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     445
     Precious Stones 
    
     - Dug out of the earth
         #Job 5 28:5,6
    
     - Brought from Ophir
         #1KI 10:11; 2CH 9:10
    
     - Brought from Sheba
         #1KI 10:1,2; EZE 27:22
    
     - CALLED
       . Stones of fire
           #EZE 28:14,16
    
       . Stones to be set
           #1CH 29:2
    
       . Jewels
           #ISA 61:10; EZE 16:12
    
       . Precious jewels
           #2CH 20:25; PR 20:15
    
     - Of great variety
         #1CH 29:2
    
     - Of many colors
         #1CH 29:2
    
     - Brilliant and glittering
         #1CH 29:2; RE 21:11
    
     - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
       . Agate
           #EX 28:19; ISA 54:12
    
       . Amethyst
           #EX 28:19; RE 21:20
    
       . Beryl
           #DA 10:6; RE 21:20
    
       . Carbuncle
           #EX 28:17; ISA 54:12
    
       . Coral
           #Job 18 28:18
    
       . Chalcedony
           #RE 21:19
    
       . Chrysolite
           #RE 21:20
    
       . Chrysoprasus
           #RE 21:20
    
       . Diamond
           #EX 28:18; JER 17:1; EZE 28:13
    
       . Emerald
           #EZE 27:16; RE 4:3
    
       . Jacinth
           #RE 9:17; 21:20
    
       . Jasper
           #RE 4:3; 21:11,19
    
       . Onyx
           #EX 28:20; Job 16 28:16
    
       . Pearl
           #Job 18 28:18; MT 13:45,46; RE 21:21
    
       . Ruby
           #Job 18 28:18; LA 4:7
    
       . Sapphire
           #EX 24:10; EZE 1:26
    
       . Sardine or Sardius
           #EX 28:17; RE 4:3
    
       . Sardonyx
           #RE 21:20
    
       . Topaz
           #Job 19 28:19; RE 21:20
    
     - Highly prized by the ancients
         #PR 17:8
    
     - Extensive commerce in
         #EZE 27:22; RE 18:12
    
     - Often given as presents
         #1KI 10:2,10
    
     - Art of engraving upon, early known to the Jews
         #EX 28:9,11,21
    
     - Art of setting, known to the Jews
         #EX 28:20
    
     - USED FOR
       . Adorning the high priest's ephod
           #EX 28:12
    
       . Adorning the breastplate of judgment
           #EX 28:17-20; 39:10-14
    
       . Decorating the person
           #EZE 28:13
    
       . Ornamenting royal crowns
           #2SA 12:30
    
       . Setting in seals and rings
           #SO 5:12
    
       . Adorning the temple
           #2CH 3:6
    
       . Honoring idols
           #DA 11:38
    
     - A part of the treasure of kings
         #2CH 32:27
    
     - Given by the Jews for the tabernacle
         #EX 25:7
    
     - Prepared by David for the temple
         #1CH 29:2
    
     - Given by chief men for the temple
         #1CH 29:8
    
     - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
       . Preciousness of Christ
           #ISA 28:16; 1PE 2:6
    
