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Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Given by God  Ru 1:6; Mt 6:11.
Yielded by the earth  Job 28:5; Isa 55:10.
Made of
Wheat.  Ex 29:2; Ps 81:16.
Barley.  Jdj 7:13; Joh 6:9.
Beans, millet, &c.  Eze 4:9.
Manna (in the wilderness).  Nu 11:8.

Corn ground for making  Isa 28:28.
Was kneaded  Ge 18:6; Jer 7:18; Ho 7:4.
Troughs used for kneading  Ex 12:34.
Usually leavened  Le 23:17; Mt 13:33.
Sometimes unleavened  Ex 12:18; 1Co 5:8.
Was formed into
Loaves.  1Sa 10:3,4; Mt 14:17.
Cakes.  2Sa 6:19; 1Ki 17:13.
Wafers.  Ex 16:31; 29:23.

Was baked
On hearths.  Ge 18:6.
On coals of fire.  Isa 44:19; Joh 21:9.
In ovens.  Le 26:26; Ho 7:4-7.

Making of, a trade  Ge 40:2; Jer 37:21.
Ordinary, called common bread  1Sa 21:4.
Sacred, called hallowed bread  1Sa 21:4,6.
Nutritious and strengthening  Ps 104:15.
When old, dry and mouldy  Jos 9:5,12.
Often put for the whole substance of man  Ge 3:19; 39:6; Mt 6:11.
The principal food used by the ancients  Ge 18:5; 21:14; 27:17; Jdj 19:5.
Broken for use  La 4:4; Mt 14:19.
Kept in baskets  Ge 40:16; Ex 29:32.
Publicly sold  Mt 14:15; 15:33.
In times of scarcity, sold by weight  Le 26:26; Eze 4:16.
Scarceness of, sent as a punishment  Ps 105:16; Isa 3:1; Eze 5:16.
Plenty of, promised to the obedient  Le 26:5.
Often given as a present  1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 16:12; 1Ch 12:40.
Served round after funerals  Eze 24:17-22.
With water, the food of prisons  1Ki 22:27.
Crumb of, used to wipe the fingers, thrown under the table  Mt 15:27; Lu 16:21.
First fruit of, offered to God  Nu 15:19,20.
Offered with sacrifices  Ex 29:2,23; Nu 28:2.
Placed on table of shew bread  Ex 25:30.
Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with  Mt 14:19-21; 15:34-37.
Illustrative
Of Christ.  Joh 6:33-35.
(When broken,) of the death of Christ.  Mt 26:26; 1Co 11:23,24.
(Partaking of,) of communion of saints.  Ac 2:46; 1Co 10:17.
(Want of,) of extreme poverty.  Pr 12:9; Isa 3:7.
(Seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty.  1Sa 2:36; Ps 37:25; La 1:11.
(Fulness of,) of abundance.  Eze 16:49.
(Eating without scarceness,) of plenty.  De 8:9.
(Of adversity,) of heavy affliction.  Isa 30:20.
(Of tears,) of sorrow.  Ps 80:5.
(Of deceit,) of unlawful gain.  Pr 20:17.
(Of wickedness,) of oppression.  Pr 4:17.
(Of idleness,) of sloth.  Pr 31:27.

A part of defensive armour  1Ki 22:34.
A part of the high priest's dress  Ex 28:4.
For soldiers
Made of iron.  Re 9:9.
Bright and shining.  Re 9:17.

For the high priest
Materials of.  Ex 28:15; 39:8.
Form and dimensions of.  Ex 28:16; 39:9.
Made from the offering of the people.  Ex 35:9.

Had names of the tribes engraved on precious stones  Ex 28:17-21; 39:10,14.
Inseparably united to the ephod  Ex 28:22-28; 39:15-21.
The Urim and Thummim placed in  Ex 28:30; Le 8:8.
Worn as a memorial  Ex 28:29; Isa 49:16.
Illustrative of the
Righteous judgment of Christ.  Isa 59:17.
Defence of righteousness.  Eph 6:14.
Defence of faith and love.  1Th 5:8.

