Church of Israel
56 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
28 sections
- A Type of the Church of Christ
- Admission Into, by Circumcision
- All Israelites Members of
- Attachment of the Jews To
- Called The: Congregation of Israel
- Called The: Congregation of the Lord
- Established by God
- Had: A Spiritual Church Within It
- Had: An Appointed Place of Worship
- Had: An Ordained Ministry
- Had: Appointed Feasts
- Had: Appointed Ordinances
- Had: The Divine Presence Manifested in It
- Members of Excommunicated for Heavy Offenses
- Members of Required to Attend Its Worship
- Members of Required to Keeps Its Statutes
- Members of Required to Know Its Statutes
- Members of Separated From, While Unclean
- Persons Excluded From
- Privileges of
- Proselytes Admitted Into
- Supported by the People
- The Depository of Holy Writ
- Worship of, Consisted in Praise
- Worship of, Consisted in Prayer
- Worship of, Consisted in Preaching
- Worship of, Consisted in Reading God's Word
- Worship of, Consisted in Sacrifice
A Type of the Church of Christ
- Galatians 4:24–26 These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar. …
- Hebrews 12:23 in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Admission Into, by Circumcision
- Genesis 17:10–14 This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. …
All Israelites Members of
- Romans 9:4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Attachment of the Jews To
- John 9:28–29 Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses. …
- Acts 6:11 Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
Called The: Congregation of Israel
- Exodus 12:47 The whole congregation of Israel must celebrate it.
- Leviticus 4:13 Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,
Called The: Congregation of the Lord
- Numbers 27:17 who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
- Numbers 31:16 “Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
Established by God
- Deuteronomy 4:5–14 See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess. …
- Deuteronomy 26:18 And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
- Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
- Acts 7:38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
Had: A Spiritual Church Within It
- Romans 9:6–8 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. …
- Romans 11:2–7 God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: …
Had: An Appointed Place of Worship
- Deuteronomy 12:5 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
Had: An Ordained Ministry
- Exodus 29:9 Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
- Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
Had: Appointed Feasts
- Leviticus 23:2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- Isaiah 1:14 I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
Had: Appointed Ordinances
- Exodus 18:20 Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.
- Hebrews 9:1 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
- Hebrews 9:10 They consist only in food and drink and special washings — external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
Had: The Divine Presence Manifested in It
- Exodus 29:45–46 Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. …
- Leviticus 26:11–12 And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you. …
- 1 Kings 8:10–11 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD …
Members of Excommunicated for Heavy Offenses
- Numbers 15:30–31 But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people. …
- Numbers 19:20 But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
Members of Required to Attend Its Worship
- Exodus 23:17 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
Members of Required to Keeps Its Statutes
- Deuteronomy 16:12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
Members of Required to Know Its Statutes
- Leviticus 10:11 so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
Members of Separated From, While Unclean
- Leviticus 13:46 As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
- Leviticus 15:31 You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
- Numbers 5:2–4 “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. …
Persons Excluded From
- Exodus 12:48 If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no …
- Deuteronomy 23:1–4 No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD. …
- Ezekiel 44:7 In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food— the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
- Ezekiel 44:9 This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary — not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
Privileges of
- Romans 9:4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Proselytes Admitted Into
- Numbers 9:14 If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”
- Numbers 15:15 The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.
- Numbers 15:29 You shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.
Supported by the People
- Exodus 34:20 You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.
- Deuteronomy 16:17 Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.
The Depository of Holy Writ
- Romans 3:2 Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
Worship of, Consisted in Praise
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving …
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.
Worship of, Consisted in Prayer
- Exodus 24:11 But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
- Psalm 5:7 But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
- Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Worship of, Consisted in Preaching
- Nehemiah 8:4–5 Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, …
Worship of, Consisted in Reading God's Word
- Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
- Deuteronomy 31:11 when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
Worship of, Consisted in Sacrifice
- Exodus 10:25 But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
- Leviticus 1:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
- Hebrews 10:1 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.