       . Beauty and stability of the church
           #ISA 54:11,12
    
       . Saints
           #MAL 3:17; 1CO 3:12
    
       . Seductive splendor and false glory of the apostasy
           #RE 17:4; 18:16
    
       . Worldly glory of nations
           #EZE 28:13-16
    
       . Glory of heavenly Jerusalem
           #RE 21:11
    
       . Stability of heavenly Jerusalem
           #RE 21:19
    
     446
     Preciousness of Christ 
    
     - To God
         #MT 3:17; 1PE 2:4
    
     - To Saints
         #SO 5:10; PHP 3:8; 1PE 2:7
    
     - ON ACCOUNT OF HIS
       . Goodness and beauty
           #Z17 EC 9:17
    
       . Excellence and grace
           #PS 45:2
    
       . Name
           #SO 1:3; HEB 1:4
    
       . Atonement
           #1PE 1:19; HEB 12:24
    
       . Words
           #JOH 6:68
    
       . Promises
           #2PE 1:4
    
       . Care and tenderness
           #ISA 40:11
    
     - As the corner-stone of the Church
         #ISA 28:16; 1PE 2:6
    
     - As the source of all grace
         #JOH 1:14; COL 1:19
    
     - Unsearchable
         #EPH 3:8
    
     - Illustrated
         #SO 2:3; 5:10-16; MT 13:44-46
    
     447
     Presents 
    
     - Antiquity of
         #GE 32:13; 43:15
    
     - WERE GIVEN
       . To judges to secure a favorable hearing
           #PR 17:23; AM 2:6
    
       . To kings to engage their aid
           #1KI 15:18
    
       . By kings to each other in token of inferiority
           #1KI 10:25; 2CH 9:23,24; PS 72:10
    
       . To appease the angry feelings of others
           #GE 32:20; 1SA 25:27,28,35
    
       . To confirm covenants
           #GE 21:28-30
    
       . To reward service
           #2SA 18:12; DA 2:6,48
    
       . To show respect
           #JUD 6:18
    
       . In token of friendship
           #1SA 18:3,4
    
       . As tribute
           #JUD 3:15; 2SA 8:2; 2CH 17:5
    
       . On occasions of visits
           #2KI 8:8
    
       . On all occasions of public rejoicing
           #NE 8:12; ES 9:19
    
       . At marriages
           #GE 24:53; PS 45:12
    
       . On recovering from sickness
           #2KI 20:12
    
       . On restoration to prosperity
           #Job 10 42:10,11
    
       . On sending away friends
           #GE 45:22; JER 40:5
    
     - Considered essential on all visits of business
         #1SA 9:7
    
     - Not bringing, considered a mark of disrespect and
       disaffection
         #ISA 10:27; 2KI 17:24
    
     - Generally procured a favorable reception
         #PR 18:16; 19:6
    
     - When small or defective, refused
         #MAL 1:8
    
     - Of persons of rank, of great value and variety
         #2KI 5:2; 2CH 9:1
    
     - Receiving of, a token of good will
         #GE 33:10,11
    
     - THINGS GIVEN AS
       . Cattle
           #GE 32:14,15,18
    
       . Horses and mules
           #1KI 10:25
    
       . Money
           #GE 45:22; 1SA 9:8; Job 11 42:11
    
       . Food
           #GE 43:11; 1SA 25:18; 1KI 14:3
    
       . Garments
           #GE 45:22; 1SA 18:4
    
       . Weapons of war
           #1SA 18:4
    
       . Ornaments
           #GE 24:22,47; Job 11 42:11
    
       . Gold and silver vessels
           #1KI 10:25
    
       . Precious stones
           #1KI 10:2
    
       . Servants
           #GE 20:14; 29:24,29
    
     - Often borne by servants
         #JUD 3:18
    
     - Often conveyed on camels
         #1SA 25:18; 2KI 8:9; 2CH 9:1
    
     - Sometimes sent before the giver
         #GE 32:21
    
     - Generally presented in person
         #GE 43:15,26; JUD 3:17; 1SA 25:27
    
     - Laid out and presented with great ceremony
         #GE 43:25; JUD 3:18; MT 2:11
    
