LEAD #3013
1 A mineral
2 Purified by fire
Nu 31:22; Jer 6:29; Eze 22:18,20
3 Used in making inscriptions on stone
4 Lead foundry
5 Trade in
6 Used for weighing
LEADERSHIP #3014
1 INSTANCES OF, see each respectively
LEAGUE #3015
LEAH #3016
3 Children of
5 "The builder of the house of Israel,"
LEARNING #3017
1 See INSTRUCTION
LEASE #3018
1 Of real estate
Mt 21:33-41; Mr 12:1-9; Lu 20:9-16
LEASING #3019
1 Falsifying
LEATHER #3020
1 Belts of
2 Tanning of
3 Called "skin,"
4 Called "hide,"
LEAVEN (YEAST) #3021
1 For bread
2 Leavened bread used
2.1 With a peace-offering
2.2 With a wave-offering
3 Leavened bread forbidden
3.1 With meat offerings
Le 2:11; 6:17; 10:12; Ex 23:18; 34:25
3.3 With blood
4 A symbol for sin
5 FIGURATIVE
5.1 Of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees
5.2 Of other evils
5.3 Parable of
LEBANAH #3022
LEBANON #3023
1 (A mountain range)
2 Northern boundary of the land of Canaan
De 1:7; 3:25; 11:24; Jos 1:4; 9:1
3 Early inhabitants of
4 Snow of
5 Streams of
6 Cedars of
Jud 9:15; 2Ki 19:23; 2Ch 2:8; Ps 29:5; 104:16; Isa 2:13; 14:8; Eze 27:5
7 Other trees of
8 Flower of
9 Beasts of
10 Fertility and productiveness of
11 "House of the forest of,"
12 Valley of
13 Tower of
14 Solomon had storage cities in
15 FIGURATIVE
LEBAOTH #3024
1 A city of the tribe of Simeon
2 See BETH-LEBAOTH
LEBBAEUS #3025
1 (Surnamed THADDAEUS)
2 One of the twelve apostles
LEBONAH #3026
1 A city on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem
LECAH #3027
1 A town or person in the territory of the tribe of Judah
LEEK #3028
1 General scriptures concerning
LEES #3029
1 Settlings of wine
Ps 75:8; Isa 25:6; Jer 48:11; Zep 1:12
LEFT-HANDED #3030
1 General scriptures concerning
LEGENDS (INSCRIPTIONS) #3031
1 "Holiness to the LORD," engraved
1.1 On the high priest's mitre
1.2 On bells of horses, on pots and bowls
2 "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews,"
3 Precepts written on door posts and gates, and worn on the hand and forehead
LEGION #3032
1 Of angels
2 Demons
LEGISLATION #3033
1 Class, forbidden
Ex 12:49; Le 24:22; Nu 9:14; 15:15,29; Ga 3:28
2 Supplemental, concerning Sabbath-breaking
3 Inheritance
4 See GOVERNMENT
LEGS #3034
1 Of the crucified, broken
LEHABIM #3035
1 A Mizraite people
LEHI #3036
1 A district of Judah, where Samson killed a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
LEMUEL #3037
1 (A king)
LENDING #3038
1 General scriptures concerning
Ex 22:25-27; Le 25:35-37; De 15:1-11; 23:19,20; 24:6,10-13,17; Ne 5:1-13; Ps 37:25,26; 112:5; Pr 19:17; 22:7; 28:8; Isa 24:1,2; Eze 18:13; Mt 5:42; Lu 6:34,35
LENTILES #3039
1 General scriptures concerning
Ge 25:34; 2Sa 17:28; 23:11; Eze 4:9
LEOPARD #3040
1 A carnivorous animal
2 Fierceness of
Jer 5:6; 13:23; Ho 13:7; Hab 1:8
3 FIGURATIVE
3.1 Taming of, the triumph of the gospel
LEPROSY #3041
1 Law concerning
Le 13; 14; 22:4; Nu 5:1-3; 12:14; De 24:8; Mt 8:4; Lu 5:14; 17:14
2 Sent as a judgment on
2.1 Miriam
2.2 Gehazi
2.3 Uzziah
3 Entailed
4 Isolation of lepers
Le 13:46; Nu 5:2; 12:14; 2Ki 15:5; 2Ch 26:21
5 Separate burial of
6 Instances of leprosy not mentioned above
6.1 Four lepers outside Samaria
6.2 Azariah
6.3 Simon
7 HEALED
7.1 Miriam
7.2 Naaman
Mt 8:3; Mr 1:40-42; Lu 5:13; 17:12-14
7.4 Disciples empowered to heal
LESHEM #3042
LETTERS #3043
2 King of Syria to king of Israel
6 Of Artaxerxes to Nehemiah
7 Open letter from Sanballat to Nehemiah
8 Luke to Theophilus (the books of Luke and Acts)
10 Letters of intercession by Paul and Philemon on behalf of Onesimus
11 Of recommendation
LETUSHIM #3044
LEUMMIM #3045
LEVI #3046
2 Avenges the seduction of Dinah
3 Jacob's prophecy regarding
4 His age at death
5 (Descendants of, made the ministers of religion)
LEVIATHAN #3047
1 Possibly a crocodile
2 "The crooked (R. V.) serpent."
