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LAADAH

  • Son of Shelah
    1Chronicles 4:21


LAADAN

  • A descendant of Ephraim
    1Chronicles 7:26

  • A Levite, also called LIBNI
    1Chronicles 6:17; 23:7-9; 26:21


LABAN

  • Son of Bethuel
    Genesis 28:5

  • Brother of Rebekah
    Genesis 22:23; 24:15, 29

  • Receives the servant of Abraham
    Genesis 24:29-33

  • Receives Jacob, and gives him his daughters in marriage
    Genesis 29:12-30

  • Jacob becomes his servant
    Genesis 29:15-20, 27; 30:27-43

  • Outwitted by Jacob
    Genesis 30:37-43; 31:1-21

  • Pursues Jacob, overtakes him at Mount Gilead, and covenants with him
    Genesis 31:22-55

LABOR

  • General references
    Genesis 3:19; Exodus 20:9-11; 23:12; 34:21; Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:14, 15; 25:4; Ecclesiastes 5:12; Jeremiah 22:13; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 20:1-15; Luke 10:7; Acts 20:35; 1Corinthians 9:9; Ephesians 4:28; 1Thessalonians 4:11, 12; 2Thessalonians 3:7-13; 1Timothy 5:18; James 5:4

  • See EMPLOYEE,   EMPLOYER,  IDLENESS,  INDUSTRY,   MASTER,   SERVANT


LACE

  • General references
    Exodus 39:31


LACHISH

  • An important city.

  • King of, besieges Gibeon
    Joshua 10:5

  • Captured by Joshua
    Joshua 10:31, 32

  • Allotted to Judah
    Joshua 15:39

  • Fortified by Rehoboam
    2Chronicles 11:9

  • Assassination of Amaziah at
    2Kings 14:19

  • Besieged by Sennacherib
    2Kings 18:13-17; 19:8; 2Chronicles 32:9

  • By Nebuchadnezzar
    Jeremiah 34:7

  • Prophecy concerning
    Micah 1:13


LACHRYMATORY

  • A bottle for containing tear drops
    Psalm 56:8


LADDER

  • In Jacob's vision
    Genesis 28:12


LAHAD

  • A descendant of Judah
    1Chronicles 4:2


LAHAIROI

  • Also called BEER-LAHAIROI, a well near Kadesh.

  • Hagar fled to
    Genesis 16:7-14

  • Isaac lives at
    Genesis 24:62; 25:11


LAHMAM

  • A city of the tribe of Judah
    Joshua 15:40


LAHMI

  • Brother of Goliath, killed by Elhanan
    2Samuel 21:19; 1Chronicles 20:5


LAISH

  • Called LESHEM

  • A native of Gallim
    1Samuel 25:44; 2Samuel 3:15

  • A town near Jerusalem
    Isaiah 10:30


LAKE OF FIRE

  • Revelation 19:20, 20:10, 14-15, 21:8

LAKUM

  • A city in the territory of the tribe of Naphtali
    Joshua 19:33


LAMA SABACHTHANI

  • The dying cry of Jesus
    Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34


LAMB

  • Offering of
    Exodus 29:38-41; Leviticus 3:7; 4:32; 5:6; 22:23; 23:12; Numbers 6:12; 7:15, 21; 28:3-8

  • Not to be seethed boiled in its own mother's milk
    Exodus 23:19


LAMB OF GOD

  • A name of Jesus
    John 1:29; Revelation 6:16, 7:9-10; 14, 17, 12:11, 13:8; 14:1, 4, 15:3, 17:14, 19:7, 21:9, 14, 22-23, 27, 22:1, 3


LAMECH

  • Father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-Cain
    Genesis 4:18-24

  • Son of Methuselah, and father of Noah, lived for seven-hundred and seventy-seven years
    Genesis 5:25-31; 1Chronicles 1:3

    • Ancestor of Jesus
      Luke 3:36


LAMENESS

  • Disqualified priests from exercising the priestly office
    Leviticus 21:18

  • Disqualified animals for sacrificial uses
    Deuteronomy 15:21

  • Hated by David
    2Samuel 5:8

  • Healed by Jesus
    Matthew 11:5; 15:31; 21:14; Luke 7:22
  • Healed by Peter
    Acts 3:2-11

  • Figurative
    Hebrews 12:13


LAMENTATIONS

  • Of David
    Psalm 60:1-3

  • Of Jeremiah
    Lamentations 1-5

  • Of Ezekiel
    Ezekiel 19; 28:12-19

  • See ELEGY


LAMP

  • Miraculously appeared at Abraham's sacrifice
    Genesis 15:17

  • For the tabernacle
    Exodus 25:31-40, 37:17-22

  • Kept burning at night in the tabernacle and cared for by priest
    Exodus 27:20, 21; Leviticus 24:2-4

  • Figurative
    Job 18:6; Psalm 119:105; Proverbs 13:9; 20:20; Isaiah 62:1; Jeremiah 25:10; Zephaniah 1:12; Matthew 6:22; 2Peter 1:19; Revelation 21:23