     448
     Presumption 
    
     - A characteristic of the wicked
         #2PE 2:10
    
     - A characteristic of Antichrist
         #2TH 2:4
    
     - EXHIBITED IN
       . Opposing God
           #Job 25 15:25,26
    
       . Wilful commission of sin
           #RO 1:32
    
       . Self-righteousness
           #HO 12:8; RE 3:17
    
       . Spiritual pride
           #ISA 65:5; LU 18:11
    
       . Esteeming our own ways right
           #PR 12:15
    
       . Seeking precedence
           #LU 14:7-11
    
       . Planning for the future
           #LU 12:18; JAS 13 4:13
    
       . Pretending to prophecy
           #DE 18:22
    
     - Pray to be kept from sins of
         #PS 19:13
    
     - Saints avoid
         #PS 131:1
    
     - Punishment for
         #NU 15:30; RE 18:7,8
    
     - Exemplified
       . Builders of Babel
           #GE 11:4
    
       . Israelites
           #NU 14:44
    
       . Korah etc.
           #NU 16:3,7
    
       . Men of Bethshemesh
           #1SA 6:19
    
       . Uzzah
           #2SA 6:6
    
       . Jeroboam
           #1KI 13:4
    
       . Benhadad
           #1KI 20:19
    
       . Uzziah
           #2CH 26:16
    
       . Sennacherib
           #2CH 32:13,14
    
       . Theudas
           #AC 5:36
    
       . Sons of Sceva
           #AC 19:13,14
    
       . Diotrephes
           #3JO 1:9
    
     449
     Pride 
    
     - Is sin
         #PR 21:4
    
     - Hateful to God
         #PR 6:16,17; 16:5
    
     - Hateful to Christ
         #PR 8:12,13
    
     - OFTEN ORIGINATES IN
       . Self-righteousness
           #LU 18:11,12
    
       . Religious privileges
           #ZEP 3:11
    
       . Unsanctified knowledge
           #1CO 8:1
    
       . Inexperience
           #1TI 3:6
    
       . Possession of power
           #LE 26:19; EZE 30:6
    
       . Possession of wealth
           #2KI 20:13
    
     - Forbidden
         #1SA 2:3; RO 12:3,16
    
     - Defiles a man
         #MR 7:20,22
    
     - Hardens the mind
         #DA 5:20
    
     - SAINTS
       . give not away
           #PS 131:1
    
       . Respect not, in others
           #PS 40:4
    
       . Mourn over, in others
           #JER 13:17
    
       . Hate, in others
           #PS 101:5
    
     - A hindrance to seeking God
         #PS 10:4; HO 7:10
    
     - A hindrance to improvement
         #PR 26:12
    
     - A CHARACTERISTIC
       . The devil
           #1TI 3:6
    
       . The world
           #1JO 2:16
    
       . False teachers
           #1TI 6:3,4
    
       . The wicked
           #HAB 2:4,5; RO 1:30
    
     - Comes from the heart
         #MR 7:21-23
    
     - The wicked encompassed with
         #PS 73:6
    
     - LEADS MEN TO
       . Contempt and rejection of God's word and ministers
           #JER 43:2
    
