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STONES ;
Commandments engraved upon - Ex 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; De 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3
The law of Moses written upon - Jos 8:32
Houses built of - Isa 9:10; Am 5:11
Temple built of - 1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12; Mt 24:2; Lu 19:44; 21:5,6
Prepared in the quarries - 1Ki 6:7
Hewn (cut) - Ex 34:1; De 10:1; 1Ki 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Ki 12:12; 22:6; 1Ch 22:2; 2Ch 34:11; La 3:9
Sawed - 1Ki 7:9
Hewers (stone-cutters) of - 1Ki 5:18; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15
City walls built of - Ne 4:3
Memorial pillars of - Ge 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Jos 4:2-9,20-24; 24:25; 1Sa 7:12
Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel") - 1Sa 6:18
Ezel - 1Sa 20:19
Zoheleth - 1Ki 1:9
Thrown upon accursed ground - 2Ki 3:19,25
Used
- In building altars
- Jos 8:31- For weighing (margin)
- Le 19:36- For closing graves
- Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3Tombs hewn in - Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3
Idols made of - De 4:28; 28:36,64; 29:17; 2Ki 19:18; Isa 37:19; Eze 20:32
Great, in Solomon's temple - 1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12
Magnificent, in Herod the Great's temple - Mr 13:1
Skill in throwing - Jud 20:16; 1Ch 12:2
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FIGURATIVE - Ge 49:24; Zec 3:9
- Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling,"
- Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8- Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure
Foundation," - Isa 28:16- Of Christ's rejection, the rejected Conerstone
- Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42-44; Mr 12:10; Lu 20:17,18; Ac 4:11; 1Pe 2:4- The True Foundation
- Isa 28:16; Mt 16:18; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20; Re 21:14- Of Christ, the Water of Life
- 1Co 10:4- Of the impenitent heart
- Eze 36:26- Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone
- Re 2:17SYMBOLICAL
- Of the kingdom of Christ
- Da 2:34,45PRECIOUS
- In the breastplate and ephod
- Ex 28:9-21; 39:6-14- Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the
breastplate and ephod - Ex 35:27- Exported from Sheba
- 1Ki 10:2,10; 2Ch 9:9,10; Eze 27:22- Ophir
- 1Ki 10:11- Partial catalogue of
- Eze 28:13- Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's
apocalyptic vision - Re 21:19,20- In the crowns of kings
- 2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 20:2FIGURATIVE - Isa 54:11,12
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