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Paternal functions of
Genesis 41:25-57
Civil service school provided by
Daniel 1:3-20
Maintains of public instruction
2 Chronicles 17:7-9
Executive departments in
See CABINET
See KING
See RULER
Judicial department in
See COURT
See JUDGE
See JUSTICE
See LEVITE
See PRIEST
MOSAIC
- ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
  Exodus 18:13-26 ; Numbers 11:16 Numbers 11:17 Numbers 11:24 Numbers 11:25 ; Deuteronomy 1:9-17
- POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES
  - Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses
    Exodus 19:7 Exodus 19:8 ; Exodus 24:3 Exodus 24:7 ; Deuteronomy 29:10-15
- Refused to make conquest of Canaan
  Numbers 14:1-10
- Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler
  Numbers 27:18-23 ; 1 Samuel 10:24 ; 8:4-22 ; 1 Samuel 11:14 1 Samuel 11:15 ; 2 Samuel 3:17-21 ; 5:1-3 ; 1 Chronicles 29:22 ; 2 Chronicles 23:3
- Possessed veto power over the kings purposes
  1 Samuel 14:44 1 Samuel 14:45
- The court in certain capital cases
  Numbers 35:12 Numbers 35:24 Numbers 35:25
- THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL
  - Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders
    Exodus 3:16 Exodus 3:18 ; 4:29-31 ; 12:21 ; Exodus 17:5 Exodus 17:6 ; 18:12 ; Exodus 19:7 Exodus 19:8 ; Exodus 24:1 Exodus 24:14 ; Leviticus 4:15 ; 9:1 ; Numbers 11:16-18 Numbers 11:30 ; 16:25 ; Deuteronomy 1:13-15 ; 5:23 ; 27:1 ; 29:10-15 ; Deuteronomy 31:9 Deuteronomy 31:28 ; Joshua 7:6 ; Joshua 8:10 Joshua 8:32 Joshua 8:33 ; Joshua 23:2 Joshua 23:3 Joshua 23:6 ; Joshua 24:1 Joshua 24:24 Joshua 24:25 ; Judges 21:16-25 ; Acts 5:17 Acts 5:18 Acts 5:21-41
- MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE
  - Demands a king
    1 Samuel 8:4-10 1 Samuel 8:19-22
- Saul pleads to be honored before
  1 Samuel 15:30
- Chooses David as king
  2 Samuel 3:17-21 ; 5:3 ; 1 Chronicles 11:3
- Closely associated with David
  2 Samuel 12:17 ; 1 Chronicles 15:25 ; 21:16
- Joins Absalom in his usurpation
  2 Samuel 17:4
- David rebukes
  2 Samuel 19:11
- Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple
  1 Kings 8:1-3 ; 2 Chronicles 5:2-4
- Counsels king Rehoboam
  1 Kings 12:6-8 1 Kings 12:13
- Counsels king Ahab
  1 Kings 20:7 1 Kings 20:8
- Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord
  2 Kings 23:1 ; 2 Chronicles 34:29 2 Chronicles 34:31
- Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen
  Ezra 9:1 ; 10:8-14
- Legislates in later times
  Matthew 15:2 Matthew 15:7-9 ; Mark 7:1-3
- Sits as a court
  Jeremiah 26:10-24
- Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial of both civil and ecclesiastical causes
  Matthew 21:23 ; Matthew 26:3-5 Matthew 26:57-68 ; Matthew 27:1 Matthew 27:2 ; Mark 8:31 ; 14:43-65 ; 15:1 ; Luke 22:52-71 ; Acts 4:1-21 ; 6:9-15 ; 7:1-59
- Unfaithful to the city
  Lamentations 1:19
- Seeks counsel from prophets
  Ezekiel 8:1 ; 14:1 ; Ezekiel 20:1 Ezekiel 20:3 ; Joel 1:14 ; 2:16
- Corrupt
  1 Kings 21:8-14 ; Ezekiel 8:11 Ezekiel 8:12 ; Matthew 26:14 Matthew 26:15 ; Matthew 27:3 Matthew 27:4
- A similar senate existed
  - Among the Egyptians
    Genesis 50:7 ; Genesis 41:37 Genesis 41:38 ; Exodus 10:1 Exodus 10:7 ; 12:30 ; 14:5
  - Among the Midianites and Moabites
    Numbers 22:4 Numbers 22:7
  - Among the Gibeonites
    Joshua 9:11
- EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
  Numbers 1:4-16 Numbers 1:44 ; Numbers 7:2 Numbers 7:3 Numbers 7:10 Numbers 7:11 Numbers 7:18 Numbers 7:24 Numbers 7:54 Numbers 7:84 ; 10:4 ; 16:2 ; Numbers 17:2 Numbers 17:6 ; 27:2 ; Numbers 31:13 Numbers 31:14 ; 32:2 ; 34:18-29 ; 36:1 ; Joshua 9:15-21 ; 17:4 ; 22:13-32 ; 1 Kings 21:11-13 ; Nehemiah 3:9 Nehemiah 3:12 Nehemiah 3:16 Nehemiah 3:18 Nehemiah 3:19
- THE MOSAIC JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- See COURT
