LAADAH #2968
LAADAN #2969
LABAN #2970
3 Receives the servant of Abraham
4 Receives Jacob, and gives him his daughters in marriage
5 Jacob becomes his servant
7 Pursues Jacob, overtakes him at Mount Gilead, and covenants with him
LABOR #2971
1 General scriptures concerning
Ge 3:19; Ex 20:9-11; 23:12; 34:21; Le 19:13; De 24:14,15; 25:4; Ec 5:12; Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5; Mt 20:1-15; Lu 10:7; Ac 20:35; 1Co 9:9; Eph 4:28; 1Th 4:11,12; 2Th 3:7-13; 1Ti 5:18; Jas 5:4
LACE #2972
1 General scriptures concerning
LACHISH #2973
1 (An important city)
7 Besieged by Sennacherib
8 By Nebuchadnezzar
9 Prophecy concerning
LACHRYMATORY (TEAR BOTTLE) #2974
1 A bottle for containing tear drops
LADDER #2975
LAHAD #2976
LAHAI-ROI #2977
1 Also called BEER-LAHAIROI
3 Hagar fled to
4 Isaac lives at
LAHMAM #2978
1 A city of the tribe of Judah
LAHMI #2979
LAISH #2980
LAKE #2981
1 Of fire
LAKUM #2982
1 A city in the territory of the tribe of Naphtali
LAMA SABACHTHANI #2983
2 See
LAMB #2984
1 Offering of
Ex 29:38-41; Le 3:7; 4:32; 5:6; 22:23; 23:12; Nu 6:12; 7:15,21; 28:3-8
2 Not to be seethed (boiled) in its own mother's milk
LAMB OF GOD #2985
Joh 1:29; Re 6:16; 7:9,10,14,17; 12:11; 13:8; 14:1,4; 15:3; 17:14; 19:17; 21:9,14,22,23,27; 22:1,3
LAMECH #2986
1 Father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-Cain
2 Son of Methuselah, and father of Noah, lived for seven-hundred and seventy-seven years
LAMENESS #2987
1 Disqualified priests from exercising the priestly office
2 Disqualified animals for sacrificial uses
4 Healed by
4.1 Jesus
Mt 11:5; 15:31; 21:14; Lu 7:22
4.2 Peter
5 FIGURATIVE
LAMENTATIONS #2988
2 Of Jeremiah, see the Book of Lamentations
LAMP #2989
1 Miraculously appeared at Abraham's sacrifice
2 For the tabernacle
3 Kept burning at night in the tabernacle and cared for by priest
4 FIGURATIVE
Job 18:6; Ps 119:105; Pr 13:9; 20:20; Isa 62:1; Jer 25:10; Zep 1:12; Pr 13:9; 20:20; Isa 62:1; Jer 25:10; Zep 1:12; Mt 6:22; 2Pe 1:19; Re 21:23
5 SYMBOLICAL
5.1 See CANDLESTICK
LANCE #2990
LAND #2991
1 Appeared on the third creative day
Ge 13:14-17; 15:7; Ex 23:31; Le 25:23
3 Bought and sold
Ge 23:3-18; 33:19; Ac 4:34; 5:1-8
4 Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Le 25:15,16,23-33; 27:17-24; Nu 36:4; Jer 32:7-16,25,44; Eze 46:18
5 Conveyance of, by written deeds and other forms
Ge 23:3-20; Ru 4:3-8,11; Jer 32:9-14
6 Witnessed
Ge 23:10,11; Ru 4:9-11; Jer 32:9-14
7 Sold for debt
8 Rights in, alienated
9 Leased
10 Priests' part in
11 King's part in
12 Widow's dower in
13 Unmarried woman's rights in
14 To rest every seventh year for the benefit of the poor people
15 Products of, for all
16 Monopoly of
Ge 47:20-26; Isa 5:8; Mic 2:1,2
18 Rules for apportioning Canaan among the tribes
20 See also
LANDMARKS #2992
1 Protected from fraudulent removal
De 19:14; 27:17; Job 24:9; Pr 22:28; 23:10; Ho 5:10
LANGUAGE #2993
1 Unity of
2 Confusion of
5 Speaking in inspired "tongues" forbidden, in religious assemblies unless there was an inspired interpreter present
6 Gift of
Mr 16:17; Ac 2:7,8; 10:46; 19:6; 1Co 12:10; 14
7.1 Ashdod
7.2 Chaldee
7.3 Egyptian
7.4 Greek
7.5 Latin
7.6 Lycaonian
7.7 Parthian and other lands
7.8 Syrian
LANTERN #2994
1 General scriptures concerning
LAODICEA #2995
1 (A Phrygian city)
2 Paul's concern for
3 Epaphras' zeal for
4 Epistle to the Colossians to be read in
LAPIDARY #2996
1 One who cuts precious stones
LAPIDOTH #2997
LAPWING #2998
1 A bird forbidden as food
LARCENY #2999
LASCIVIOUSNESS #3000
1 General scriptures concerning
