BLIND to BOAZ
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BLIND
Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3).
The blind are to be treated with compassion (Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (1 Sam. 11:2; Jer. 39:7), sometimes the effect of old age (Gen. 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4; 1 Sam. 4:15).
Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (2 Kings 25:7; 1 Sam. 11:2).
Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isa. 6:10; 42:18, 19; Matt. 15:14; Eph. 4:18).
The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isa. 29:18).
Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Acts 13:11).
Cruelty to, forbidden Le 19:14; Deut 27:18
The taunting Jebusites, hated by David 2Sa 5:8
See BLINDNESS
BLINDNESS
Disqualified for priestly office Le 21:18
Of animals, disqualified for a sacrifice Le 22:22; Deut 15:21; Mal 1:8
Miraculously inflicted upon the Sodomites Ge 19:11
Syrians 2Ki 6:18-23
Saul of Tarsus Ac 9:8, 9
Elymas Ac 13:11
Sent as a judgment Deut 28:28
Miraculous healing of Mt 9:27-30; 11:5; 12:22; 21:14
The miraculous healing of Bartimaeus Mt 20:30-34; Mr 10:46-52
The miraculous healing of a man of Bethsaida Mr 8:22-25
The miraculous healing of a man born blind Jn 9:1-7
INSTANCES OF
Isaac Ge 27:1
Jacob Ge 48:10
Eli 1Sa 4:15
Ahijah 1Ki 14:4
SPIRITUAL Ex 5:2; Deut 29:4; 32:28, 29; Jud 16:20; Job 21:14; 22:13, 14; Ps 10:5, 6; 14:1, 4; 73:2-28; 79:6; 82:5; 92:6; 94:7, 8; 95:10; Pr 1:7, 22, 119:18; 29, 30; 4:19; 7:7-23; 10:21; 13:18; 14:12; 17:16; 19:2, 3; 28:5; Ec 7:25; Isa 1:3; 5:13, 20; 6:9, 10; 9:2; 26:10, 11; 27:11; 28:13, 15; 40:21, 29:10-12; 27, 28; 42:6, 7, 18-20; 44:18-20; 48:8; 53:1; 56:10; 60:2; Jer 2:8; 5:4, 4:22; 5, 21; 8:7-9; 9:3, 6; 16:10; 17:9; Eze 12:2; Ho 4:1, Da 12:10; 6, 14; 5:4; 7:11; Am 9:10; Mic 4:12; Mt 5:15, 16; 6:23; 13:13-16, 19; 15:14; 16:3; 22:29; 23:16-24, 26; Mr 4:11, 12, 15; 6:52; 7:18; 12:24; Lk 4:18; 8:10, 12; 11:52; 12:48, 57; 19:42; 23:34; 3:4, 7, 9-12, 19, Jn 1:5, 10; 20, 31; 4:10, 11, 15, 22; 6:52, 60; 7:28; 8:12, 15, 19, 27, 33, 42, 43, 52, 54, 55, 57; 9:29-39; 12:38-41; 14:17; 15:21; 16:2, 3; 17:25; Ac 3:17; 13:27; 17:23; 19:2; 26:18; Ro 1:19-22; 2:4; 11:25; 1Co 1:18, 2:8, 20, 21; 14, 15; 15:34; 4:3, 2Co 3:14, 15; 4, 6; Ga 4:8; Eph 4:18; 5:8; Col 1:13; 1Th 4:4, 5; 5:4-7; 2Th 1:8; 2:1, 12; 2Ti 3:7; Tit 1:16; Heb 5:11, 12; 1Pe 1:14; 2:9; 2Pe 1:9; 3:16; 2:4, 1Jo 1:6, 8; 9, 11; 3:1, 6; 4:8; 3Jo 1:11; Jude 1:10; Re 3:17 .
See AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES
See GOD, PROVIDENCE OF, MISUNDERSTOOD
INSTANCES OF
Israelites Nu 16:1; 17:1
Moab 2Ki 3:27
Scribes Mt 9:3 .
See in the printed text above for other instances
BLOOD
(1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15:29). It has been held by some, and we think correctly, that this law of prohibition was only ceremonial and temporary; while others regard it as still binding on all. Blood was eaten by the Israelites after the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam. 14:32-34).
(2.) The blood of sacrifices was caught by the priest in a basin, and then sprinkled seven times on the altar; that of the passover on the doorposts and lintels of the houses (Ex. 12:1 all; Lev. 4:5-7; 16:14-19). At the giving of the law (Ex. 24:8) the blood of the sacrifices was sprinkled on the people as well as on the altar, and thus the people were consecrated to God, or entered into covenant with him, hence the blood of the covenant (Matt. 26:28; Heb. 9:19, 20; 10:29; 13:20).
(3.) Human blood. The murderer was to be punished (Gen. 9:5). The blood of the murdered "crieth for vengeance" (Gen. 4:10). The "avenger of blood" was the nearest relative of the murdered, and he was required to avenge his death (Num. 35:24, 27). No satisfaction could be made for the guilt of murder (Num. 35:31).
(4.) Blood used metaphorically to denote race (Acts 17:26), and as a symbol of slaughter (Isa. 34:3). To "wash the feet in blood" means to gain a great victory (Ps. 58:10). Wine, from its red colour, is called "the blood of the grape" (Gen. 49:11). Blood and water issued from our Saviour's side when it was pierced by the Roman soldier (John 19:34). This has led pathologists to the conclusion that the proper cause of Christ's death was rupture of the heart. (Comp. Ps. 69:20.)
