Necessary to the service of God  Lu 9:62.
Exhortations to  Jos 24:14,15.
Exhibited in
Seeking God with the heart.  2Ch 15:12.
Keeping the commandments of God.  Ne 10:29.
Being on the Lord’s side.  Ex 32:26.
Following God fully.  Nu 14:24; 32:12; Jos 14:8.
Serving God.  Isa 56:6.
Loving God perfectly.  De 6:5.
Blessedness of.  Jos 1:7.

Opposed to
A divided service.  Mt 6:24.
Double-mindedness.  Jas 1:8.
Halting between two opinions.  1Ki 18:21.
Turning to the right or left.  De 5:32.
Not setting the heart aright.  Ps 78:8,37.

Exemplified
Moses.  Ex 32:26.
Caleb.  Nu 13:30.
Joshua.  Jos 24:15.
Ruth.  Ru 1:16.
Asa.  2Ch 15:8.
David.  Ps 17:3.
Peter.  Joh 6:68.
Paul.  Ac 21:13.
Abraham.  Heb 11:8.

Consecration of a place of worship  2Ch 2:4.
Solemn confirmation of a covenant  Heb 9:18.
Devoting any thing to sacred uses  1Ch 28:12.
Subjects of
Tabernacle.  Nu 7:1-89.
Temple of Solomon.  1Ki 8:1-63; 2Ch 7:5.
Second temple.  Ezr 6:16,17.
Persons.  Ex 22:29; 1Sa 1:11.
Property.  Le 27:28; Mt 15:5.
Spoils of war.  2Sa 8:11; 1Ch 18:11.
Tribute from foreigners.  2Sa 8:10,11.
Walls of cities.  Ne 12:27.
Houses when built.  De 20:5; Ps 30:1.

By idolaters in setting up idols  Da 3:2,3.
Things dedicated to God
Esteemed holy.  Le 27:28; 2Ki 12:18.
Placed with the treasures of the Lord’s house.  1Ki 7:51; 2Ch 5:1.
Special chambers prepared for.  2Ch 31:11,12.
Levites place over.  1Ch 26:20,26; 2Ch 31:12.
Applied to the repair and maintenance of the temple.  2Ki 12:4,5; 1Ch 26:27.
For support of priests.  Nu 18:14; Eze 44:29.
Given to propitiate enemies.  2Ki 12:17,18.
Law respecting the release of.  Le 27:1-34.

Of property often perverted  Mr 7:9-13.
Illustrated of devotedness to God  Ps 119:38.

Forbidden to the Jews  Le 11:44,45.
Things liable to ceremonial
The person.  Le 5:3.
Garments.  Le 13:59.
Furniture, &c.  Le 15:9,10; Nu 19:14,15.
Houses.  Le 14:44.
The land.  Le 18:25; De 21:23.
The sanctuary.  Le 20:3; Zep 3:4.

Ceremonial caused by
Eating unclean things.  Le 11:8; Ac 10:11,14.
Eating things that died.  Le 17:15.
Touching a dead body or a bone.  Nu 9:6,7; 19:11,16.
Touching a grave.  Nu 19:16.
Touching a dead beast.  Le 5:2; 11:24-28.
Being alone with a dead body.  Nu 19:14.
Mourning for the dead.  Le 21:1-3.
Having a leprosy.  Le 13:3,11; Nu 5:2,3.
Having an issue, &c.  Le 15:2; Nu 5:2.
Touching anything defiled by an issue, &c.  Le 15:5-11.
Going into a leprous house.  Le 14:46.
Sacrificing the red heifer.  Nu 19:7.
Burning the red heifer.  Nu 19:8.
Gathering the ashes of the red heifer.  Nu 19:10.
Touching an unclean person.  Nu 19:22.
Child bearing.  Le 12:2.

Causes of, improperly enlarged by tradition  Mr 7:2; Mt 15:20.
Moral, caused by
Following the sins of the heathen.  Le 18:24.
Seeking after wizards.  Le 19:31.
Giving children to Molech.  Le 20:3.
Making and serving idols.  Eze 20:17,18; 22:3,4; 23:7.
Blood shedding.  Isa 59:3.

Moral, punished  Le 18:24,25,28,29.
Those under, removed from the camp  Nu 5:3,4; De 23:14.
Priests
To decide in all cases of.  Le 10:10; 13:3.
Specially required to avoid.  Le 21:1-6,11,12.
Not to eat holy things while under.  Le 22:2,4-6.
Punished for eating of the holy things while under.  Le 22:3.

Cleansed by legal offerings  Nu 19:18,19; Heb 9:13.
Neglecting purification from, punished by cutting off  Nu 19:13,20.
Ceremonial, abolished under the gospel  Ac 10:15; Ro 14:14; Col 2:20-22.
Illustrative
Of sin.  Mt 15:11,18; Jude 1:8.
Of unholy doctrines.  1Co 3:16,17.

Commanded  Ps 37:4.
Reconciliation leads to  Job 22:21,26.
Observing the sabbath leads to  Isa 58:13,14.
Saints’ experience in
Communion with God.  Song 2:3.
The law of God.  Ps 1:1; 119:24,35.
The goodness of God.  Ne 9:25.
The comforts of God.  Ps 94:19.

Hypocrites
Pretend to.  Isa 58:2.
In heart despise.  Job 27:10; Jer 6:10.
Promises to.  Ps 37:4.
Blessedness.  Ps 112:1.

Sent as a punishment for the extreme wickedness of man  Ge 6:5-7,11-13,17.
Called the
Flood.  Ge 9:28.
Waters of Noah.  Isa 54:9.

Noah forewarned of  Ge 6:13; Heb 11:7.
Long-suffering of God exhibited in deferring  Ge 6:3; 1Pe 3:20.
The wicked warned of  1Pe 3:19,20; 2Pe 2:5.
Noah, &c, saved from  Ge 6:18-22; 7:13,14.
Date of its commencement  Ge 7:11.
Came suddenly and unexpectedly  Mt 24:38,39.
Produced by
Forty days’ incessant rain.  Ge 7:4,12,17.
Opening up of the fountains of the great deep.  Ge 7:11.

Increased gradually  Ge 7:17,18.
Extreme height of  Ge 7:19,20.
Time of its increase and prevailing  Ge 7:24.
Causes of its abatement  Ge 8:1,2.
Decrease of gradual  Ge 8:3,5.
Date of its complete removal  Ge 8:13.
Complete destruction of whole earth effected by  Ge 7:23.
Entire face of the earth changed by  2Pe 3:5,6.
Traditional notice of  Job 22:15-17.
That it shall never again occur
Promised.  Ge 8:21,22.
Confirmed by covenant.  Ge 9:9-11.
The rainbow a token.  Ge 9:12-17.
A pledge of God’s faithfulness.  Isa 54:9,10.

Illustrative
Of the destruction of sinners.  Ps 32:6; Isa 28:2,18.
Of baptism.  1Pe 3:20,21.
(Unexpectedness of,) of suddenness of Christ’s coming.  Mt 24:36-39; Lu 17:26,27-30.

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