  • Symbolic
    Revelation 4:5; 8:10

  • See CANDLESTICK


LANCE


LAND

  • Appeared on the third creative day
    Genesis 1:9

  • Original title to, from God
    Genesis 13:14-17; 15:7; Exodus 23:31; Leviticus 25:23

  • Bought and sold
    Genesis 23:3-18; 33:19; Acts 4:34; 5:1-8

  • Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
    Leviticus 25:15, 16, 23-33; 27:17-24; Jeremiah 32:7-16, Numbers 36:4; 25, 44; Ezekiel 46:18

  • Conveyance of:

    • By written deeds and other forms
      Genesis 23:3-20; Ruth 4:3-8, 11; Jeremiah 32:9-14

    • Witnessed
      Genesis 23:10, 11; Ruth 4:9-11; Jeremiah 32:9-14

  • Sold for debt
    Nehemiah 5:3-5

  • Rights in, alienated
    2Kings 8:1-6

  • Leased
    Luke 20:9-16; Matthew 21:33-41

  • Priests' part in
    Genesis 47:22; Ezekiel 48:10

  • King's part in
    Ezekiel 48:21

  • Widow's dower in
    Ruth 4:3-9

  • Unmarried woman's rights in
    Numbers 27:1-11; 36:1-11

  • To rest every seventh year for the benefit of the poor people
    Exodus 23:11

  • Products of, for all
    Ecclesiastes 5:9

  • Monopoly of
    Genesis 47:20-26; Isaiah 5:8; Micah 2:1, 2

  • Rules for apportioning Canaan among the tribes
    Ezekiel 47:22


LANDMARKS

  • Protected from fraudulent removal
    Deuteronomy 19:14; 27:17; Job 24:9; Proverbs 22:28; 23:10; Hosea 5:10


LANGUAGE

  • Unity of
    Genesis 11:1, 6

  • Confusion of
    Genesis 10:5,20, 31, 11:1-9

  • Dialects of the Jews
    Judges 12:6; Matthew 26:73

  • Many spoken at Jerusalem
    John 19:20; Acts 2:8-11

  • Speaking in an unknown language in religious assemblies forbidden
    1Corinthians 14:2-28

  • Gift of
    Mark 16:17; Acts 2:7, 8; 10:46, 19:6; 1Corinthians 12:10, 14

  • Mentioned in Scripture:

    • Of Ashdod
      Nehemiah 13:24
    • Chaldee
      Daniel 1:4

    • Egyptian
      Acts 2:10; Psalm 114:1

    • Greek
      Luke 23:38; Acts 21:37

    • Latin
      Luke 23:38; John 19:20

    • Of Lycaonia
      Acts 14:11

    • Of Parthian and other lands
      Acts 2:9-11
    • Of Syria
      2Kings 18:26; Ezra 4:7; Daniel 2:4


LANTERN

  • General references
    John 18:3


LAODICEA

  • A Phrygian city.

  • Paul's concern for
    Colossians 2:1

  • Epaphras' zeal for
    Colossians 4:13

  • Epistle to the Colossians to be read in
    Colossians 4:15, 16

  • Message to, through John
    Revelation 1:11, 3:14-22


LAPIDARY

  • One who cuts precious stones
    Exodus 31:5; 35:33


LAPIDOTH

  • The husband of Deborah
    Judges 4:4


LAPWING

  • A bird forbidden as food
    Leviticus 11:19; Deuteronomy 14:18


LARCENY


LASCIVIOUSNESS

  • General references
    Exodus 32:6; Proverbs 2:16-18; 5:3-5, 8-13; 7:6-27; 9:13-18; 20:16; 30:18-20; Joel 3:3; Mark 7:21-23; Romans 1:22-29; 7:8; 13:13; 1Corinthians 6:9, 10, 13, 15-18; 9:27; 2Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 4:17-19; 5:5; Colossians 3:5; 1Thessalonians 4:5; 2Timothy 3:6; 1Peter 4:2, 3; Jude 1:4-7

  • See ADULTERY,  IDOLATRY, LICENTIOUS PRACTICES OF,  INCEST,  LUST,  RAPE,  SENSUALITY,  SODOMY,  WHORE,  WHOREDOM

  • Figurative
    Ezekiel 16:15-59

  • Instances of:

    • Sodomites
      Genesis 19:5

    • Lot's daughters
      Genesis 19:30-38

    • Judah
      Genesis 38:15, 16

    • The Gibeahites
      Judges 19:22-25

    • Eli's sons
      1Samuel 2:22

    • David
      2Samuel 5:13; 11:2-27

    • Amnon
      2Samuel 13:1-14

    • Solomon
      1Kings 11:1-3

    • Rehoboam
      2Chronicles 11:21-23

    • Persian kings
      Esther 2:3, 13, 14, 19


LASEA

  • A city of Crete
    Acts 27:8


LASHA

  • A place at the southern extremity of Canaan
    Genesis 10:19


LASHARON

  • King of, killed by Joshua
    Joshua 12:18


LATIN

  • General references
    Luke 23:38; John 19:20


LAUGHTER

  • A time for
    Ecclesiastes 3:4

  • Attributed to God
    Psalm 37:13; 59:8; Proverbs 1:26

  • See HAPPINESS,  JOY


LAVER

  • Directions for making
    Exodus 30:18-20

  • Situation of, in the tabernacle, tent of the congregation, and the altar
    Exodus 40:7