       . A persecuting spirit
           #PS 10:2
    
       . Wrath
           #PR 21:24
    
       . Contention
           #PR 13:10; 28:25
    
       . Self-deception
           #JER 49:16; OB 1:3
    
     - Exhortation against
         #JER 13:15
    
     - IS FOLLOWED BY
       . Shame
           #PR 11:2
    
       . Debasement
           #PR 29:23; ISA 28:3
    
       . Destruction
           #PR 16:18; 18:12
    
     - Shall abound in the last days
         #2TI 3:2
    
     - Woe to
         #ISA 28:1,3
    
     - THEY WHO ARE GUILTY OF, SHALL BE
       . Resisted
           #JAS 4:6
    
       . Brought into contempt
           #ISA 23:9
    
       . Recompensed
           #PS 31:23
    
       . Marred
           #JER 13:9
    
       . Subdued
           #EX 18:11; ISA 13:11
    
       . Brought low
           #PS 18:27; ISA 2:12
    
       . Abased
           #DA 4:37; MT 23:12
    
       . Scattered
           #LU 1:51
    
       . Punished
           #ZEP 2:10,11; MAL 4:1
    
     - Exemplified
       . Ahithophel
           #2SA 17:23
    
       . Hezekiah
           #2CH 32:25
    
       . Pharaoh
           #NE 9:10
    
       . Haman
           #ES 3:5
    
       . Moab
           #ISA 16:6
    
       . Tyre
           #ISA 23:9
    
       . Israel
           #ISA 28:1; HO 5:5,9
    
       . Judah
           #JER 13:9
    
       . Babylon
           #JER 50:29,32
    
       . Assyria
           #EZE 31:3,10
    
       . Nebuchadnezzar
           #DA 4:30; 5:20
    
       . Belshazzar
           #DA 5:22,23
    
       . Edom
           #OB 1:3
    
       . Scribes
           #MR 12:38,39
    
       . Herod
           #AC 12:21-23
    
       . Laodiceans
           #RE 3:17
    
     450
     Priests 
    
     - First notice of persons acting as
         #GE 4:3,4
    
     - During patriarchal age heads of families acted as
         #GE 8:20; 12:8; 35:7
    
     - After the exodus young men (first-born) deputed to act as
         #EX 24:5; 19:22
    
     - The sons of Aaron appointed as, by perpetual statute
         #EX 29:9; 40:15
    
     - All except seed of Aaron excluded from being
         #NU 3:10; 16:40; 18:7
    
     - Sanctified by God for the office
         #EX 29:44
    
     - Publicly consecrated
         #EX 28:3; NU 3:3
    
     - CEREMONIES AT CONSECRATION OF
       . Washing in water
           #EX 29:4; LE 8:6
    
       . Clothing with the holy garments
           #EX 29:8,9; 40:14; LE 8:13
    
       . Anointing with oil
           #EX 30:30; 40:13
    
       . Offering sacrifices
           #EX 29:10-19; LE 8:14-23
    
       . Purification by blood of the consecration ram
           #EX 29:20,21; LE 8:23,24
    
       . Placing in their hands the wave-offering
           #EX 29:22-24; LE 8:25-27
    
       . Partaking of the sacrifices of consecration
           #EX 29:31-33; LE 8:31,32
    
       . Lasted seven days
           #EX 29:35-37; LE 8:33
    
     - Required to remain in the tabernacle seven days after
       consecration
         #LE 8:33-36
    
     - No blemished or defective persons could be consecrated
         #LE 21:17-23
    
     - Required to prove their genealogy before they exercised the
       office
         #EZR 2:62; NE 7:64
    
     - GARMENTS OF
       . The coat or tunic
           #EX 28:40; 39:27
    
       . The girdle
           #EX 28:40
    
       . The bonnet
           #EX 28:40; 39:28
    
       . The linen breeches
           #EX 28:42; 39:28
    
       . Worn at consecration
           #EX 29:9; 40:15
    
       . Worn always while engaged in the service of the tabernacle
           #EX 28:43; 39:41
    
       . Worn by the high priest on the day of atonement
           #LE 16:4
    
       . Purified by sprinkling of blood
           #EX 29:21
    
       . Laid up in holy chambers
           #EZE 44:19
    
       . Often provided by the people
           #EZR 2:68,69; NE 7:70,72
    
     - Required to wash in the brazen laver before they performed
       their services
         #EX 30:18-21
    
     - SERVICES OF
       . Keeping the charge of the tabernacle
           #NU 18:1,5,7
    
       . Covering the sacred things of the sanctuary before removal
           #NU 4:5-15
    
       . Offering sacrifices
           #LE 1:1-6:30; 2CH 29:34; 35:11
    
       . Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary
           #EX 27:20,21; LE 24:3,4
    
