest entirely consumed by fire  Le 6:23.

High priest’s deputy had care of  Nu 4:16.

Laid up in a chamber of the temple  Ne 10:39; 13:5; Eze 42:13.

The priest’s portion  Le 2:3; 6:17.

To be eaten by the males of the house of Aaron alone  Le 6:18.

To be eaten in the holy place  Le 6:16.

The Jews

Often not accepted in.  Am 5:22.

Condemned for offering, to idols.  Isa 57:6.

Often prevented from offering, by judgments.  Joe 1:9,13.

Materials for public, often provided by the princes  Nu 7:13,19,25; Eze 45:16.

Extended from India to Ethiopia  Es 1:1.

Peopled by descendants of Eliam  Ge 10:22.

Illustrated by

Silver part of image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.  Da 2:32,39.

A bear.  Da 7:5.

A ram with two horns.  Da 8:3,20.

Shushan a chief city of  Es 1:2; 8:15.

Achmetha or Ecbatana a chief city of  Ezr 6:2.

Divided into many provinces  Es 1:1; Da 6:1.

Laws of, unalterable  Da 6:12,15.

Ruled by, absolute kings  Es 3:8,11; 7:9.

Kings of, mentioned in scripture

Cyrus.  Ezr 1:1.

Ahasuerus or Cambyses.  Ezr 4:6.

Artaxerxes Smerdis (an usurper).  Ezr 4:7.

Darius Hystaspes.  Ezr 6:1; Da 5:31.

Xerxes.  Da 11:2.

Artaxerxes Longimanus or Ahasuerus.  Ezr 6:14; 7:1; Es 1:1.

Kings of

Called kings of Assyria.  Ezr 6:22.

Called kings of Babylon.  Ne 13:6.

Styled themselves king of kings.  Ezr 7:12.

Dwelt in royal palaces.  Es 1:2; 8:14.

Were exceeding rich.  Es 1:4; Da 12:2.

Entertained magnificently.  Es 1:3,5,7.

Held in their hand a golden sceptre.  Es 5:2.

Put to death all who approached them without permission.  Es 4:11,16.

Celebrated for wise men  Es 1:13; Mt 2:1.

People of, warlike  Eze 27:10; 38:5.

Peculiar customs in  Es 1:8; 2:12,13.

Babylon taken by the king of  Da 5:20,31.

The Jews delivered from captivity by means of  2Ch 36:20,22,23; Ezr 1:1-4.

Predictions respecting

Extensive conquest.  Da 8:4.

Conquest of Babylon.  Isa 21:1,2; Da 5:28.

Deliverance of the Jews.  Isa 44:28; 45:1-4.

Invasion of Greece under Xerxes.  Da 11:2.

Downfall by Alexander.  Da 8:6,7; 11:3.