  • Sanctified
    Exodus 30:28; 40:11; Leviticus 8:11

  • Used for washing
    Exodus 40:30-32

  • Brazen bronze, made by Solomon for the
    temple 1Kings 7

  • Altered by Ahaz
    2Kings 16:17

  • Broken and carried away to Babylon by the Chaldeans
    2Kings 25:13, 16; Jeremiah 52:17, 20

  • Figurative
    Exodus 38:8; 1Kings 7:23; Revelation 4:6; 15:2


LAW

  • General references
    Psalm 19:7-9; 119:1-8; Proverbs 28:4, 5; Matthew 22:21; Luke 16:17; 20:22-25; 7:7, Romans 2:14, 15; 12, 14; 13:10; 1Timothy 1:5, 8-10; James 1:25; 1John 3:4; 5:3

  • Of Moses
    (Contained in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy):

    • Given at Sinai
      Exodus 19; Deuteronomy 1:1; 4:10-13; 33:2; Habakkuk 3:3

    • Received by the disposition of angels
      Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalm 68:17; Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2

    • Was given because of transgressions until the Messiah arrived
      Galatians 3:19

    • Engraved on stone

      • General references
        Exodus 20:3-17 with 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; 34:29; 40:20; Deuteronomy 4:13; 5:4-22; 9:10
      • See TABLES,  COMMANDMENTS

    • Preserved in the ark of the covenant
      Exodus 25:16; Deuteronomy 31:9, 26

    • Found by Hilkiah in the house of the Lord
      2Kings 22:8

    • Engraved upon monuments
      Deuteronomy 27:2-8; Joshua 8:30-35

    • To be written:

      • On door posts
        Deuteronomy 6:9; 11:20

      • On frontlets for the forehead, and parchment for the hand
        Exodus 13:9, 16; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:18-21

    • Children instructed in the law

    • Expounded:

      • By the priests and Levites
        Leviticus 10:11; Deuteronomy 33:10; 2Chronicles 35:3

      • Princes, priests, and Levites publicly taught
        Ezra 7:10; Nehemiah 8:1-18

      • From city to city
        2Chronicles 17:7-10

      • In synagogues
        Luke 4:16, 32; Acts 13:14-52; 15:21 with 9:20; 14:1; 17:1-3; 18:4, 26

      • Expounded to the assembled nation at the Feast of Tabernacles in the sabbatic year
        Deuteronomy 31:10-13

    • Renewed by Moses
      Deuteronomy 4:44-46

    • Curses of, responsively read by Levites and people at Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim
      Deuteronomy 27:12-26; Joshua 8:33-35

    • Formed a constitution on which the civil government of the Israelites was founded, and according to which rulers were required to rule
      Deuteronomy 17:18-20; 2Kings 11:12; 2Chronicles 23:11

    • Divine authority for
      Exodus 19:16-24; 20:1-17; 24:12-18; 31:18; 32:15, 16; 34:1-4, 27, 28; Leviticus 26:46; Deuteronomy 4:10-13, 36; 5:1-22; 9:10; 10:1-5; 33:2-4; 1Kings 8:9; Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 1:7; 8:1; 9:14; Psalm 78:5; 103:7; Isaiah 33:22; Malachi 4:4; Acts 7:38, 53; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 9:18-21

    • Prophecies in, of the Messiah
      Luke 24:44; John 1:45; 5:46; 12:34; Acts 26:22, 23; 28:23; Romans 3:21, 22

    • Epitomized by Jesus
      Matthew 22:40; Mark 12:29-33; Luke 10:27

    • Book of, found by Hilkiah in the temple
      2Kings 22:8; 2Chronicles 34:14

  • Temporary
    Jeremiah 3:16; Daniel 9:27; Matthew 5:17-45; Luke 16:16, 17; John 1:17; 4:20-24; 8:35; Acts 6:14; 10:28; 13:39; 15:1-29; 21:20-25; Romans 3:1, 2; 7:1-6; 8:3; 10:4; 2Corinthians 3:7-14; Galatians 2:3-9; 4:30, 31; Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14-23; Hebrews 8:4-13; 9:8-24; 10:1-18; 11:40; 12:18, 19, 27


LAWSUITS


LAWYER

  • One versed in the Mosaic law.