Ex 32:6; Pr 2:16-18; 5:3-5,8-13; 7:6-27; 9:13-18; 20:16; 30:18-20; Joe 3:3; Mr 7:21-23; Ro 1:22-29; 7:8; 13:13; 1Co 6:9,10,13,15-18; 9:27; 2Co 12:21; Ga 5:19-21; Eph 4:17-19; 5:5; Col 3:5; 1Th 4:5; 2Ti 3:6; 1Pe 4:2,3; Jude 1:4-7
3 See IDOLATRY , LICENTIOUS PRACTICES OF
7 See SENSUALITY
11 FIGURATIVE
12 INSTANCES OF
12.1 Sodomites
12.2 Lot's daughters
12.3 Judah
12.4 The Gibeahites
12.5 Eli's sons
12.6 David
12.7 Amnon
12.8 Solomon
12.9 Rehoboam
12.10 Persian kings
LASEA #3001
LASHA #3002
1 A place at the southern extremity of Canaan
LASHARON #3003
LATIN #3004
1 General scriptures concerning
LAUGHTER #3005
1 A time for
LAVER #3006
1 Directions for making
2 Situation of, in the tabernacle, tent of the congregation, and the altar
3 Sanctified
4 Used for washing
5 Brazen (bronze), made by Solomon for the temple
7 Broken and carried away to Babylon by the Chaldeans
8 FIGURATIVE
8.1 In connection with
LAW #3007
1 General scriptures concerning
Ps 19:7-9; 119:1-8; Pr 28:4,5; Mt 22:21; Lu 16:17; 20:22-25; Ro 2:14,15; 7:7,12,14; 13:10; 1Ti 1:5,8-10; Jas 1:25; 1Jo 3:4; 5:3
2 See LITIGATION
3 See COMMANDMENTS
4 See DUTY TO GOD
5 OF MOSES
6 (Contained in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy)
Ex 19; De 1:1; 4:10-13; 33:2; Hab 3:3
6.2 Received by the disposition of angels
De 33:2; Ps 68:17; Ac 7:53; Ga 3:19; Heb 2:2
6.3 Was given because of transgressions until the Messiah arrived
6.4 Engraved on stone
Ex 20:3-17; with 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; 34:29; 40:20; De 4:13; 5:4-22; 9:10
6.6 See COMMANDMENTS
6.7 Preserved in the ark of the covenant
6.8 Found by Hilkiah in the house of the Lord
6.9 Engraved upon monuments
6.10 To be written
6.10.1 On door posts
6.10.2 On frontlets for the forehead, and parchment for the hand
Ex 13:9,16; De 6:4-9; 11:18-21
6.11 Children instructed in
6.13 See INSTRUCTION
6.14 Expounded by
6.14.1 The priests and Levites
6.14.2 Princes, priests, and Levites publicly taught
6.14.3 From city to city
6.14.4 In synagogues
Lu 4:16,32; Ac 13:14-52; 15:21; with 9:20; 14:1; 17:1-3; 18:4,26
6.15 Expounded to the assembled nation at the Feast of Tabernacles in the sabbatic year
6.17 Curses of, responsively read by Levites and people at Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim
6.18 Formed a constitution on which the civil government of the Israelites was founded, and according to which rulers were required to rule
De 17:18-20; 2Ki 11:12; 2Ch 23:11
6.19 See GOVERNMENT , CONSTITUTIONAL
6.20 Divine authority for
Ex 19:16-24; 20:1-17; 24:12-18; 31:18; 32:15,16; 34:1-4,27,28; Le 26:46; De 4:10-13,36; 5:1-22; 9:10; 10:1-5; 33:2-4; 1Ki 8:9; Ezr 7:6; Ne 1:7; 8:1; 9:14; Ps 78:5; 103:7; Isa 33:22; Mal 4:4; Ac 7:38,53; Ga 3:19; Heb 9:18-21
6.21 Prophecies in, of the Messiah
Lu 24:44; Joh 1:45; 5:46; 12:34; Ac 26:22,23; 28:23; Ro 3:21,22
6.22 See JESUS , PROPHECIES CONCERNING
Mt 22:40; Mr 12:29-33; Lu 10:27
6.24 Book of, found by Hilkiah in the temple
7 TEMPORARY
Jer 3:16; Da 9:27; Mt 5:17-45; Lu 16:16,17; Joh 1:17; 4:20-24; 8:35; Ac 6:14; 10:28; 13:39; 15:1-29; 21:20-25; Ro 3:1,2; 7:1-6; 8:3; 10:4; 2Co 3:7-14; Ga 2:3-9; 4:30,31; Eph 2:15; Col 2:14-23; Heb 8:4-13; 9:8-24; 10:1-18; 11:40; 12:18,19,27
LAWSUITS #3008
1 To be avoided
Pr 25:8-10; Mt 5:25,26; 1Co 6:1-8
2 See ACTIONS AT LAW
3 See ADJUDICATION
4 See ARBITRATION
5 See COMPROMISE
LAWYER #3009
1 (One versed in the Mosaic law)
3 Jesus' remarks against
4 Zenas
5 See LITIGATION
LAYING ON OF HANDS #3010
LAZARUS #3011
1.1 Sickness and death of
1.2 Resurrection of
1.4 Plotted against by the chief priests
LAZINESS #3012
1 See SLOTHFULNESS