Canaan abounded with  De 8:7.
Often ran over pebbles  1Sa 17:40; Job 22:24.
Borders of, favourable to
Grass.  1Ki 18:5.
Willows.  Le 23:40; Job 40:22.
Reeds.  Isa 19:7.

Abounded with fish  Isa 19:8.
Afforded protection to a country  Isa 19:6.
Mentioned in scripture
Arnon.  Nu 21:14,15.
Besor.  1Sa 30:9.
Gaash.  2Sa 23:30; 1Ch 11:32.
Cherith.  1Ki 17:3,5.
Eshcol.  Nu 13:23,24.
Kidron.  2Sa 15:23; 1Ki 15:13; Joh 18:1.
Kishon.  1Ki 18:40; Ps 83:9.
Zered.  De 2:13.
Of the willows.  Isa 15:7.

Illustrative
Of wisdom.  Pr 18:4.
Of temporal abundance.  Job 20:17.
(Deceptive,) of false friends.  Job 6:15.
(Drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress.  Ps 110:7.

Probable origin of  Ge 4:9,10.
Design of  Ge 23:3,4.
Attended by
Family of the dead.  Ge 50:5,6,8; Mt 8:21.
Numbers of friends, &c.  Ge 50:7,9; 2Sa 3:31; Lu 7:12.
Female friends.  Mr 15:47; Lu 7:13.
Hired mourners.  Jer 9:17,18.
Great lamentation at.  Ge 50:10,11; 2Sa 3:31,32.

Orations sometimes made at  2Sa 3:33,34.
The body was
Washed before.  Ac 9:37.
Anointed for.  Mt 26:12.
Wound in linen for.  Joh 11:44; 19:40.
Preserved with spices.  Joh 19:39,40.
Sometimes burned before.  1Sa 31:12.
Carried on a bier to.  2Sa 3:31; Lu 7:14.

Perfumes burned at  2Ch 16:14; Jer 34:5.
Antiquity of coffins for  Ge 50:26.
Often took place immediately after death  Joh 11:17,39; Ac 5:6,10.
Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days  Ge 50:3,4.
Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution  De 21:23; Joh 19:31.
The right of all nations  Jdj 16:31; Joh 19:38.
Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors  1Ki 11:15; Eze 39:11-14.
Of the friendless, a kind act  2Sa 2:5.
Places used for
Natural caves.  Ge 23:19; Joh 11:38.
Caves hewn out of rocks.  Isa 22:16; Mt 27:60.
Gardens.  2Ki 21:18,26; Joh 19:41.
Under trees.  Ge 35:8; 1Sa 31:13.
Tops of the hills.  Jos 24:33; 2Ki 23:16.
Houses of the deceased.  1Sa 25:1; 1Ki 2:34.
The city of David for the kings of Judah.  1Ki 2:10; 2Ch 21:20; 24:16.

Antiquity of purchasing places for  Ge 23:7-16.
Places of
Frequently prepared and pointed out during life.  Ge 50:5; 2Ch 16:14; Mt 27:60.
Members of a family interred in the same.  Ge 25:10; 49:31; 2Sa 2:32.
Held in high veneration.  Ne 2:3,5.
Provided for the common people.  Jer 26:23.
Provided for aliens and strangers.  Mt 27:7.
Visited by sorrowing friends.  Joh 11:31.
Pillars erected on.  Ge 35:20.
Tombs erected over.  Mt 23:27-29.
Sometimes had inscriptions.  2Ki 23:17.
Sometimes not apparent.  Lu 11:44.
For criminals, marked by heaps.  Jos 7:26.
Were ceremonially unclean.  Nu 19:16,18.
Often desecrated by idolatry.  Isa 65:3,4.

The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places of  Ge 47:29-31; 49:29,30; 50:25; 2Sa 19:37.
Followed by a feast  2Sa 3:35; Jer 16:7,8; Ho 9:4.
Privation of, considered a calamity  Ec 6:3.
Privation of, threatened as a punishment  2Ki 9:10; Jer 8:2; 16:4.
An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass  Jer 22:19.
Illustrative of regeneration  Ro 6:4; Col 2:12.