  • Test Jesus with questions
    Matthew 22:35; Luke 10:25-37

  • Jesus' remarks against
    Luke 11:45-52

  • Zenas, a lawyer
    Titus 3:13

  • See LITIGATION


LAYING ON OF HANDS


LAZARUS

  • Brother of Mary and Martha.

  • Sickness and death of
    John 11:1-14

  • Resurrection of
    John 11:38-44; 12:17, 18

  • Had dinner with Jesus
    John 12:1, 2, 9

  • Plotted against by the chief priests
    John 12:10, 11


LAZINESS


LEAD

  • A mineral
    Exodus 15:10

  • Purified by fire
    Numbers 31:22; Jeremiah 6:29; Ezekiel 22:18, 20

  • Used in making inscriptions on stone
    Job 19:24

  • Lead foundry
    Jeremiah 6:29; Ezekiel 22:18, 20

  • Trade in
    Ezekiel 27:12

  • Used for weighing
    Zechariah 5:7, 8


LEADERSHIP


LEAGUE


LEAH

  • The older daughter of Laban
    Genesis 29:16

  • Married to Jacob
    Genesis 29:23-26

  • Children of
    Genesis 29:31-35; 30:9-13, 17-21

  • Flees with Jacob
    Genesis 31:4, 14, 17; 33:2-7

  • "Builder of the house of Israel"
    Ruth 4:11


LEARNING


LEASE

  • Of real estate
    Matthew 21:33-41; Mark 12:1-9; Luke 20:9-16

  • See LAND


LEASING

  • Falsifying
    Psalm 4:2


LEATHER

  • Belts of
    2Kings 1:8; Matthew 3:4

  • Tanning of
    Acts 9:43; 10:5, 6

  • Called SKIN
    Genesis 3:21; Mark 1:6

  • Called HIDE
    Leviticus 8:17


LEAVEN

  • For bread
    Exodus 12:34, 39; Hosea 7:4; Matthew 13:33

  • Leavened bread used:

    • With a peace offering
      Leviticus 7:13; Amos 4:5

    • With a wave offering
      Leviticus 23:15-17

  • Leavened bread forbidden:

    • With meat offerings
      Leviticus 2:11; 6:17; 10:12; Exodus 23:18; 34:25

    • At the Passover
      meal 13:3, Exodus 12:19, 20; 4, 7; 23:18

    • With blood
      Exodus 23:18; 34:25

  • A symbol for sin
    1Corinthians 5:6-8

  • Figurative:

    • Of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees
      Matthew 16:6-12; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:1

    • Of other evils
      1Corinthians 5:6-8; Galatians 5:9

    • Parable of
      Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21


LEBANAH

  • Also called LEBANA, one of the Nethinim
    Ezra 2:45; Nehemiah 7:48


LEBANON

  • A mountain range.

  • Northern boundary of the land of Canaan
    Deuteronomy 1:7; 3:25; 11:24; Joshua 1:4; 9:1

  • Early inhabitants of
    Judges 3:3

  • Snow of
    Jeremiah 18:14

  • Streams of
    Song of Solomon 4:15

  • Cedars of
    Judges 9:15; 2Kings 19:23; 2Chronicles 2:8; Psalm 29:5; 104:16; Isaiah 2:13; 14:8; Ezekiel 27:5

  • Other trees of
    2Kings 19:23; 2Chronicles 2:8

  • Flower of
    Nahum 1:4

  • Beasts of
    Isaiah 40:16

  • Fertility and productiveness of
    Hosea 14:5-7

  • "House of the forest of"
    1Kings 7:2-5

  • Valley of
    Joshua 11:17; 12:7

  • Tower of
    Song of Solomon 7:4

  • Solomon had storage cities in
    1Kings 9:19

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 29:17; Jeremiah 22:6


LEBAOTH


LEBBAEUS

  • Surnamed THADDAEUS, one of the twelve apostles
    Matthew 10:3


LEBONAH

  • A city on the highway from Bethel to Shechem
    Judges 21:19


LECAH

  • A town or person in the territory of the tribe of Judah
    1Chronicles 4:21


LEEK

  • General references
    Numbers 11:5


LEES

  • Settlings of wine
    Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 25:6; Jeremiah 48:11; Zephaniah 1:12


LEFT-HANDED

  • General references
    Judges 3:15; 20:16


LEGENDS

  • "Holiness to the LORD"

    • Engraved on the high priest's mitre
      Exodus 28:36; 39:30

    • Engraved on bells of horses, on pots and bowls
      Zechariah 14:20

  • "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews"
    Matthew 27:37

  • Precepts written on door posts and gates, and worn on the hand and forehead
    Deuteronomy 6:6-9; 11:18-20; Isaiah 57:8


LEGION

  • Of angels
    Matthew 26:53

  • Demons
    Mark 5:9, 15


LEGISLATION

  • Class, forbidden
    Exodus 12:49; Leviticus 24:22; Numbers 9:14; 15:15, 29; Galatians 3:28

  • Supplemental, concerning:

    • Sabbath-breaking
      Numbers 15:32-35

    • Inheritance
      Numbers 27:1-11

    • See GOVERNMENT,   LAW


LEGS

  • Of the crucified, broken
    John 19:31, 32


LEHABIM

  • A Mizraite people
    Genesis 10:13; 1Chronicles 1:11


LEHI

  • A district of Judah, where Samson killed a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
    Judges 15:9-19


LEMUEL

  • A king, probably refers to Solomon
    Proverbs 31:1, 4


LENDING

  • General references
    Exodus 22:25-27; Leviticus 25:35-37; Deuteronomy 15:1-11; 23:19, 20; 24:6, 10-13, 17; Nehemiah 5:1-13; Psalm 37:25, 26; 112:5; Proverbs 19:17; 22:7; 28:8; Isaiah 24:1, 2; Ezekiel 18:13; Matthew 5:42; Luke 6:34, 35

  • See BORROWING,  INTEREST,  MONEY


LENTILES

  • General references
    Genesis 25:34; 2Samuel 17:28; 23:11; Ezekiel 4:9


LEOPARD

  • A carnivorous animal
    Song of Solomon 4:8

  • Fierceness of
    Jeremiah 5:6; 13:23; Hosea 13:7; Habakkuk 1:8

  • Figurative:

    • General references
      Daniel 7:6

    • Taming of, the triumph of the gospel
      Isaiah 11:6


LEPROSY

  • Law concerning
    Leviticus 13; 14; 22:4; Numbers 5:1-3; 12:14; Deuteronomy 24:8; Matthew 8:4; Luke 5:14; 17:14

  • Sent as a judgment:

    • On Miriam
      Numbers 12:1-10

    • On Gehazi
      2Kings 5:27

    • On Uzziah
      2Chronicles 26:20, 21
  • Entailed
    2Kings 5:27

  • Isolation of lepers
    Leviticus 13:46; Numbers 5:2; 12:14; 2Kings 15:5; 2Chronicles 26:21

  • Separate burial of
    2Chronicles 26:23

  • Instances of leprosy not mentioned above:

    • Four lepers outside Samaria
      2Kings 7:3

    • Azariah
      2Kings 15:5

    • Simon
      Mark 14:3

  • Healed:

    • Miriam
      Numbers 12:13, 14

    • Naaman
      2Kings 5:8-14

    • By Jesus
      Matthew 8:3; Mark 1:40-42; Luke 5:13; 17:12-14

    • Disciples empowered to heal
      Matthew 10:8


LESHEM

  • Also called LAISH.

  • See DAN


LETTERS

  • Written by:

    • David to Joab
      2Samuel 11:14

    • King of Syria to king of Israel
      2Kings 5:5, 6

    • Rabshakeh to Hezekiah
      Isaiah 37:9-14

    • King of Babylon to Hezekiah
      Isaiah 39:1

    • Sennacherib to Hezekiah
      2Kings 19:14

    • Artaxerxes to Nehemiah
      Nehemiah 2:7-9

    • Open letter from Sanballat to Nehemiah
      Nehemiah 6:5

    • Luke to Theophilus, the books of Luke and Acts
      Acts 1:1

    • Claudius Lysias to Felix
      Acts 23:25-30

  • Letters of intercession by Paul and Philemon on behalf of Onesimus
    Philemon 1:1

  • Letters of recommendation
    2Corinthians 3:1


LETUSHIM

  • A son of Dedan
    Genesis 25:3


LEUMMIM

  • A son of Dedan
    Genesis 25:3


LEVI

  • Son of Jacob
    Genesis 29:34; 35:23; 1Chronicles 2:1

  • Avenges the seduction of Dinah
    Genesis 34; 49:5-7

  • Jacob's prophecy regarding
    Genesis 49:5-7

  • His age at death
    Exodus 6:16

  • Descendants of, made the ministers of religion


LEVIATHAN

  • Possibly a crocodile
    Job 41; Psalm 104:26

  • "The crooked serpent"
    Isaiah 27:1

  • Figurative
    Psalm 74:14


LEVITES

  • The descendants of Levi.

  • Set apart as ministers of religion
    Numbers 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deuteronomy 10:8; 1Chronicles 15:2

  • Substituted in the place of the firstborn children
    Numbers 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6

  • Religious zeal of
    Exodus 32:26-28; Deuteronomy 33:9, 10; Malachi 2:4, 5

  • Consecration of
    Numbers 8:6-21

  • Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron
    Numbers 4:19-20, 16

  • Three divisions of:

    • Each having the name of one of its progenitors, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari
      Numbers 3:17

    • Gershonites:

      • Gershonites and their duties
        Numbers 3:18-26; 4:23-26; 10:17

      • Ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of the ruling high priest
        Numbers 4:28

    • Kohathites:

      • The families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites
        Numbers 3:27; 4:18-20

      • Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as priests
        Exodus 28:1; 29:9; Numbers 3:38; 17:1-4, 8; 18:1

