Thematic Bible: Of the jews
Thematic Bible
Commerce » Of the jews » Under strict laws
You are to maintain just balances and reliable standards for weights, dry volumes, and liquid volumes. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
So if you had sold property to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat one another.
No one is to cheat his neighbor. Instead, you are to fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.
Commerce » Of the jews » Greatly extended by solomon
because the king had ships that sailed to Tarshish accompanied by Hiram's servants. Once every three years ships from Tarshish returned, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Reed Sea in the land of Edom. Hiram sent his servants to sail with the fleet, since they were expert seamen, and so they accompanied Solomon's servants.
Commerce » Of the jews » Commenced after their settlement in canaan
The tribe of Gilead remained on the other side of the Jordan River. As for the tribe of Dan, why did they stay on board their ships? The tribe of Asher sat by the seashore and remained near its harbors.
"Zebulun will settle down near the sea shore and become a safe haven for shipping, bordering Sidon."
Commerce » Of the jews » Checked in jehoshaphat's time
Jehoshaphat had ocean-going vessels from Tarshish sail to Ophir for gold, but they never made it because they were shipwrecked at Ezion-geber. Ahab's son Ahaziah had offered to go. "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships!" he said. But Jehoshaphat was not willing.
Curiosity » Instances of » Of the jews » And to see jesus
Now some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival. They went to Philip (who was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and told him, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."
Curiosity » Instances of » Of the jews » To see lazarus, after he was raised from the dead
When the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
Dispersion » Of the jews
"I'll scatter you among the nations and draw the sword after you so that your land becomes desolate and your towns become ruins.
From: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. To: The twelve tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.
Please remember what you spoke in commanding your servant Moses. You said,
Then Haman told King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and divided among the people throughout the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different than all the other people, they don't obey the king's laws, and it's not in the king's best interest to leave them alone.
You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations.
I'll leave a remnant among you those who will escape the sword when I'll have scattered you throughout the earth.
Then I scattered them among the nations, dispersing them to other lands, just as their lifestyles and behavior deserved. That's how I judged them.
Then the Jewish leaders asked one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we won't be able to find him? Surely he's not going to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
Feet » Of the jews » Washed frequently
Then David told Uriah, "Go on down to your house and relax a while." So Uriah left the king's palace, and the king sent a gift along after him.
"I've taken off my clothes am I supposed to put them on again? I've washed my feet am I supposed to get them dirty again?"
Feet » Of the jews » Neglected in affliction
Meanwhile, Saul's grandson Mephibosheth also went out to greet the king. He had not taken care of his feet, trimmed his mustache, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.
You are to weep in silence, but you are not to participate in mourning rituals. You are to keep your turban on your head and your sandals on your feet. You are not to cover your mouth or eat what your comforters bring to you."
Feet » Of the jews » Bare in affliction
David then left, going up the Mount of Olives, crying as he went, with his head covered and his feet bare. All of the people who were with him covered their own heads and climbed up the Mount of Olives, crying as they went along.
Parsimony (stinginess) » Of the jews » Toward the temple
You have sowed much but have reaped little. You have eaten but don't have enough to become satisfied. You have drunk but don't have enough to become intoxicated. You have clothed yourself but don't have enough to keep warm. And the hired laborer deposits his salary in a bag full of holes!'"
"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "These people keep saying, "No, the right time for rebuilding the LORD's Temple has not yet come."'"
"Is it the right time for all of you to live in your own paneled houses while this house remains in ruins?"
"You turned away in pursuit of abundance, but look at how little you found! What you did manage to bring home, I blew away! And why?' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "It's because of my house! It lies in ruins while each of you runs off to his own house!
Parsimony (stinginess) » Of the jews » Toward God
"Will a person rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you ask, "How are we robbing you?' "By the tithe and the offering. You are cursed under the curse the entire nation because you are robbing me!
Persecution » Of the jews
There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
But at that time, King Rezin of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, completely removing the Judeans from Elath. Then the Arameans returned to Elath and have remained there to this day.
Letters were sent by couriers to all of the king's provinces to annihilate, to kill, and to destroy all the Jewish people, both young and old, women and children, and to confiscate their goods on a single day the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar.
They say to themselves, "We'll crush them completely;" They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land.
They say, "Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore."
Just then, certain influential Chaldeans took this opportunity to come forward and denounce the Jews.
They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They are Jews
Persecution » Instances of » Of the jews
Preaching » Impenitence under » Of the jews
Then Paul and Barnabas boldly declared, "We had to speak God's word to you first, but since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are now going to turn to the gentiles.
Sheep » Illustrative » Of the jews
Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture.
Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you always, from generation to generation. We will declare your praise. For the Director of Music: According to "The Lilies". A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.
Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the jews
That day they offered a large number of sacrifices, and they rejoiced, because God had caused them to rejoice enthusiastically. Their wives and children rejoiced, so that Jerusalem's joy was heard from a long distance.