Is the life Ge 9:4; Le 17:11, 14; 19:16; Deut 12:23; Mt 27:4, 24 Forbidden to be used as food Ge 9:4; Le 3:17; 7:26, 27; 17:10-14; 19:26; Deut 12:16, 23; 15:23; Eze 33:25; Ac 15:20, 29; 21:25
Plague of Ex 7:17-25; Ps 78:44; 105:29
Bloody sweat the sign and token of our Lord's great agony (Luke 22:44).
SACRIFICIAL
Without shedding of, no remission Heb 9:22 Sprinkled on altar and people Ex 24:6-8; Eze 43:18, 20 Sprinkled on door posts Ex 12:7-23; Heb 11:28
OF SIN OFFERING Sprinkled seven times before the curtain Le 4:5, 6, 17 . On the horns of the altar of sweet incense, and at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering Le 4:7, 18, Ex 30:10; 25, 30; 5:9; 9:9, 12 . Of the bullock of sin offering, put on the horns of the altar Ex 29:12; Le 8:15 Poured at the bottom of the altar Ex 29:12; Le 8:15 .
See OFFERINGS
OF TRESPASS OFFERING Sprinkled on the altar Le 7:2
See OFFERINGS
OF BURNT OFFERING Sprinkled all around, and upon the altar Le 1:5, Ex 29:16; 11, 15; 8:19; Deut 12:27
See OFFERINGS
Used for cleansing of leprosy Le 14:6, 7, 17, 28, 51, 52
See OFFERINGS
OF PEACE OFFERING
Sprinkled about the altar Le 3:2, 8, 13; 9:18 . Blood of the ram of consecration put on the tip of right ear, thumb, and big toe of, and sprinkled upon, Aaron and his sons Le 8:23, Ex 29:2, 21; 24, 30
See OFFERINGS
OF ATONEMENT
Sprinkled on the mercy seat Le 16:14, 15, 18, 19, 27; 17:11
See OFFERINGS
BLOOD OF THE COVENANT
See OFFERINGS
FIGURATIVE
Of victories Ps 58:10
Of oppression and cruelty Hab 2:12
Of destruction Eze 35:6 .
Of guilt Le 20:9; 2Sa 1:16; Eze 18:13
Of judgments Eze 16:38; Re 16:6
OF SACRIFICES, TYPICAL OF THE ATONING BLOOD OF CHRIST Heb 9:6-28
Blota stain or reproach (Job 31:7; Prov. 9:7) To blot out sin is to forgive it (Ps. 51:1, 9; Isa. 44:22; Acts 3:19) Christ's blotting out the handwriting of ordinances was his fulfilling the law in our behalf (Col. 2:14).
OF CHRIST Mt 26:28; Mr 14:24; Lk 22:20; Jn 6:53-56; 19:34; Ac 20:28; Ro 3:24, 25; 5:9; 1Co 10:16; 11:25; Eph 1:7; 2:13, 16; Col 1:14, 20; 10:19, Heb 9:12-14; 20, 29; 12:24; 13:12, 20; 1Pe 1:2, 18, 19; 1Jo 1:7; 5:6, 8; Re 1:5, 6; 5:9; 7:14; 12:11
See ATONEMENT
BLUE
generally associated with purple (Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc.).
It is supposed to have been obtained from a shellfish of the Mediterranean, the Helix ianthina of Linnaeus. The robe of the high priest's ephod was to be all of this colour (Ex. 28:31), also the loops of the curtains (Ex 26:4) and the ribbon of the breastplate (Ex 28:28). Blue cloths were also made for various sacred purposes (Num. 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12).
See COLORS
BLUSHING
With shame Ezr 9:6; Jer 6:15; 8:12
BOANERGES
sons of thunder, a surname given by our Lord to James and John (Mark 3:17) on account of their fervid and impetuous temper (Luke 9:54).
Surname of the sons of Zebedee Mr 3:17
BOAR, WILD
occurs only in Ps. 80:13.
The same Hebrew word is elsewhere rendered "swine" (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:8; Prov. 11:22; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17).
The Hebrews abhorred swine's flesh, and accordingly none of these animals were reared, except in the district beyond the Sea of Galilee. In the psalm quoted above the powers that destroyed the Jewish nation are compared to wild boars and wild beasts of the field.
General scriptures concerning Ps 80:13
See SWINE
BOASTING
General scriptures concerning Pr 20:14; 25:14; 27:1; Isa 10:15; Jer 9:23; Ro 1:30; Jas 3:5; 4:16
Of evil Ps 52:1
INSTANCES OF
Goliath 1Sa 17
Ben-hadad 1Ki 20:10
Sennacherib 2Ki 18:19; Isa 10:8-15
The disciples Lk 10:17 with Lk 10:20
SPIRITUAL Ps 49:6-9; 52:1; 94:4; Ro 3:1-31; 11:17-21; 1Co 1:17-31; 4:6, 7; 2Co 10:12-18; Eph 2:8, 9
BOAT
See SHIP
BOAZ
alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the "levirate law" the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband.
(2.) The name given (for what reason is unknown) to one of the two (the other was called Jachin) brazen pillars which Solomon erected in the court of the temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17). These pillars were broken up and carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
1. An ancestor of Jesus Mt 1:5; Lk 3:32 .History of Ru 2:1; 3:1; 4:1 all 2. One of the bronze pillars of the temple 1Ki 7:21; 2Ch 3:17