3 FIGURATIVE
LEVITES #3048
2 Set apart as ministers of religion
Nu 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; De 10:8; 1Ch 15:2
3 Substituted in the place of the firstborn children
Nu 3:12,41-45; 8:14,16-18; 18:6
4 Religious zeal of
Ex 32:26-28; De 33:9,10; Mal 2:4,5
5 Consecration of
6 Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron
7 Three divisions of, each having the name of one of its progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari
8 Gershonites and their duties
9 The ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of the ruling high priest
10 The Kohathites, consisting of the families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites
11 Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as priests
Ex 28:1; 29:9; Nu 3:38; 17:1-4,8; 18:1
12 The remaining families appointed to take charge of the ark of the covenant, table, lampstand, altars, and vessels of the sanctuary, the hangings, and all the service
13 The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling high priest
Nu 3:20,33-37; 4:31-33; 7:8; 10:17; 1Ch 6:19,29,30; 23:21-23
15 The chief over the Merarites was the second son of the ruling high priest
16 Place of, in encampments and the march
17 Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan
18 Lodged in the chambers of the temple
19 Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem
20 Age of
20.1 When inducted into office
Nu 4:3,30,47; 8:23-26; 1Ch 23:3,24,27; Ezr 3:8
20.2 When retired from office
21 Functions of
21.1 Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the march
Nu 1:50-53; 3:6-9,21-37; 4:1-15,17-49; 8:19; 18:3-6
21.2 Had charge of the temple
1Ch 9:27-29; 23:2-32; Ezr 8:24-34
22 Carried the ark of the covenant
23 Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant
24 Custodians and administrators of the tithes and other offerings
1Ch 9:26-29; 26:28; 29:8; 2Ch 24:5,11; 31:11-19; 34:9; Ezr 8:29,30,33; Ne 12:44
25 Prepared the shewbread
26 Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice
27 Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity
28 Teachers of the law
De 33:10; 2Ch 17:8,9; 30:22; 35:3; Ne 8:7-13; Mal 2:6,7
29 Were judges
De 17:9; 1Ch 23:4; 26:29; 2Ch 19:8-11; Ne 11:16
31 (Were scribes of the sacred books)
33 Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service at Mount Gerizim
34 Were porters of the doors
36 Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple
37 Were musicians of the temple service
39 Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business
40 The list of those who returned from captivity
Ezr 2:40-63; 7:7; 8:16-20; Ne 7:43-73; 12
41 Sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
42 Profits from
42.1 In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with suburbs were assigned to them
42.2 And
Nu 26:62; De 10:9; 12:12,18,19; 14:27-29; 18:1-8; Jos 13:14; 14:3; 18:7; 1Ch 6:54-81; 13:2; 2Ch 23:2; Eze 34:1-5
43 Assigned to, by families
44 Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
45 Tithes and other offerings
Nu 18:24,26-32; De 18:1-8; 26:11-13; Jos 13:14; Ne 10:38,39; 12:44,47
46 First fruits
47 The plunder of war, including captives
49 Tithes withheld from
50 Pensioned
51 Owned lands
52 Land allotted to, by Ezekiel
53 Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai
Nu 1:47-49; 2:33; 3:14-39; 4:2,3; 26:57-62; 1Ch 23:3-5
54 Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam
55 Loyal to the ruler
56 Intermarried with Canaanites
57 Exempt from enrollment for military duty
Nu 1:47-54; with 1Ch 12:26
58 Subordinate to the sons of Aaron
59 Prophecies concerning
Jer 33:18; Eze 44:10-14; Mal 3:3
60 Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the Messiah
61 John's vision concerning
LEX TALIONIS #3049
1 See RETALIATION