Dedication
29 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
27 sections
- Consecration of a Place of Worship
- Devoting Any Thing to Sacred Uses
- Illustrated of Devotedness to God
- Law Concerning Dedicated Things
- Must be Without Blemish
- Not Redeemable
- Offering Must be Voluntary
- Second Temple
- Solemn Confirmation of a Covenant
- Solomon's Temple
- Subjects of Houses when Built
- Subjects of Persons
- Subjects of Property
- Subjects of Second Temple
- Subjects of Spoils of War
- Subjects of Tabernacle
- Subjects of Temple of Solomon
- Subjects of Tribute from Foreigners
- Subjects of Walls of Cities
- Things Dedicated to God for Support of Priests
- Things Dedicated to God: Applied to the Repair and Maintenance of the Temple
- Things Dedicated to God: Esteemed Holy
- Things Dedicated to God: Given to Propitiate Enemies
- Things Dedicated to God: Law Respecting the Release of
- Things Dedicated to God: Levites Place Over
- Things Dedicated to God: Placed with the Treasures of the Lord's House
- Things Dedicated to God: Special Chambers Prepared For
Consecration of a Place of Worship
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening …
Devoting Any Thing to Sacred Uses
- 1 Chronicles 28:12 The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,
Illustrated of Devotedness to God
- Psalm 119:38 Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Law Concerning Dedicated Things
- Leviticus 27:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 18:14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
- 1 Chronicles 26:26–27 This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders. …
Must be Without Blemish
- Leviticus 22:18–23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, …
- Malachi 1:14 “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
Not Redeemable
- Leviticus 27:28–29 Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns — whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land — can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD. …
Offering Must be Voluntary
- Leviticus 1:3 If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:19 must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
Second Temple
- Ezra 6:16–17 Then the people of Israel — the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles — celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy. …
Solemn Confirmation of a Covenant
- Hebrews 9:18 That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
Solomon's Temple
- 1 Kings 8:1 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel — all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Subjects of Houses when Built
- Deuteronomy 20:5 Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
- Psalm 30:1 I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.
Subjects of Persons
- Exodus 22:29 You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- 1 Samuel 1:11 And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days …
Subjects of Property
- Leviticus 27:28 Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns — whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land — can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
- Matthew 15:5 But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
Subjects of Second Temple
- Ezra 6:16–17 Then the people of Israel — the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles — celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy. …
Subjects of Spoils of War
- 2 Samuel 8:11 and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
- 1 Chronicles 18:11 and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations — from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
Subjects of Tabernacle
- Numbers 7:1–89 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils. …
Subjects of Temple of Solomon
- 1 Kings 8:1–63 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel — all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. …
- 2 Chronicles 7:5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Subjects of Tribute from Foreigners
- 2 Samuel 8:10–11 he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze, …
Subjects of Walls of Cities
- Nehemiah 12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
Things Dedicated to God for Support of Priests
- Numbers 18:14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
- Ezekiel 44:29 They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
Things Dedicated to God: Applied to the Repair and Maintenance of the Temple
- 2 Kings 12:4–5 Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD — the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. …
- 1 Chronicles 26:27 They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.
Things Dedicated to God: Esteemed Holy
- Leviticus 27:28 Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns — whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land — can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
- 2 Kings 12:18 So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers— Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah— along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the …
Things Dedicated to God: Given to Propitiate Enemies
- 2 Kings 12:17–18 At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem. …
Things Dedicated to God: Law Respecting the Release of
- Leviticus 27:1–34 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
Things Dedicated to God: Levites Place Over
- 1 Chronicles 26:20 Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
- 1 Chronicles 26:26 This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.
- 2 Chronicles 31:12 And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
Things Dedicated to God: Placed with the Treasures of the Lord's House
- 1 Kings 7:51 So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated— the silver, the gold, and the furnishings— and he placed them in the …
- 2 Chronicles 5:1 So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated— the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings— and he placed them in the …
Things Dedicated to God: Special Chambers Prepared For
- 2 Chronicles 31:11–12 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so. …
Related topics
Dedication of SelfDedication of Samuel by his MotherDedication by Idolaters in Setting up IdolsDedication of HousesDedication of Property often PervertedDedication of the Tabernacle
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.