Descended from Abraham  Isa 51:2; Joh 8:39.
Divided into twelve tribes  Ge 35:22; 49:28.
Called
Hebrews.  Ge 14:13; 40:15; 2Co 11:22.
Israelites.  Ex 9:7; Jos 3:17.
Seed of Abraham.  Ps 105:6; Isa 41:8.
Seed of Jacob.  Jer 33:26.
Seed of Israel.  1Ch 16:13.
Children of Jacob.  1Ch 16:13.
Children of Israel.  Ge 50:25; Isa 27:12.
Jeshurun.  De 32:15.

Chosen and loved by God  De 7:6,7.
Circumcised in token of their covenant relation  Ge 17:10,11; Ac 7:8.
Separated from all other nations  Ex 33:16; Le 20:24; 1Ki 8:53.
Described as
A peculiar people.  De 14:2.
A peculiar treasure.  Ex 19:5; Ps 135:4.
A holy nation.  Ex 19:6.
A holy people.  De 7:6; 14:21.
A kingdom of priests.  Ex 19:6.
A special people.  De 7:6.
The Lord’s portion.  De 32:9.

Sojourned in Egypt  Ex 12:40,41.
Brought out of Egypt by God  Ex 12:42; De 5:15; 6:12.
In the desert forty years  Nu 14:33; Jos 5:6.
Settled in Canaan  Nu 32:18; Jos 14:1-5.
Under the theocracy until the time of Samuel  Ex 19:4-6; 1Sa 8:7.
Desired and obtained kings  1Sa 8:5,22.
Divided into two kingdoms after Solomon  1Ki 11:31,32; 12:19,20.
Often subdued and made tributary  Jdj 2:13,14; 4:2; 6:2,6; 2Ki 23:33.
Taken captive to Assyria and Babylon  2Ki 17:32; 18:11; 24:16; 25:11.
Restored to their own land by Cyrus  Ezr 1:1-4.
Had courts of justice  De 16:18.
Had an ecclesiastical establishment  Ex 28:1; Nu 18:6; Mal 2:4-7.
Had a series of prophets to promote national reformation  Jer 7:25; 26:4,5; 35:15; 44:4; Eze 38:17.
The only people who had knowledge of God  Ps 76:1; 1Th 4:5; Ps 48:3; Ro 1:28.
The only people who worshipped God  Ex 5:17; Ps 96:5; 115:3,4; Joh 4:22.
Religion of, according to rites prescribed by God  Le 18:4; De 12:8-11; Heb 9:1.
Religion of, typical  Heb 9:8-11; 10:1.
Their national greatness  Ge 12:2; De 33:29.
Their national privileges  Ro 3:2; 9:4,5.
Their vast numbers  Ge 22:17; Nu 10:36.
National character of
Pride of descent, &c.  Jer 13:9; Joh 8:33,41.
Love of country.  Ps 137:6.
Fondness for their brethren.  Ex 2:11,12; Ro 9:1-3.
Attachment to Moses.  Joh 9:28,29; Ac 6:11.
Attachment to customs of the law.  Ac 6:14; 21:21; 22:3.
Fondness for traditionary customs.  Jer 44:17; Eze 20:18,30,21; Mr 7:3,4.
Stubborn and stiffnecked.  Ex 32:9; Ac 7:51.
Prone to rebellion.  De 9:7,24; Isa 1:2.
Prone to backsliding.  Jer 2:11-13; 8:5.
Prone to idolatry.  Isa 2:8; 57:5.
Prone to formality in religion.  Isa 29:13; Eze 33:31; Mt 15:7-9.
Self-righteous.  Isa 65:5; Ro 10:3.
Unfaithful to covenant engagements.  Jer 3:6-8; 31:32; Eze 16:59.
Ungrateful to God.  De 32:15; Isa 1:2.
Ignorant of the true sense of Scripture.  Ac 13:27; 2Co 3:13-15.
Distrustful of God.  Nu 14:11; Ps 78:22.
Covetous.  Jer 6:13; Eze 33:31; Mic 2:2.
Cowardly.  Ex 14:10; Nu 14:3; Isa 51:12.

