It is our care for the helpless, our practice of lovingkindness, that brands us in the eyes of many of our opponents. 'Only look,' they say, 'look how they love one another' (they themselves being given over to mutual hatred). 'Look how they are prepared to die for one another' (they themselves being readier to kill each other). Thus had this saying become a fact, 'Hereby shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.'
Tertullian

BRASS

BRASS

BRASS, or COPPER

  1. Dug out of the mountains # De 8:9
  2. Purified by smelting # Job 28:2
  3. CHARACTERISED BY 3a) Strength

    # Job 40:18

3b) Hardness # Le 26:19 3c) Yellow colour # Ezr 8:27 3d) Fusibility # Eze 22:18,20 3e) Sonorousness # 1Co 13:1 4) Takes a high polish # 2Ch 4:16 Eze 1:7 5) Inferior in value to gold and silver # Isa 60:17 Da 2:32,39 6) Antiquity of working in # Ge 4:22 7) Extensive commerce in # Eze 27:13 Re 18:12 8) Working in, a trade # Ge 4:22 1Ki 7:14 2Ch 24:12 2Ti 4:14 9) Canaan abounded in # De 8:9 33:25 10) TAKEN IN WAR 10a) Often in great quantities # Jos 22:8 2Sa 8:8 2Ki 25:13-16 10b) Cleansed by fire # Nu 31:21-23 10c) Generally consecrated to God # Jos 6:19,24 2Sa 8:10,11 11) Offerings of, for the tabernacle # Ex 38:29 12) Collected by David for the temple # 1Ch 22:3,14,16 29:2 13) Offerings of, for the temple # 1Ch 29:6,7 14) Coined for money # Mt 10:9 Mr 12:41 15) MADE INTO 15a) Mirrors # Ex 38:8 15b) Gates # Ps 107:16 Isa 45:2 15c) Bars for gates # 1Ki 4:13 15d) Fetters # Jud 16:21 2Ki 25:7 15e) Shields # 1Ki 14:27 2Ch 12:10 15f) Helmets # 1Sa 17:5 15g) Greaves for the legs # 1Sa 17:6 15h) Household vessels # Mr 7:4 15i) Sacred vessels # Ex 27:3 1Ki 7:45 15j) Altars # Ex 27:2 39:39 15k) Sockets for pillars # Ex 38:10,11,17 15l) Lavers # Ex 30:18 1Ki 7:38 15m) Pillars # 1Ki 7:15,16 15n) Idols # Da 5:4 Re 9:20 15o) Instruments of music # 1Ch 15:19 16) Moses made the serpent of # Nu 21:9 2Ki 18:4 17) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 17a) Obstinate sinners # Isa 48:4 Jer 6:28 17b) The decrees of God # Zec 6:1 17c) The strength and firmness of Christ # Da 10:6 Re 1:15 17d) Strength given to saints # Jer 15:20 Mic 4:13 17e) Macedonian empire # Da 2:39 17f) Extreme drought # De 28:23 17g) The earth made barren # Le 26:19