      • The remaining families appointed to take charge of the ark of the covenant, table, lampstand, altars, and vessels of the sanctuary, the hangings, and all the service
        Numbers 3:27-32; 4:2-15

      • The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling high priest
        Numbers 3:32; 1Chronicles 9:20

    • Merarites:

      • General references
        Numbers 3:20, 33-37; 4:31-33; 7:8; 1Chronicles 6:19, 10:17; 29, 30; 23:21-23

      • The chief over the Merarites was the second son of the ruling high priest
        Numbers 4:33

  • Place of, in encampments and the march
    Numbers 1:50-53; 2:17; 3:23-35

  • Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan
    Joshua 21

  • Lodged in the chambers of the temple
    1Chronicles 9:27, 33; Ezekiel 40:44

  • Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem
    Nehemiah 12:29

  • Age of:

    • When inducted into office
      Numbers 4:3, 30, 47; 1Chronicles 23:3, 8:23-26; 24, 27; Ezra 3:8

    • When retired from office
      Numbers 4:3, 47

  • Functions of:

    • Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the march
      Numbers 1:50-53; 3:6-9, 21-37; 4:1-15, 17-49; 8:19; 18:3-6

    • Had charge of the temple
      1Chronicles 9:27-29; 23:2-32; Ezra 8:24-34

    • Carried the ark of the covenant
      1Chronicles 15:2, Deuteronomy 10:8; 26, 27

    • Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant
      1Chronicles 16:4

    • Custodians and administrators of the tithes and other offerings
      1Chronicles 9:26-29; 26:28; 29:8; 2Chronicles 24:5, 11; 31:11-19; 34:9; Ezra 8:29, 30, 33; Nehemiah 12:44

    • Prepared the shewbread
      1Chronicles 23:28, 29

    • Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice
      2Chronicles 29:12-36; 35:1-18

    • Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity
      Ezra 6:20, 21

    • Teachers of the law
      Deuteronomy 33:10; 2Chronicles 17:8, 9; 30:22; 35:3; Nehemiah 8:7-13; Malachi 2:6, 7

    • Were judges:

      • General references
        Deuteronomy 17:9; 1Chronicles 23:4; 26:29; 2Chronicles 19:8-11; Nehemiah 11:16

      • Reference book of Judges
        Judges 1-21

    • Were scribes of the sacred books

    • Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service at Mount Gerizim
      Deuteronomy 27:12; Joshua 8:33

    • Were porters of the doors

    • Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple
      1Chronicles 23:2-4; Ezra 3:8, 9

    • Were musicians of the temple service

    • Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business
      1Chronicles 23:29

  • The list of those who returned from captivity
    Ezra 2:40-63; 7:7; 8:16-20; Nehemiah 7:43-73; 12

  • Sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
    Nehemiah 10:9-28

  • Profits (compensations) of:

    • In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with suburbs were assigned to them
      Numbers 18:24, 26:62, 35:2-8; Deuteronomy 10:9; 12:12, 18-19, 14:27-29, 18:1-8; Joshua 13:14; 14:3; 18:7; 1Chronicles 6:54-81; 13:2; 2Chronicles 23:2; Ezekiel 34:1-5

    • Assigned to, by families
      Joshua 21:4-40

    • Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
      Leviticus 25:32-34

    • Tithes and other offerings
      Numbers 18:24, 26-32; Deuteronomy 18:1-8; 26:11-13; Joshua 13:14; Nehemiah 10:38, 39; 12:44, 47

    • First fruits
      Nehemiah 12:44, 47

    • The plunder of war, including captives
      Numbers 31:30, 42-47

    • Tithes withheld from
      Nehemiah 13:10-13; Malachi 3:10

    • Pensioned
      2Chronicles 31:16-18

    • Owned lands
      Deuteronomy 18:8; with 1Kings 2:26

    • Land allotted to, by Ezekiel
      Ezekiel 48:13, 14

  • Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai
    Numbers 1:47-49; 2:33; 3:14-39; 4:2, 3; 26:57-62; 1Chronicles 23:3-5

  • Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam
    2Chronicles 11:13-17; 13:9-11

  • Loyal to the ruler
    2Kings 11:7-11; 2Chronicles 23:7

  • Intermarried with Canaanites
    Ezra 9:1, 2; 10:23, 24

  • Exempt from enrollment for military duty
    Numbers 1:47-54; 1Chronicles 12:26

  • Subordinate to the sons of Aaron
    Numbers 3:9; 8:19; 18:6

  • Prophecies concerning:

    • General references
      Jeremiah 33:18; Ezekiel 44:10-14; Malachi 3:3

    • Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the Messiah
      Zechariah 12:10-13

