Torrey’s New Topical Textbook

Given by God  Ru 1:6; Mt 6:11.

Yielded by the earth  Job 28:5; Isa 55:10.

Made of

Wheat.  Ex 29:2; Ps 81:16.

Barley.  Jdj 7:13; Joh 6:9.

Beans, millet, &c.  Eze 4:9.

Manna (in the wilderness).  Nu 11:8.

Corn ground for making  Isa 28:28.

Was kneaded  Ge 18:6; Jer 7:18; Ho 7:4.

Troughs used for kneading  Ex 12:34.

Usually leavened  Le 23:17; Mt 13:33.

Sometimes unleavened  Ex 12:18; 1Co 5:8.

Was formed into

Loaves.  1Sa 10:3,4; Mt 14:17.

Cakes.  2Sa 6:19; 1Ki 17:13.

Wafers.  Ex 16:31; 29:23.

Was baked

On hearths.  Ge 18:6.

On coals of fire.  Isa 44:19; Joh 21:9.

In ovens.  Le 26:26; Ho 7:4-7.

Making of, a trade  Ge 40:2; Jer 37:21.

Ordinary, called common bread  1Sa 21:4.

Sacred, called hallowed bread  1Sa 21:4,6.

Nutritious and strengthening  Ps 104:15.

When old, dry and mouldy  Jos 9:5,12.

Often put for the whole substance of man  Ge 3:19; 39:6; Mt 6:11.

The principal food used by the ancients  Ge 18:5; 21:14; 27:17; Jdj 19:5.

Broken for use  La 4:4; Mt 14:19.

Kept in baskets  Ge 40:16; Ex 29:32.

Publicly sold  Mt 14:15; 15:33.

In times of scarcity, sold by weight  Le 26:26; Eze 4:16.

Scarceness of, sent as a punishment  Ps 105:16; Isa 3:1; Eze 5:16.

Plenty of, promised to the obedient  Le 26:5.

Often given as a present  1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 16:12; 1Ch 12:40.

Served round after funerals  Eze 24:17-22.

With water, the food of prisons  1Ki 22:27.

Crumb of, used to wipe the fingers, thrown under the table  Mt 15:27; Lu 16:21.

First fruit of, offered to God  Nu 15:19,20.

Offered with sacrifices  Ex 29:2,23; Nu 28:2.

Placed on table of shew bread  Ex 25:30.

Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with  Mt 14:19-21; 15:34-37.

Illustrative

Of Christ.  Joh 6:33-35.

(When broken,) of the death of Christ.  Mt 26:26; 1Co 11:23,24.

(Partaking of,) of communion of saints.  Ac 2:46; 1Co 10:17.

(Want of,) of extreme poverty.  Pr 12:9; Isa 3:7.

(Seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty.  1Sa 2:36; Ps 37:25; La 1:11.

(Fulness of,) of abundance.  Eze 16:49.

(Eating without scarceness,) of plenty.  De 8:9.

(Of adversity,) of heavy affliction.  Isa 30:20.

(Of tears,) of sorrow.  Ps 80:5.

(Of deceit,) of unlawful gain.  Pr 20:17.

(Of wickedness,) of oppression.  Pr 4:17.

(Of idleness,) of sloth.  Pr 31:27.

A part of defensive armour  1Ki 22:34.

A part of the high priest’s dress  Ex 28:4.

For soldiers

Made of iron.  Re 9:9.

Bright and shining.  Re 9:17.

For the high priest

Materials of.  Ex 28:15; 39:8.

Form and dimensions of.  Ex 28:16; 39:9.

Made from the offering of the people.  Ex 35:9.

Had names of the tribes engraved on precious stones  Ex 28:17-21; 39:10,14.

Inseparably united to the ephod  Ex 28:22-28; 39:15-21.

The Urim and Thummim placed in  Ex 28:30; Le 8:8.

Worn as a memorial  Ex 28:29; Isa 49:16.

Illustrative of the

Righteous judgment of Christ.  Isa 59:17.

Defence of righteousness.  Eph 6:14.

Defence of faith and love.  1Th 5:8.

Canaan abounded with  De 8:7.

Often ran over pebbles  1Sa 17:40; Job 22:24.

Borders of, favourable to

Grass.  1Ki 18:5.

Willows.  Le 23:40; Job 40:22.

Reeds.  Isa 19:7.

Abounded with fish  Isa 19:8.

Afforded protection to a country  Isa 19:6.

Mentioned in scripture

Arnon.  Nu 21:14,15.

Besor.  1Sa 30:9.

Gaash.  2Sa 23:30; 1Ch 11:32.

Cherith.  1Ki 17:3,5.

Eshcol.  Nu 13:23,24.

Kidron.  2Sa 15:23; 1Ki 15:13; Joh 18:1.

Kishon.  1Ki 18:40; Ps 83:9.

Zered.  De 2:13.

Of the willows.  Isa 15:7.

Illustrative

Of wisdom.  Pr 18:4.

Of temporal abundance.  Job 20:17.

(Deceptive,) of false friends.  Job 6:15.

(Drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress.  Ps 110:7.

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  Jdj 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.