Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Alliance and Society With the Enemies of God.

Forbidden  Ex 23:32; 34:12; De 7:2,3; 13:6,8; Jos 23:6,7; Jdj 2:2; Ezr 9:12; Pr 1:10,15; 2Co 6:14-17; Eph 5:11.
Lead to idolatry  Ex 34:15,16; Nu 25:1-8; De 7:4; Jdj 3:5-7; Re 2:20.
Have led to murder and human sacrifice  Ps 106:37,38.
Provoke the anger of God  De 7:4; 31:16,17; 2Ch 19:2; Ezr 9:13,14; Ps 106:29,40; Isa 2:6.
Provoke God to leave mean to reap the fruits of them  Jos 23:12,13; Jdj 2:1-3.
Are ensnaring  Ex 23:33; Nu 25:18; De 12:30; 13:6; Ps 106:36.
Are enslaved  2Pe 2:18,19.
Are defiling  Ezr 9:1,2.
Are degrading  Isa 1:23.
Are ruinous to spiritual interest  Pr 29:24; Heb 12:14,15; 2Pe 3:17.
Are ruinous to moral character  1Co 15:33.
Are a proof of folly  Pr 12:11.
Children who enter into, bring shame upon their parents  Pr 28:7.
Evil consequences of  Pr 28:19; Jer 51:7.
The wicked are prone to  Ps 50:18; Jer 2:25.
The wicked tempt saints to  Ne 6:2-4.
Sin of, to be confessed, deeply repented of, and forsaken  Ezr 10:1-44.
Involve saints in their guiltiness  2Jo 1:9-11; Re 18:4.
Involve saints in their punishment  Nu 16:26; Jer 51:6; Re 18:4.
Unbecoming in those called saints  2Ch 19:2; 2Co 6:14-16; Php 2:15.
Exhortations to shun all inducements to  Pr 1:10-15; 4:14,15; 2Pe 3:17.
Exhortations to hate and avoid  Pr 14:7; Ro 16:17; 1Co 5:9-11; Eph 5:6,7; 1Ti 6:5; 2Ti 3:5.
A call to come out from  Nu 16:26; Ezr 10:11; Jer 51:6,45; 2Co 6:17; 2Th 3:6; Re 18:4.
Means of preservation from  Pr 2:10-20; 19:27.
Blessedness of avoiding  Ps 1:1.
Blessedness of forsaking  Ezr 9:12; Pr 9:6; 2Co 6:17,18.
Saints grieve to meet with, in their intercourse with the world  Ps 57:4; 120:5,6; 2Pe 2:7,8.
Saints grieve to witness in their brethren  Ge 26:35; Ezr 9:3; 10:6.
Saints hate and avoid  Ps 26:4,5; 31:6; 101:7; Re 2:2.
Saints deprecate  Ge 49:6; Ps 6:8; 15:4; 101:4,7; 119:115; 139:19.
Saints are separate from  Ex 33:16; Ezr 6:21.
Saints should be circumspect when unintentionally thrown into  Mt 10:16; Col 4:5; 1Pe 2:12.
Pious parents prohibit, to their children  Ge 28:1.
Persons in authority should denounce  Ezr 10:9-11; Ne 13:23-27.
Punishment of  Nu 33:56; De 7:4; Jos 23:13; Jdj 2:3; 3:5-8; Ezr 9:7,14; Ps 106:41,42; Re 2:16,22,23.
Exemplified
Solomon.  1Ki 11:1-8.
Rehoboam.  1Ki 12:8,9.
Jehoshaphat.  2Ch 18:3; 19:2; 20:35-37.
Jehoram.  2Ch 21:6.
Ahaziah.  2Ch 22:3-5.
Israelites.  Ezr 9:1,2.
Israel.  Eze 44:7.
Judas Iscariot.  Mt 26:14-16.
Examples of avoiding
Man of God.  1Ki 13:7-10.
Nehemiah, &c.  Ne 6:2-4; 10:29-31.
David.  Ps 101:4-7; 119:115.
Jeremiah.  Jer 15:17.
Joseph of Arimathaea.  Lu 23:51.
Church of Ephesus.  Re 2:6.
Examples of forsaking
Israelites.  Nu 16:27; Ezr 6:21,22; 10:3,4,16,17.
Sons of the Priests.  Ezr 10:18,19.
Examples of the judgments of God against
Korah, &c.  Nu 16:32.
Ahaziah.  2Ch 22:7,8.
Judas Iscariot.  Ac 1:18.

Altars.