    • John's vision concerning
      Revelation 7:7


LEX TALIONIS


LIARS

  • All men are liars
    Psalm 116:11

  • Satan, a deceiver
    John 8:44, 55

  • Prohibited from entering the Kingdom of Heaven
    Revelation 21:8

  • See DECEIT,  DECEPTION,  FALSEHOOD,  HYPOCRISY


LIBERALITY

  • General references
    Exodus 13:2, 12; 22:29, 30; 23:15; 25:1-8; 34:20; 35:4-29; 36:3-6; 38:8; Leviticus 19:5; 22:29; Deuteronomy 12:11, Numbers 35:8; 12, 17-19; 14:27-29; 15:7-18; 16:10, 17; 18:1-8; 24:19-22; 2Samuel 24:24; Chronicles 22:19; 28:10, 20; 29:5; 2Chronicles 15:7, 18; Ezra 1:2-4; Psalm 41:1-3; 76:11; 112:5, 9; 132:1-5; Proverbs 3:9, 10; 11:24, 25; 13:7; 14:21; 19:6, 17; 21:26; 22:9; 28:27; 31:20; Ecclesiastes 11:1, 2; 60:7, Isaiah 32:8; 9, 17; Haggai 1:8; 2:18, 19; Malachi 3:10-12; Matthew 5:42; 6:1-4; 19:21, 22; 25:34-40; Luke 3:10, 11; 6:38; 11:41; 12:33, 34; 16:9; Acts 10:4; 20:35; Romans 12:8, 13; 15:27; 1Corinthians 13:3; 2Corinthians 8:7-9, 16:1-3; 11-15, 24; 9:6-13; Ephesians 4:28; 1Timothy 5:16; 6:17-19; Philemon 1:14; Hebrews 6:10; 13:16; 1John 3:17, 18

  • See ALMS,  BENEFICENCE,  CHARITABLENESS,  MINISTERS, EMOLUMENTS BENEFITS OF,  POOR, DUTY TO,  RICH,  RICHES

  • Instances of:

    • King of Sodom to Abraham
      Genesis 14:21

    • Jacob
      Genesis 28:22

    • Pharaoh to Joseph's people
      Genesis 45:18-20

    • Israelites at the erection of the tabernacle
      Exodus 35:21-29; 36:3-7; 38:8; Numbers 7; 31:48-54; Joshua 18:1

    • Reubenites
      Joshua 22:24-29

    • David
      2Samuel 7:2; 1Chronicles 17:1; 2Samuel 8:11; 1Kings 7:51; 8:17, 18; 1Chronicles 21:24; 22; 26:26; 28:2; 29:2-5, 17; Psalm 132:1-5

    • Barzillai and others to David
      2Samuel 17:27-29; 19:32

    • Araunah for sacrifice
      2Samuel 24:22, 23

    • Joab to David
      2Samuel 12:26-28

    • Israelites' offerings for the temple
      1Chronicles 29:6-9, 16, 17

    • Samuel
      1Chronicles 26:27, 28

    • Solomon
      1Kings 4:29; 5:4, 5; 2Chronicles 2:1-6; 1Kings 6; 7:51; 8:13

    • Queen of Sheba to Solomon
      1Kings 10:10

    • Asa and Abijam
      1Kings 15:15

    • Elisha toward Elijah
      1Kings 19:21

    • Jehoshaphat
      2Kings 12:18

    • Joash and his people
      2Kings 12:4-14; 2Chronicles 24:4-14

    • David
      1Chronicles 16:3

    • Hezekiah
      2Chronicles 29; 30:1-12; 31:1-10, 21

    • Manasseh
      2Chronicles 33:16

    • Josiah
      2Kings 22:3-6; 2Chronicles 34:8-13; 35:1-19

    • Jews after the captivity
      Ezra 1:5, 6; 2:68, 69; 3:2-9; 5:2-6; 6:14-22; 8:25-35; Nehemiah 3; 4:6; 6:3; 7:70-72; 10:32-39; 13:12, 31; Haggai 1:12-14; 2:18, 19

    • Cyrus
      Ezra 1:2-4, 7-11; 3:7; 5:13-15; 6:3

    • Darius
      Ezra 6:7-12

    • Artaxerxes
      Ezra 7:13-27; 8:24-36

    • The Magi
      Matthew 2:11

    • The centurion
      Luke 7:4, 5

    • Mary Magdalene
      Luke 8:2, 3

    • The Good Samaritan
      Luke 10:33-35

    • The poor widow
      Luke 21:2-4

    • Christians

      • In Jerusalem
        Acts 2:44, 45; 4:32-37

      • In Antioch of Syria
        Acts 11:29

      • At Philippi
        Philippians 4:18

      • At Corinth
        2Corinthians 8:19; 9:1-13
      • At Macedonia
        2Corinthians 8:14

      • People of Melita to Paul
        Acts 28:10


LIBERTINES

  • Freedmen
    Acts 6:9


LIBERTY

  • Proclaimed in the year of jubilee
    Leviticus 25:10; Jeremiah 34:8, 15-17

  • Political
    Judges 17:6; 21:25; Acts 22:28

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 61:2; 63:4; John 8:32, Luke 4:19; 33, 36; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 6:8; Colossians 3:11


