From Nave’s Topical Bible
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Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 14Passages listed
- 3Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Blood put upon, in consecration of priestExodus 29:20Leviticus 8:23
- In cleansing lepersLeviticus 14:14Leviticus 14:25
- Anointed with oil in purificationsLeviticus 14:17Leviticus 14:28
- Bored as a sign of servitudeExodus 21:5Exodus 21:6Psalms 40:6
- See Deafness
- FIGURATIVE
- Anthropomorphic uses ofPsalms 17:6Psalms 39:12Psalms 77:1Psalms 80:1Psalms 84:8
- For more extended anthropomorphic uses, consult a concordance
The passages, in Bible order (14)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 14 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 21:5
But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
Commentary on Exodus 21:52 voices
That man is truly free, a true Hebrew, who is entirely God's. Everything that he possesses shares in freedom. He has nothing in common with the man who rejects freedom and says, "I have loved my master.… I will not go out free." The man who subjects himself to the world is returned not only to his master but also to his infirmity, because he loves the world or his mind, that is, his nous,the author of this desire.
Ambrose of Milan· Letter 7.14, 397Patristic
And if the servant shall plainly say,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 21:6
then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
Commentary on Exodus 21:62 voices
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Shall bring him unto the judges - אל האלהים el haelohim, literally, to God; or, as the Septuagint have it, προς το κριτηριον Θεου, to the judgment of God; who condescended to dwell among his people; who determined all their differences till he had given them laws for all cases, and who, by his omniscience, brought to light the hidden things of dishonesty. See Exo 22:8. Bore his ear through with an awl - This was a ceremony sufficiently significant, as it implied, 1. That he was closely attached to that house and family.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Exodus 29:20
Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.
Commentary on Exodus 29:202 voices
Then shall thou kill the ram,.... As the other: and take of his blood, some part of it being received into a basin: and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons; according to Jarchi, this is the middle gristle within the ear; but Saadiah more rightly says it is the tender part which joins to the orb of the ear.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Take of his blood - The putting the blood of the sacrifice on the tip of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the great toe of the right foot, was doubtless intended to signify that they should dedicate all their faculties and powers to the service of God; their ears to the hearing and study of his law, their hands to diligence in the sacred ministry and to all acts of obedience, and their feet to walking in the way of Gods precepts.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Leviticus 8:23
Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
Commentary on Leviticus 8:231 voice
Put it upon the tip of Aarons right ear, etc. - See this significant ceremony explained in the note on Exo 29:20 (note). Calmet remarks that the consecration of the high priest among the Romans bore a considerable resemblance to the consecration of the Jewish high priest. The Roman priest, clothed with a garment of silk, his head covered with a crown of gold adorned with sacred ribbons, was conducted into a subterranean place, over which there was a floor of planks pierced through with many holes.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Leviticus 14:14
The priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
Commentary on Leviticus 14:142 voices
And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
In the same way, and with the same significance as in Lev 8:23. It is said that a portion of the blood was caught by the priest in the palm of his hand as it ran from the victim.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Leviticus 14:17
And the priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.
Commentary on Leviticus 14:172 voices
And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Him that is to be cleansed - Of him that has been cleansed. The significance of the act is similar to that in Lev 8:11, Lev 8:15.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Leviticus 14:25
And after he slaughters the lamb for the guilt offering, the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
Commentary on Leviticus 14:251 voice
And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering,.... See Gill on Lev 14:13. and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, &c. See Gill on Lev 14:14.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 14:28
The priest shall also put some of the oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot—on the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.
- Psalms 17:6
I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
Commentary on Psalms 17:62 voices
"I." Above, the Psalmist asked to be established in good; here he asks to be delivered from evil. And concerning this he does three things. First, he asks to be heard in his petition. Second, he sets it forth, at "Make your mercies wonderful." Third, …
Thomas Aquinas· Exposition on the Psalms of David, 1274Patristic
I have called upon thee,.... In prayer.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
Commentary on Psalms 39:122 voices
What the psalmist means is: As long as I am in this body, I am unhappy. Who of us could say that? If we are octogenarians, we are afraid to die; if we are centenarians and sick besides, still we cling to life and beg for respite. Why do we do that? Because sin gnaws at our conscience. We know that if we leave our body, we are going not to Christ but to hell. On the contrary, what does the apostle say? "I desire to depart and to be with Christ."
Jerome· HOMILY ON PSALM 119[120], 420Patristic
Hear my prayer, O Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Commentary on Psalms 40:62 voices
[Christ] offered himself to the death of the accursed that he might break the curse of the Law, offering himself voluntarily a victim to God the Father, in order that by means of a voluntary victim the curse that attended the discontinuance of the regular victim might be removed. Now of this sacrifice mention is made in another passage of the psalms: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body have you prepared for me"; that is, by offering to God the Father, who refused the legal sacrifices, the acceptable offering of the body that he received.
Hilary of Poitiers· HOMILY ON PSALM 53(54).13, 367Patristic
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 77:1
I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
Commentary on Psalms 77:12 voices
With my voice I cried out to the Lord: with my voice to God, and he gave heed to me. In the day of my tribulation I sought out God. See how he is in tribulation, and he beseeches God, God, God — and yet God is one. With my voice I cried out to the Lord. A cry is necessary at that time when he who cries is far off. So what this man says is this: since on account of my sins I am far from you, therefore I cry, that you may hear me.
Jerome· Homily 10, on Psalm 76, 420Patristic
I cried unto God with my voice,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 80:1
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Commentary on Psalms 80:11 voice
It should also be known that often the very orders of blessed spirits take on the names of orders neighboring them. For we have said that the Thrones, that is, the seats of God, are a special order of blessed spirits, and yet it is said by the Psalmist: "You who sit upon the cherubim, appear," because, evidently, since in those very distinctions of hosts the cherubim are joined to the thrones, the Lord is said to sit even upon the cherubim by equality with the neighboring host.
Gregory the Dialogist· Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 34, 604Patristic
- Psalms 84:8
O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah