Lie, Lying To practice deceit, falsehood, and treachery either by word or action. It is the exact opposite of truth. The sanctity of truth is fundamen...
Psalms 20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation That is, so will we, &c. or that we may F16 or let us; these words, with what follow, point at the end of...
Joshua 3:3 And they commanded the people In the name of Joshua, by whom they were sent: saying, when ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your ...
Jeremiah 25:38 He hath forsaken his covert as a lion Which some understand of God leaving Jerusalem, or the temple, where he dwelt; who, while he made...
Abomination [N]This word is used, To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves as defiled when they ate with strangers ( Genesis 43:3...
The Book of NumbersChapter 2Chapter Overview:Orders concerning the camp, A general order, ver. 1,2. Particular directions for posting each of the tri...
Army. [B] [E]I. JEWISH ARMY.--Every man above 20 years of age was a soldier, ( Numbers 1:3 ) each tribe formed a regiment, with its own banner and it...
TRUTH trooth (`emeth, emunah, primary idea of firmness, stability (compare Exodus 17:12), hence constancy, faithfulness, etc.; the Septuagint's Apocry...
Upright, Uprightness Upright is the English equivalent most often used for the Hebrew yasar [r;vy]. Literally, yasar [r;vy] pertains to that which is ...
Numbers 7:17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings So that here were all sorts of offerings on this occasion, meat and drink offerings, burnt offerin...
Numbers 23:10 Who can count, the dust of Jacob The people of Israel, their posterity so called, not because of their original, the dust of the earth, ...
The Book of 1?ChroniclesChapter 23Chapter Overview: David declares Solomon his successor, ver. 1. Numbers the Levites and appoints them their several ...
Denial To know what is true, yet confess a falsehood; the forsaking of self in wholehearted consecration to Christ and in service to his kingdom. The ...
Armies [N] Antiquity of Genesis 14:1-8 Ancient, often numerous Joshua 11:4 ; 1?Samuel 13:5 Of different nations often confederated Joshua ...
Who is worthy to open ?A mighty angel shouts out a challenge for anyone to come forth who is ?worthy? to open the great scroll and its seals. All cre...
Money [N] [T] [E] [S]A variety of monetary systems are represented in the Bible, corresponding to the political powers that dominated the cultures rep...
Some years ago I printed a volume entitled The Great Poets and Their Theology. I gave account of Homer, Vergil, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Goethe, W...
Chapter?2The thousands of Israel, having been mustered in the former chapter, in this are marshalled, and a regular disposition is made of their camp,...
XII. THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS AND THE LARGER HOPE1 The doctrines of Calvinism formulated in the Westminster Standards are represented by many perso...
XIV. CALVINISM AND THE BIBLE The question, What is the system of doctrine contained in the Westminster Confession, and what is essential to its inte...