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MASSACRE
-Authorized by Moses Deuteronomy 20:13, 16
-Decree to destroy the Jews Esther 3
-INSTANCES OF .Inhabitants .Of Heshbon Deuteronomy 2:34 .Of Bashan Deuteronomy 3:6 .Of Ai Joshua 8:24-26 .Of Hazor Joshua 11:11, 12 .Of the cities of the seven kings Joshua 10:28-40 .Midianites Numbers 31:7, 8 .Prophets of Baal 1Kings 18:40 .Worshipers of Baal 2Kings
10:18-28 .Sons of Ahab 2Kings 10:1-8 .Royal seed of Athaliah 2Kings 11:1 .Inhabitants of Tiphsah 2Kings 15:16 .Edomites 2Kings 14:7 .See CAPTIVE
MASSAH
-An encampment of the Israelites Exodus 17:7
-See MERIBAH
MASTER
-Jesus called Matthew 8:19; 10:25; 26:18, 23:8; 25, 49; Mark 14:45; Luke 8:24; John 13:13, 14
-Jesus prohibited the appellation Matthew 23:8
-SCRIPTURES RELATING TO MASTERS OF SERVANTS Exodus 21:20, 21, 26, 27; Leviticus 19:13; 25:43; Deuteronomy 5:14; 24:14, 15; Job 31:13-15; Proverbs 22:16; 29:12, 21; Jeremiah 22:13; Malachi 3:5; Romans 4:4; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1; 1Timothy 5:18; Philemon
1:10-16; James 5:4 .See SERVANT
-GOOD MASTER, INSTANCES OF .Abraham Genesis 18:19 .Job Job 31:13-15 .The centurion Luke 7:2
-UNJUST MASTER, INSTANCES OF .Sarah to Hagar Genesis 16:6 .Laban to Jacob Genesis 31:7 .Potiphar's wife to Joseph Genesis 39:7-20
MASTER WORKMAN
-General scriptures concerning Proverbs 8:30; 1Corinthians 3:10
-INSTANCES OF .Tubal-cain Genesis 4:22 .Bezaleel Exodus 31:2-11; 35:30-35 .Hiram 1Kings 7:13-50; 2Chronicles 2:13, 14; 4:11-18 .See ART
MATERIALISM
-General scriptures concerning Acts 23:8
-See INFIDELITY
MATRED
-Mother of Mehetabel Genesis 36:39; 1Chronicles 1:50
MATRI
-A Benjamite 1Samuel 10:21
MATTAN
-1. A priest of Baal killed in the idol's temple at Jerusalem 2Kings 11:18; 2Chronicles 23:17
-2. Father of Shephatiah Jeremiah 38:1
MATTANAH
-A station of Israel Numbers 21:18, 19
MATTANIAH
-1. Original name of Zedekiah, king of Judah 2Kings 24:17 .See ZEDEKIAH
-2. A Levite of the sons of Asaph 2Chronicles 20:14; Nehemiah 12:8
-3. Son of Heman, who had charge of the ninth division of musicians 1Chronicles 25:4, 16
-4. Descendant of Asaph, who assisted in purifying the temple 2Chronicles 29:13
-5. Four Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives after the captivity Ezra 10:26, 27, 30, 37
-6. A Levite, father of Zaccur Nehemiah 13:13
MATTATHA
-An ancestor of Jesus Luke 3:31
MATTATHAH
-One of the family of Hashum Ezra 10:33
MATTATHIAS
-An ancestor of Jesus Luke 3:25, 26
MATTENAI
-1. Two Israelites who put away (divorced) their Gentile wives after the captivity Ezra 10:33, 37
-2. A priest in the time of Joiakim Nehemiah 12:19
MATTHAN
-An ancestor of Jesus Matthew 1:15
MATTHAT
-1. Father of Heli, and ancestor of Joseph Luke 3:24
-2. Father of Jorim, and ancestor of Joseph Luke 3:29
MATTHEW
-Also called LEVI -(A receiver of customs (taxes for the Romans)) -Becomes a disciple of Jesus Matthew 9:9, 10; 10:3; Mark 2:14, 15; 3:18; Luke 5:27-29; 6:15; Acts 1:13
MATTHIAS
-Surnamed JUSTUS -Chosen as an apostle in the place of Judas Acts 1:15-26
MATTITHIAH
-1, A Levite who had charge of the baked offerings 1Chronicles 9:31
-2. A Levite musician 1Chronicles 15:18, 21; 16:5
-3. A chief of the fourteenth division (shift) of temple musicians 1Chronicles 25:3, 21
-4. An Israelite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity Ezra 10:43
-5. A prince who stood beside Ezra when he read the law aloud to the people Nehemiah 8:4
MATTOCK
-General scriptures concerning 1Samuel 13:20, 21; Isaiah 7:25
MAUL
-General scriptures concerning Proverbs 25:18
MAZZAROTH
-Probably signs of the zodiac, see Job 38:32
-See MUSIC
MEAH
-A tower in Jerusalem Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39
MEAL
-See EATING
-See FOOD
MEASURE
-(The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this time)
-DRY -1. A bushel, about a peck Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33
-2. A cab, or kab, about two quarts 2Kings 6:25
-3. A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels 1Kings 4:22; 5:11; 2Chronicles 2:10; 27:5; Ezra 7:22
-4. An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half Exodus 16:36; Leviticus 5:11; 6:20; 19:36; Numbers 5:15; 28:5; Judges 6:19; Ruth 2:17; 1Samuel 1:24; 17:17; Ezekiel 45:10, 11, Isaiah 5:10; 13, 24; 46:5, 7, 11, 14; Amos
8:5; Zechariah 5:6-10
-5. A half-homer, about five and a half bushels Hosea 3:2
-6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11-14; Hosea 3:2
-7. An omer, about one bushel Exodus 16:16, 18
-8. A seah, about a peck and a half Genesis 18:6; 1Samuel 25:18; 2Kings 7:1, 1Kings 18:32; 16, 18
-9. A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 14:10, 21; 23:13, 17; Numbers 15:4, 24:5; 6, 9; 28:9, 12, 13, 20, 29:3, 4, 9, 10, 21, 29; 14, 15
-LIQUID -1. A bath, about eight gallons and a half 1Kings 7:26, 38; 2Chronicles 2:10; 4:5; Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:10, 11, 14; Luke 16:6
-2. A firkin, nearly nine gallons John 2:6
-3. A hin, about a gallon and a half Exodus 29:40; 30:24; Leviticus 19:36; 23:13; 28:5, Numbers 15:4-10; 7, 14; Ezekiel 4:11
-4. A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin Leviticus 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24 .See WEIGHTS
-LINEAR -1. A finger Jeremiah 52:21
-2. A handbreadth Exodus 25:25; 37:12; 1Kings 7:26; 2Chronicles 4:5; Psalms 39:5; Ezekiel 40:5, 43; 43:13
-3. A span Exodus 28:16; 1Samuel 17:4; Isaiah 40:12; 48:13; Lamentations 2:20; Ezekiel 43:13
-4. A cubit, the length of a man's forearm .See CUBIT
-5. A reed, probably six cubits Ezekiel 40:5
-6. A fathom Acts 27:28
-7. A pace 2Samuel 6:13
-8. A furlong Luke 24:13
-9. A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile Matthew 5:41
-10. A Sabbath day's journey, two thousand paces Acts 1:12
-MUST BE JUST Leviticus 19:35, 36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1; 16:11; 20:10, 23; Hosea 12:7-9; Micah 6:10-12 .See DISHONESTY .See INTEGRITY |