Trusted to their privileges for salvation  Jer 7:4; Mt 3:9.
Distinction of castes among, noticed  Isa 65:5; Lu 7:39; 15:2; Ac 26:5.
Degenerated as they increased in national greatness  Am 6:4.
Often displeased God by their sins  Nu 25:3; De 32:16; 1Ki 16:2; Isa 1:4; 5:24,25.
A spiritual seed of true believers always among  1Ki 19:18; Isa 6:13; Ro 9:6,7; 11:1,5.
Modern, divided into
Hebrews or pure Jews.  Ac 6:1; Php 3:5.
Hellenists or Grecians.  Ac 6:1; 9:29.
Many sects and parties.  Mt 16:6; Mr 8:15.

An agricultural people  Ge 46:32.
A commercial people  Eze 27:17.
Obliged to unite against enemies  Nu 32:20-22; Jdj 19:29; 20:1-48; 1Sa 11:7,8.
Often distinguished in war  Jdj 7:19-23; 1Sa 14:6-13; 17:32,33; Ne 4:16-22.
Strengthened by God in war  Le 26:7,8; Jos 5:13,14; 8:1,2.
Under God’s special protection  De 32:10,11; 33:27-29; Ps 105:13-15; 121:3-5.
Enemies of, obliged to acknowledge them as divinely protected  Jos 2:9-11; Es 6:13.
Prohibited from
Associating with others.  Ac 10:28.
Covenanting with others.  Ex 23:32; De 7:2.
Marry with others.  De 7:3; Jos 23:12.
Following practices of others.  De 12:29-31; 18:9-14.

Despised all strangers  1Sa 17:36; Mt 16:26,27; Eph 2:11.
Held no intercourse with strangers  Joh 4:9; Ac 11:2,3.
Condemned for associating with other nations  Jdj 2:1-3; Jer 2:18.
Received proselytes from other nations  Ac 2:10; Ex 12:44,48.
Gentiles made one with, under the gospel  Ac 10:15,28; 15:8,9; Ga 3:28; Eph 2:14-16.
All other nations
Envied.  Ne 4:1; Isa 26:11; Eze 35:11.
Hated.  Ps 44:10; Eze 35:5.
Oppressed.  Ex 3:9; Jdj 2:18; 4:3.
Persecuted.  La 1:3; 5:5.
Rejoiced at calamities of.  Ps 44:13,14; 80:5,6; Eze 36:4.

None hated or oppressed, with impunity  Ps 137:8,9; Eze 25:15,16; 35:6; Ob 1:10-16.
Christ
Promised to.  Ge 49:10; Da 9:25.
Expected by.  Ps 14:7; Mt 11:3; Lu 2:25,38; Joh 8:56.
Regarded as the restorer of national greatness.  Mt 20:21; Lu 24:21; Ac 1:6.
Sprang from.  Ro 9:5; Heb 7:14.
Rejected by.  Isa 53:3; Mr 6:3; Joh 1:11.
Murdered by.  Ac 7:52; 1Th 2:15.

Imprecated the blood of Christ upon themselves and their children  Mt 27:25.
Many of, believed the gospel  Ac 21:20.
Unbelieving, persecuted the Christians  Ac 17:5,13; 1Th 2:14-16.
Cast off for unbelief  Ro 11:17,20.
Scattered and peeled  Isa 18:2,7; Jas 1:1.
Shall finally be saved  Ro 11:26,27.
Punishment of, for rejecting and killing Christ, illustrated  Mt 21:37-43.
Descendants of Abraham  Ps 105:6; Isa 51:2; Joh 8:33; Ro 9:7.
The people of God  De 32:9; 2Sa 7:24; Isa 51:16.
Separated to God  Ex 33:16; Nu 23:9; De 4:34.
Beloved for their father’s sake  De 4:37; 10:15; Ro 11:28.
Christ descended from  Joh 4:22; Ro 9:5.
The objects of
God’s love.  De 7:8; 23:5; Jer 31:3.
God’s choice.  De 7:6.
God’s protection.  Ps 105:15; Zec 2:8.