Designed for sacrifice  Ex 20:24.
To be made of earth, or unhewn stone  Ex 20:24,25; De 27:5,6.
Of brick, hateful to God  Isa 65:3.
Natural rocks sometimes used as  Jdj 6:19-21; 13:19,20.
Were not to have steps up to them  Ex 20:26.
For idolatrous worship, often erected on roofs of houses  2Ki 23:12; Jer 19:13; 32:29.
Idolaters planted groves near  Jdj 6:30; 1Ki 16:32,33; 2Ki 21:3.
The Jews not to plant groves near  De 16:21.
For idolatrous worship, to be destroyed  Ex 34:13; De 7:5.
Probable origin of inscriptions on  De 27:8.
Mentioned in scripture
Of Noah.  Ge 8:20.
Of Abraham.  Ge 12:7,8; 13:18; 22:9.
Of Isaac.  Ge 26:25.
Of Jacob.  Ge 33:20; 35:1,3,7.
Of Moses.  Ex 17:15; 24:4.
Of Balaam.  Nu 23:1,14,29.
Of Joshua.  Jos 8:30,31.
Of the temple of Solomon.  2Ch 4:1,19.
Of the second temple.  Ezr 3:2,3.
Of Reubenites, &c east of Jordan.  Jos 22:10.
Of Gideon.  Jdj 6:26,27.
Of the people of Israel.  Jdj 21:4.
Of Samuel.  1Sa 7:17.
Of David.  2Sa 24:21,25.
Of Jeroboam at Bethel.  1Ki 12:33.
Of Ahaz.  2Ki 16:10-12.
Of the Athenians.  Ac 17:23.
For burnt-offering.  Ex 27:1-8.
For incense.  Ex 30:1-6.
Protection afforded by  1Ki 1:50,51.
Afforded no protection to murderers  Ex 21:14; 1Ki 2:18-34.

Altar of Burnt Offering, The.

Dimensions, &c of  Ex 27:1; 38:1.
Horns on the corners of  Ex 27:2; 38:2.
Covered with brass  Ex 27:2.
All its vessels of brass  Ex 27:3; 38:3.
A net-working grate of brass placed in  Ex 27:4,5; 38:4.
Furnished with rings and staves  Ex 27:6,7; 38:5-7.
Made after a divine pattern  Ex 27:8.
Called
The brazen altar.  Ex 39:39; 1Ki 8:64.
The altar of God.  Ps 43:4.
The altar of the Lord.  Mal 2:13.
Placed in the court before the door of the tabernacle  Ex 40:6,29.
Sanctified by God  Ex 29:44.
Anointed and sanctified with holy oil  Ex 40:10; Le 8:10,11.
Cleansed and purified with blood  Ex 29:36,37.
Was most holy  Ex 40:10.
Sanctified whatever touched it  Ex 29:37.
All sacrifices to be offered on  Ex 29:38-42; Isa 56:7.
All gifts to be presented at  Mt 5:23,24.
Nothing polluted or defective to be offered on  Le 22:22; Mal 1:7,8.
Offering at the dedication of  Nu 7:1-89.
The fire upon
Came from before the Lord.  Le 9:24.
Was continually burning.  Le 6:13.
Consumed the sacrifices.  Le 1:8,9.
Sacrifices bound to the horns of  Ps 118:27.
The blood of sacrifices put on the horns and poured at the foot of  Ex 29:12; Le 4:7,18,25; 8:15.
The priests
Alone to serve.  Nu 18:3,7.
Derived support from.  1Co 9:13.
Ahaz removed and profaned  2Ki 16:10-16.
The Jews condemned for swearing lightly by  Mt 23:18,19.
A type of Christ  Heb 13:10.

Altar of Incense.

Dimensions, &c of  Ex 30:1,2; 37:25.
Covered with Gold  Ex 30:3; 37:26.
Top of, surrounded with a crown of gold  Ex 30:3; 37:26.
Had four rings of gold under the crown for the staves  Ex 30:4; 37:27.
Staves of, covered with gold  Ex 30:5.
Called the golden altar  Ex 39:38.
Placed before the vail in the outer sanctuary  Ex 30:6; 40:5,26.
Said to be before the Lord  Le 4:7; 1Ki 9:25.
Anointed with holy oil  Ex 30:26,27.
The priest burned incense on every morning and evening  Ex 30:7,8.
No strange incense nor any sacrifice to be offered on  Ex 30:9.
Atonement made for, by the high priest once every year  Ex 30:10; Le 16:18,19.
The blood of all sin offerings put on the horns of  Le 4:7,18.
Punishment for
Offering strange fire on.  Le 10:1,2.
Unauthorised offering on.  2Ch 26:16-19.
Covered by the priest before removal from the sanctuary  Nu 4:11.
A type of Christ  Re 8:3; 9:3.