- See JUDGE
- See PRIEST
- See LEVITE
- See RULER
- See SANHEDRIN
- See SYNAGOGUE
- Forms and facts of government after the death of Moses and the princes who survived Moses
- See ISRAEL, HISTORY OF
- Under these sub-topics
- See JUDGES
- See KINGS
CONSTITUTIONAL
- See CONSTITUTION
ECCLESIASTICAL
- See CHURCH, GOVERNMENT OF
- See PRIESTS
IMPERIAL
Genesis 14:1 ; Joshua 11:10 ; Esther 1:1 ; Daniel 4:1 ; 6:1-3 ; Luke 2:1
MONARCHICAL
- Tyranny in, instances of
  - By Saul
    1 Samuel 22:6 1 Samuel 22:12-19
- By David
  2 Samuel 1:13-16 ; 4:9-12 ; 11:14-17
- By Solomon
  1 Kings 2:23-25 1 Kings 2:28-34 1 Kings 2:36-46 ; 12:1-16 ; 21:7-16 ; 2 Kings 10
- By Ahasuerus
  Esther 2 ; 3
- By Nebuchadnezzar
  Daniel 1:10 ; 2:5-13 ; 5:19
- By Herod
  Mark 6:27 Mark 6:28
- See ISRAEL, HISTORY OF
- Under these sub-topics
- See KINGS
- Also see ASSYRIA; 493|
- See BABYLON
- See CHALDEA
- See SYRIA
- Limited
- See CONSTITUTION
MUNICIPAL
- Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers
  Deuteronomy 19:12 ; Deuteronomy 21:2-8 Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ; 22:13-21 ; 25:7-9 ; Joshua 20:4 ; Judges 8:14-16 ; 11:5-11 ; Ruth 4:2-11 ; 1 Samuel 11:3 ; 16:4 ; 30:26 ; 1 Kings 21:8-14 ; 2 Kings 10:1-7 ; Ezra 10:8 Ezra 10:14 ; Nehemiah 3:9 Nehemiah 3:12 Nehemiah 3:16 Nehemiah 3:18 Nehemiah 3:19 ; Lamentations 5:14
PROVINCIAL
Ezra 4:8 Ezra 4:9 ; Ezra 5:3 Ezra 5:6 ; 6:6 ; 8:36 ; Nehemiah 2:7 Nehemiah 2:9 ; 5:14 ; Daniel 6:1-3 ; Matthew 27:2 ; 28:14 ; Luke 3:1 ; Acts 24:1
- See HEROD
- See PILATE
REPRESENTATIVE
Deuteronomy 1:13-15 ; Joshua 9:11
- See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, above
- Also see ELDER 1573|
THEOCRATIC
Exodus 19:3-8 ; Deuteronomy 26:16-19 ; 29:1-13 ; 1 Samuel 8:6 1 Samuel 8:7
- See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN, below
- Also see RULERS
- See JUDGE
- See ELDER
- See CHURCH AND STATE
CORRUPTION IN
1 Kings 21:5-13 ; Proverbs 25:5 ; Micah 3:1-4 Micah 3:9-11
- See CHURCH, CORRUPTION IN
- See COURT, CORRUPT
- Instances of
  - Pilate, in delivering Jesus to death in order to please the clamoring multitude
    John 19:12-16 ; Matthew 27:24
- Felix, who expected money from Paul
  Acts 24:26
- See RULERS, WICKED, INSTANCES OF
DUTY OF CITIZENS TO
Matthew 22:17-21 ; Luke 20:25 ; Romans 13:1-7 ; Titus 3:1 ; 1 Peter 2:13-17
- See CITIZEN
GOD IN
- In appointment of Saul as king
  1 Samuel 9:15-17 ; 10:1
- In Sauls rejection
  1 Samuel 15:26-28 ; Acts 13:22
- In the appointment of David
  1 Samuel 16:1 1 Samuel 16:7 1 Samuel 16:13 ; 2 Samuel 7:13-16 ; Psalms 89:19-37 ; Acts 13:22
- In counseling Solomon
  1 Kings 9:2-9
- In magnifying him
  1 Chronicles 29:25
- In denouncing Solomons wickedness
  1 Kings 11:9-13
- In raising adversaries against Solomon
  1 Kings 11:14 1 Kings 11:23
- In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries
  1 Kings 11:13 ; 12:1-24 ; 2 Chronicles 10:15 ; 11:4 ; 22:7
- In blotting out the household of Jeroboam
  1 Kings 14:7-16 ; 15:27-30
- In the appointment of kings
  1 Kings 14:14 ; 16:1-4 ; 1 Chronicles 28:4 1 Chronicles 28:5 ; 29:25 ; Psalms 22:28
- In the destruction of nations
  Amos 9:8
- See THEOCRATIC, above
- Also see GOD, SOVEREIGN 2068|
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN
Psalms 22:28 ; Proverbs 8:15 ; Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 9:7 ; Jeremiah 1:9 Jeremiah 1:10 ; 18:6-10 ; 25:12-33 ; Ezekiel 21:25-27 ; Ezekiel 29:19 Ezekiel 29:20 ; Daniel 2:20 Daniel 2:21 Daniel 2:37 ; 4:17 ; 5:18-28 ; 10:13 ; Hosea 8:4 ; Amos 9:8 ; Haggai 2:21 Haggai 2:22 ; John 19:10 John 19:11
- See GOD, SOVERIGN
- See JESUS, KINGDOM OF

[B] indicates this entry was also found in Baker's Evangelical Dictionary

Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Government'". "Nave's Topical Bible". . 1896.

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