CONFUSION to CONSCRIPTION
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CONFUSION
Of tongues Ge 11:1-9
CONGESTION
General scriptures concerning Le 13:28; Deut 28:22
CONGREGATION
(Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community (Num. 15:15).
Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old and upward was a member of the congregation. Strangers resident in the land, if circumcised, were, with certain exceptions (Ex. 12:19; Num. 9:14; Deut. 23:1-3), admitted to the privileges of citizenship, and spoken of as members of the congregation (Ex. 12:19; Num. 9:14; 15:15).
The congregation were summonded together by the sound of two silver trumpets, and they met at the door of the tabernacle (Num. 10:3). These assemblies were convened for the purpose of engaging in solemn religious services (Ex. 12:27; Num. 25:6; Joel 2:15), or of receiving new commandments (Ex. 19:7, 8).
The elders, who were summonded by the sound of one trumpet (Num. 10:4), represented on various occasions the whole congregation (Ex. 3:16; 12:21; 17:5; 24:1).
After the conquest of Canaan, the people were assembled only on occasions of the highest national importance (Judg. 20:1 all; 2 Chr. 30:5; 34:29; 1 Sam. 10:17; 2 Sam. 5:1-5; 1 Kings 12:20; 2 Kings 11:19; 21:24; 23:30).
In subsequent times the congregation was represented by the Sanhedrim; and the name synagogue, applied in the Septuagint version exclusively to the congregation, came to be used to denote the places of worship established by the Jews.
(See CHURCH
In Acts 13:43, where alone it occurs in the New Testament, it is the same word as that rendered "synagogue" (q.v.) in Ac 13:42, and is so rendered in Ac 13:43 in R.V.
Those who were excluded from Deut 23:1-3
See CHURCH
See EXCOMMUNICATION
Congregation, mount of the (Isa. 14:13), has been supposed to refer to the place where God promised to meet with his people (Ex. 25:22; 29:42, 43) i.e., the mount of the Divine presence, Mount Zion. But here the king of Babylon must be taken as expressing himself according to his own heathen notions, and not according to those of the Jews.
The "mount of the congregation" will therefore in this case mean the northern mountain, supposed by the Babylonians to be the meeting-place of their gods. In the Babylonian inscriptions mention is made of a mountain which is described as "the mighty mountain of Bel, whose head rivals heaven, whose root is the holy deep."
This mountain was regarded in their mythology as the place where the gods had their seat.
CONIAH
See JEHOIACHIN
CONNIVANCE
General scriptures concerning Pr 10:10; 1Sa 3:11-13
See COLLUSION
See COMPLICITY
See CONSPIRACY
CONONIAH
Name of two Israelites 2Ch 31:12-13; 35:9
CONSCIENCE
that faculty of the mind, or inborn sense of right and wrong, by which we judge of the moral character of human conduct. It is common to all men. Like all our other faculties, it has been perverted by the Fall (John 16:2; Acts 26:9; Rom. 2:15).
It is spoken of as "defiled" (Titus 1:15), and "seared" (1 Tim. 4:2).
A "conscience void of offence" is to be sought and cultivated (Acts 24:16; Rom. 9:1; 2 Cor. 1:12; 1 Tim. 1:5, 19; 1 Pet. 3:21).
General scriptures concerning Job 15:21, 24; 27:6; Pr 20:12; Mt 5:15-16; 6:22-23; Lk 11:33-36; Ac 23:1; 24:16; Ro 2:14-15; 7:15-22, 23, 9:1; 14:1-23; 1Co 8:7-13; 10:32; 2Co 1:12; 4:2; 5:11; 1Ti 1:5, 19; 3:9; Heb 9:14; 10:22; 13:18; 1Pe 2:19; 3:16, 21; 1Jo 3:20-21
FAITHFUL .INSTANCES OF
Of Pharaoh, when he took Abraham's wife for a concubine Ge 12:18-19 .Of Abimelech, when he took Isaac's wife for a concubine Ge 26:9-11 .Of Jacob, in his care of Laban's property Ge 31:39 .Of Joseph, when Potiphar's wife tried to seduce him Ge 39:7-12 .Of Nehemiah, in the matter of taxes Ne 5:15 .Of Daniel, in refusing to eat of the king's meat and wine Da 1:8 .Of Peter, in declaring the whole counsel of God Ac 4:19-20; 5:29 .
GUILTY Job 15:21, 24; Ps 51:1-4, 7-14; 73:21; Pr 28:1; Isa 59:9-14; Mt 14:1-2; 27:3-5; Mr 6:14, 16; Jn 8:9; Ac 2:37; 1Ti 4:2; Tit 1:15; Heb 9:14; 10:26-27
INSTANCES OF Of Adam and Eve, after they sinned Ge 3:7, 8 .Of Jacob, after he defrauded Esau Ge 33:1-12 .Of Joseph's brethren Ge 42:21; 44:16 .Of Pharaoh, after the plagues Ex 9:27 .Of Micah, after stealing Jud 17:2 .Of David .For having cut off Saul's skirt 1Sa 24:5 .For having numbered the people of Israel 2Sa 24:10 .For his adultery and the murder of Uriah Ps 32:1; 38:1; Ps 40:11-12; 51:1 .Of Joab, for numbering Israel 1Ch 21:1-7 .Of the lepers of Samaria 2Ki 7:8-10 .Of the old prophet of Beth-el 1Ki 13:29-32 .Of Herod for beheading John the Baptist Mt 14:2; Lk 9:7 .Of Peter, after denying the Lord Mt 26:75; Mr 14:72; Lk 22:62 .Of Judas, after betraying the Lord Jesus Mt 27:3-5 .The accusers of the woman taken in adultery Jn 8:9
DEAD Pr 16:25; 30:20; Jer 6:15; Am 6:1, 3-6; Jn 16:2-3; Ro 1:21-25; Eph 4:17-19; 1Ti 4:2; Tit 1:15 .
CONSCIENCE MONEY
that faculty of the mind, or inborn sense of right and wrong, by which we judge of the moral character of human conduct. It is common to all men. Like all our other faculties, it has been perverted by the Fall (John 16:2; Acts 26:9; Rom. 2:15). It is spoken of as "defiled" (Titus 1:15), and "seared" (1 Tim. 4:2).
A "conscience void of offence" is to be sought and cultivated (Acts 24:16; Rom. 9:1; 2 Cor. 1:12; 1 Tim. 1:5, 19; 1 Pet. 3:21).
General scriptures concerning Jud 17:2; 2Ki 12:16; Mt 27:3-5
See MONEY, SIN MONEY
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
See INTEGRITY
CONSCRIPTION
Of soldiers 1Sa 14:52
See ARMIES