Legends (Inscriptions)
7 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
“Holiness to the Lord” Engraved: On Bells of Horses, on Pots and Bowls
- Zechariah 14:20 On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
“Holiness to the Lord” Engraved: On the High Priest's Mitre
- Exodus 28:36 You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
- Exodus 39:30 They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
“This is Jesus, the King of the Jews”
- Matthew 27:37 Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Precepts Written on Door Posts and Gates, and Worn on the Hand and Forehead
- Deuteronomy 6:6–9 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. …
- Deuteronomy 11:18–20 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. …
- Isaiah 57:8 Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
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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.