       . Keeping the sacred fire always burning on the altar
           #LE 6:12,13
    
       . Burning incense
           #EX 20:7,8; LU 1:9
    
       . Placing and removing show-bread
           #LE 24:5-9
    
       . Offering first fruits
           #LE 23:10,11; DE 26:3,4
    
       . Blessing the people
           #NU 6:23-27
    
       . Purifying the unclean
           #LE 15:30,31
    
       . Deciding in cases of jealousy
           #NU 5:14,15
    
       . Deciding in cases of leprosy
           #LE 13:2-59; 14:34-45
    
       . Judging in cases of controversy
           #DE 17:8-13; 21:5
    
       . Teaching the law
           #DE 33:8,10; MAL 2:7
    
       . Blowing the trumpets on various occasions
           #NU 10:1-10; JOS 6:3,4
    
       . Carrying the ark
           #JOS 3:6,17; 6:12
    
       . Encouraging the people when they went to war
           #DE 20:1-4
    
       . Valuing things devoted
           #LE 27:8
    
     - Were to live by the altar as they had no inheritance
         #DE 18:1,2; 1CO 9:13
    
     - REVENUES OF
       . Tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites
           #NU 18:26,28; NE 10:37,38; HEB 7:5
    
       . First-fruits
           #NU 18:8,12,13; DE 18:4
    
       . Redemption-money of the first-born
           #NU 3:48,51; 18:15,16
    
       . First-born of animals or their substitutes
           #NU 18:17,18; EX 13:12,13
    
       . First of the wool of sheep
           #DE 18:4
    
       . Show-bread after its removal
           #LE 24:9; 1SA 21:4-6; MT 12:4
    
       . Part of all sacrifices
           #LE 7:6-10,31,34; NU 6:19,20; 18:8-11; DE 18:3
    
       . All devoted things
           #NU 18:14
    
       . All restitutions when the owner could not be found
           #NU 5:8
    
       . A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war
           #NU 31:29,41
    
     - Thirteen of the Levitical cities given to, for residence
         #1CH 6:57-60; NU 35:1-8
    
     - Might purchase and hold other lands in possession
         #1KI 2:26; JER 32:8,9
    
     - SPECIAL LAWS RESPECTING
       . Not to marry divorced or improper persons
           #LE 21:7
    
       . Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of
         kin
           #LE 21:1-6
    
       . Not to drink wine, etc. while attending in the tabernacle
           #LE 10:9; EZE 44:21
    
       . Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn
           #LE 22:8
    
       . While unclean could not perform any service
           #LE 22:1,2; NU 19:6,7
    
       . While unclean could not eat of the holy things
           #LE 22:3-7
    
       . No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion
           #LE 22:10
    
       . All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion
           #LE 22:11
    
       . Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their
         portion
           #LE 22:12
    
       . Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of
         their holy things
           #LE 22:14-16
    
     - Divided by David into twenty-four courses
         #1CH 24:1-19; 2CH 8:14; 35:4,5
    
     - The four courses which returned from Babylon subdivided into
       24
         #EZR 2:36-39; LU 1:5
    
     - Each course of, had its president or chief
         #1CH 24:6,31; 2CH 36:14
    
     - Services of, divided by lot
         #LU 1:9
    
     - Punishment for invading the office of
         #NU 16:1-35; 18:7; 2CH 26:16-21
    
     - On special occasions persons not of Aaron's family acted as
         #JUD 6:24-27; 1SA 7:9; 1KI 18:33
    
     - WERE SOMETIMES
       . Greedy
           #1SA 2:13-17
    
       . Drunken
           #ISA 28:7
    
       . Profane and wicked
           #1SA 2:22-24
    
       . Unjust
           #JER 6:13
    
       . Corrupters of the law
           #ISA 28:7; MAL 2:8
    
       . Slow to sanctify, themselves for God's services
           #2CH 29:34
    
     - Generally participated in punishment of the people
         #JER 14:18; LA 2:20
    
     - Made of the lowest of the people by Jeroboam and others
         #1KI 12:21; 2KI 17:32
    
     - Services of, ineffectual for removing sin
         #HEB 7:11; 10:11
    
     - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
       . Christ
           #HEB 10:11,12
    
       . Saints
           #EX 19:6; 1PE 2:9
    
    
    
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