LIBNAH

  • A station of the Israelites in the desert
    Numbers 33:20

  • A city of the tribe of Judah:

    • Captured by Joshua
      Joshua 10:29-32, 39; 12:15

    • Allotted to the priests
      Joshua 21:13; 1Chronicles 6:57

    • Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
      2Kings 19:8, 35; Isaiah 37:8-36


LIBNI

  • Son of Gershon:

    • General references
      Exodus 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1Chronicles 6:17, 20

    • Descendants called LIBNITES
      Numbers 3:21; 26:58

  • Grandson of Merari
    1Chronicles 6:29


LIBYA

  • Region north of Egypt
    Ezekiel 30:5; 38:5; Acts 2:10

  • Also called LUBIM and PHUT


LIBYANS

  • The inhabitants of Libya
    Jeremiah 46:9; Daniel 11:43


LICE

  • Plague of
    Exodus 8:16-19; Psalm 105:31


LICENTIOUSNESS


LIFE

  • Breath of
    Genesis 2:7

  • Called SPIRIT OF GOD
    Job 27:3

  • Tree of
    Genesis 2:9; 3:22, 24; Proverbs 3:18; 13:12; Revelation 2:7

  • Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder

  • Long life promised to:

    • Obedient children
      Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16

    • To those who keep the commandments
      Deuteronomy 4:40; 22:7

  • Vanity of
    Ecclesiastes 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7

  • Hated
    Ecclesiastes 2:17

  • To be hated for Christ's sake
    Luke 14:26

  • What can a man give in exchange for
    Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:37

  • The one who loses it will save it
    Matthew 10:39; 16:25, 26; Luke 9:24; John 12:25

  • Weary of life:

    • Job
      Job 3; 7:1-3; 10:18-20

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah 20:14-18

    • Elijah
      1Kings 19:1-8

    • Jonah
      Jonah 4:8, 9

  • Life of Christ, a ransom
    Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45; 1Timothy 2:6

  • Brevity and uncertainity of

    • General references
      Genesis 18:27; 47:9; 1Samuel 20:3; 2Samuel 14:14; 1Chronicles 29:15; Job 4:19-21; 7:6-10, 17; 8:9; 10:9, 9:25, 26; 13:12, 20, 21; 25, 28; 14:1, 2; 17:1; Psalm 22:29; 39:4-6, 11; 78:39; 89:47, 48; 90:3, 5, 6, 9, 10; 102:11; 103:14-16; 144:3, 4; 146:4; Proverbs 27:1; Ecclesiastes 1:4; 6:12; Isaiah 2:22; 40:6, 38:12; 7, 24; 50:9; 51:8, 12; 64:6; James 1:10, 11; 4:14; 1Peter 1:24

  • Everlasting

    • General references
      Psalm 21:4; 121:8; 133:3; Isaiah 25:8; Daniel 12:2; Matthew 19:16-21, 29; 25:46; Mark 10:30; Luke 18:18, 30; 20:36; John 3:14-16; 4:14; 5:24, 25, 6:27, 40, 47, 29, 39; 10:10, 50-58, 68; 27, 28; 12:25, 50; 17:2, 3; Acts 13:46, 48; Romans 2:7; 5:21; 6:22, 23; 1Corinthians 15:53, 54; 2Corinthians 5:1; Galatians 6:8; 1Timothy 1:16; 4:8; 6:12, 19; 2Timothy 1:10; Titus 1:2; 3:7; 1John 2:25; 3:15; 5:11-13, 20; Jude 1:21; Revelation 1:18

  • From God
    Genesis 2:7; Deuteronomy 8:3; 30:20; 32:39, 40; 1Samuel 2:6; Job 27:3; 34:14, 15; Psalm 22:29; 30:3; 68:20; 104:30; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Isaiah 38:16-20; Acts 17:25-28; Romans 4:17; 1Timothy 6:13; James 4:15

  • Spiritual
    John 3:3-16; 6:27, 33, 35, 5:24-26, 40; 40, 47; 10:10; 11:25, 26; 14:6; 17:2, 3; Romans 6:4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 20:31; 22, 23; 8:10; 1John 1:1, 2


LIGHT

  • Created
    Genesis 1:3-5; Isaiah 45:7; 2Corinthians 4:6

  • Miraculous
    Matthew 17:2; Acts 9:3

  • Figurative and symbolic
    1Kings 11:36; Psalm 27:1; 119:105, 130; Proverbs 6:23; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Isaiah 8:20; 49:6; 58:8; 60:19, 20; Matthew 4:16; 5:14, 16; Luke 2:32; 11:34; John 1:4, 16:8; 5, 7-9; 3:19-21; 5:35; 8:12; 9:5; 12:35, 36; Acts 26:18; Ephesians 5:8, 14; Philippians 2:15; 1Thessalonians 5:5; 1Timothy 6:16; James 1:17; 1Peter 2:9; 2Peter 1:19; 1John 1:5, 7; Revelation 21:23


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