The covenant established with  Ex 6:4; 24:6-8; 34:27.
Promises respecting made to
Abraham.  Ge 12:1-3; 13:14-17; 15:18; 17:7,8.
Isaac.  Ge 26:2-5,24.
Jacob.  Ge 28:12-15; 35:9-12.
Themselves.  Ex 6:7,8; 19:5,6; De 26:18,19.

Privileges of  Ps 76:1,2; Ro 3:1,2; 9:4,5.
Punished for
Idolatry.  Ps 78:58-64; Isa 65:3-7.
Unbelief.  Ro 11:20.
Breaking covenant.  Isa 24:5; Jer 11:10.
Transgressing the law.  Isa 1:4,7; 24:5,6.
Changing the ordinances.  Isa 24:5.
Killing the prophets.  Mt 23:37,38.
Imprecating upon themselves the blood of Christ.  Mt 27:25.

Scattered among the nations  De 28:64; Eze 6:8; 36:19.
Despised by the nations  Eze 36:3.
Their country trodden under foot by the Gentiles  De 28:49-52; Lu 21:24.
Their house left desolate  Mt 24:38.
Deprived of civil and religious privileges  Ho 3:4.
Denunciations against those who
Cursed.  Ge 27:29; Nu 24:9.
Contended with.  Isa 41:11; 49:25.
Oppressed.  Isa 49:26; 51:21-23.
Hated.  Ps 129:5; Eze 35:5,6.
Aggravated the afflictions of.  Zec 1:14,15.
Slaughtered.  Ps 79:1-7; Eze 35:5,6.

God, mindful of  Ps 98:3; Isa 49:15,16.
Christ was sent to  Mt 15:24; 21:37; Ac 3:20,22,26.
Compassion of Christ for  Mt 23:37; Lu 19:41.
The gospel preached to, first  Mt 10:6; Lu 24:47; Ac 1:8.
Blessedness of blessing  Ge 27:29.
Blessedness of favouring  Ge 12:3; Ps 122:6.
Pray importunately for  Ps 122:6; Isa 62:1,6,7; Jer 31:7; Ro 10:1.
Saints remember  Ps 102:14; 137:5; Jer 51:50.
Promises respecting
The pouring out of the Spirit upon them.  Eze 39:29; Zec 12:10.
The removal of their blindness.  Ro 11:25; 2Co 3:14-16.
Their return and seeking to God.  Ho 3:5.
Their humiliation for the rejection of Christ.  Zec 12:10.
Pardon of sin.  Isa 44:22; Ro 11:27.
Salvation.  Isa 59:20; Ro 11:26.
Sanctification.  Jer 33:8; Eze 36:25; Zec 12:1,9.
Joy occasioned by conversion of.  Isa 44:23; 49:13; 52:8,9; 66:10.
Blessing to the Gentiles by conversion of.  Isa 2:1-5; 60:5; 66:19; Ro 11:12,15.
Reunion of.  Jer 3:18; Eze 37:16,17,20-22; Ho 1:11; Mic 2:12.
Restoration to their own land.  Isa 11:15,16; 14:1-3; 27:12,13; Jer 16:14,15; Eze 36:24; 37:21,25; 39:25,28; Lu 21:24.
Gentiles assisting in their restoration.  Isa 49:22,23; 60:10,14; 61:4-6.
Subjection of Gentiles to.  Isa 60:11,12,14.
Future glory of.  Isa 60:19; 62:3,4; Zep 3:19,20; Zec 2:5.
Future prosperity of.  Isa 60:6,7,9,17; 61:4-6; Ho 14:5,6.
That Christ shall appear amongst.  Isa 59:20; Zec 14:4.
That Christ shall dwell amongst.  Eze 43:7,9; Zec 2:11.
That Christ shall reign over.  Eze 34:23,24; 37:24,25.

Conversion of, illustrated  Eze 37:1-14; Ro 11:24.

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