Habergeon Not a weapon, but protection, defense: an Old English word for Breastplate. It is properly a “coat of mail”. Description of Habergeon or coat of mail: Exodus 28:32And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. Exodus 39:23And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. Goliath was armed to the teeth: 1 Samuel 17:5And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. King Saul tried to prepare David: 1 Samuel 17:38And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. King Uzziah prepares his warriors for Battle: see vs 12-13 2 Chronicles 26:14And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. As Nehemiah is having the Walls rebuilt: Nehemiah 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Dart. an instrument of war; a light spear. ( an arrow shot from a crossbow is also called a Dart) Joab kills Absalom: 2 Samuel 18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. Hezekiah prepares for battle: 2 Chronicles 32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. Leviathan not afraid of man’s weapons: Job 41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. Job 41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. Words of warning: read the whole chapter. Proverbs 7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. Paul reminds Believers of the Spiritual Battle: Ephesians 6:16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. Paul reminding the Jews, when Moses went to the mountain: Hebrews 12:20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon. Daggers have been used throughout human history for close combat confrontations.
Ehud served as the second judge of Israel following Othniel. He was sent by God to deliver the Israelites from Moabite domination. He is described as being left-handed and a member of the Tribe of Benjamin. He slew Eglon, king of Moab.
Judges 3:16But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Judges 3:21-22 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
An ancient horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle used in war, races, and processions.
A light four-wheeled carriage used for occasions of ceremony or for pleasure.
A two-wheeled car or vehicle, used in various forms by the ancients in war, in processions, and for racing, as well as in social and private life.
A weapon of offence and defense. Mentioned in the Old Testament 153 times. Genesis (2), Exodus (2), Judges (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (9), 2 Kings (15), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (8), Psalm (3), Song of Solomon (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1), Zechariah (3),
Only mentioned 5 times in the New Testament. Chariots were a mode of transportation for the wealthy and officers in the Military: Acts 8:28,29,38, and A weapon of war: Revelation 9:9, 18:13
They are not mentioned in Leviticus, Numbers, Ruth, Proverbs, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Hosea, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Zephaniah, Malachi
A buckler is a small, round shield, worn on the forearm or held by a handle. God protected Israel: 2 Samuel 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 1 Chronicles 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 1 Chronicles 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; 2 Chronicles 23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God. Job rebukes his friends: Job 15:26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: The Psalmist writes, God is our protector: Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Psalm 18:30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. Psalm 35:2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Again God is the protector: Proverbs 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. Song of Solomon 4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. Jeremiah 46:3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. Ezekiel 23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. Ezekiel 26:8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. Ezekiel 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Ezekiel 39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
Moses issues a warning to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad: Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
The Lord Jesus instructions to his twelve disciples as he sends them out: Matthew 10:26Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. Also recorded by Luke: Luke 12:2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. By the sea side he, in a parable, traches them: Mark 4:22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. Luke records the same event: Luke 8:17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
The apostle Paul writes that all believer’s works will be tested: Romans 14:11-12For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 1 Corinthians 3:11-15For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
And the apostle John warns, that all unbeliever’s will be judged: Revelation 20:11-15And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Romans 1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
The Gentiles referred to God as the Most High. Later the Jews when dealing with Gentiles also referred to God as the Most High. This term means “there is none higher”.
Before Israel: Abram (Abraham) meets with Melchizedek. Genesis 14:18-22 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of themosthigh God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of themosthigh God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be themosthigh God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. …And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, themosthigh God, the possessor of heaven and earth, After Israel came out of Egypt: Balaam (the false prophet) Numbers 24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: Moses, speaking to all of Israel: Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. David praises God: 2 Samuel 22:14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. The Psalmist(s) refer to God as the most High: Psalm 21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. Psalm 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. Psalm 47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. Psalm 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: Psalm 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. Psalm 57:2I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. Psalm 73:11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? Psalm 77:10And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. Psalm 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. Psalm 78:56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: Psalm 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. Psalm 83:18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; Psalm 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High: Psalm 92:8But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. Psalm 107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
verb – 1. make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.
It became Paul’s calling to go to the gentiles and reveal these mysteries, the first being that salvation was now open to gentiles, who were to become the church (along with Jews who believed that Jesus was their Messiah), the body of Christ.
Romans 1:17-18 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 1 Corinthians 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 3:13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. 1 Corinthians 14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. Galatians 1:16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Galatians 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Ephesians 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 2 Thessalonians 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Chapter 34 Having gone through the Passover and witnessing the miracles of God that saved them from Egyptian slavery, the Jews have been following God’s demands continually up and to today concerning Passover. Those were God’s instructions, to the Jews so that they not forget the Passover. Not to mention the fact that the Torah, those first five books of the Old Testament, tells them again and again the importance of remembering the Exodus. God intervening forcefully and unequivocally on behalf of the Jewish nation was without doubt a unique moment in history.
One of the reasons why God instructed the Jews to always remember the Passover was so they could be happy. Heaven knows that with all the persecutions they have gone through over all these years they have not had a lot in their lives to be happy about. Remembering the good from the past gives people a good thing to concentrate on. Something powerful takes place when people assemble to express gratitude.
IF we are only grateful at the time something good happens, we may never be grateful again, unless good is done repeatedly. Remembering the good is a statement of faith, and it helps to maintain that faith. This must be the reason why the Lord instructed them to teach this to their sons and to celebrate seven days with only unleavened bread.
They were to take the time and trouble to educate their children about God and the Exodus. Can you even imagine if every father would fulfill the request to regularly teach their children about God and His teachings?
Verse 9 of chapter 13 says, “And this shall serve you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead -in order that the Teaching of the Lord may be in your month- that with a mighty hand the Lord freed you from Egypt. This is the main verse that led the Israelites to wear tef-ill-in.
The definition of tefillin is two small leather boxes that contain words from the Torah that are worn, especially during prayer time, hanging low on a person’s forehead and around a person’s arm. Actually the Torah does not mention the word tefillin.
In fact, the Torah does not specify that this “sign” must be an actual physical object. But archeological evidence has documented, tefillin have been physical objects for years. My curiosity about these phylacteries led me to check out more information on tefillin.
I learned these phylacteries consisted of small strips of parchment, on which are written certain passages from the Law which are then folded tight, placed in small boxes, and attached by bands to the left wrist and to the forehead at the hours of prayer. It is well known that a similar custom prevailed in Egypt; and this fact has made an objection to the Mosaic institution of phylacteries.
It has been thought that Moses would not have encouraged an Egyptian superstition. But the adoption of Egyptian customs, purged from their superstition, is in the spirit of the Mosaic institutions, and presumably in no way reprehensible.
If the Israelites were addicted to wearing amulets, like the Egyptians, it is explained, it would have been a wise provision to substitute for the magic charms of sorcerers to the solemn words of the Law, and in this way to turn a current superstition to a good account. And we know that man, even today chooses how they will display and worship God, or anything else.
It is evidenced by the fact of wearing crosses on a necklace, tattoos on our bodies, piercings on our head and clothing to signify who we are and what we believe. None of that is instructed in Scripture so we don’t have the Word of God to approve or condemn the custom.
But as humans we sometimes feel the need to show our righteousness. Right or wrong, we know tefillin cannot make or break us because: For by grace we are saved… not of works… lest any man should boast.
