Bible Dictionary: Iron: Mode of Purifying, Taken in War

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Numbers 31:21-23
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
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Library

The Prophet Joel.
... of Gilead with threshing instruments of iron, concerns the ... as a means of chastising
and purifying His Church ... explanation have tried a twofold mode of escaping ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the prophet joel.htm

Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews.
... a flame, forbearance quenches it, as iron red-hot ... daily, [2763]449; therein the
purifying Blood entereth ... Palestine and Jerusalem, [3035]364; mode in, compared ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homilies on the epistle to.htm

The Close of the Theban Empire
... the rebels which were in the Delta, purifying the great ... prisoners, who were branded
with a hot iron like cattle ... to the condemned a choice of his mode of death ...
/.../chapter iiithe close of the.htm

Memoir of John Bunyan
... A circumstance had recently taken place which was doubtless ... eventually deterred him
from this mode of Sabbath ... over me.' Bound in affliction and iron, his 'soul ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/memoir of john bunyan.htm

An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality.
... the blood of the slain animals, the purifying effect of ... The rationale of this mode
of teaching appears to be ... and their rulers with fetters of iron; to execute ...
/.../an essay on the scriptural.htm

Funeral Oration on the Great S. Basil, Bishop of Cæsarea in ...
... in the condition, rather than in the mode of their ... is softened by fire, yet still
remains iron, though turned ... to have allowed her claim, to have taken charge of ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xliii funeral oration on.htm

Mr. Bunyan's Last Sermon:
... And now he began to be sorry that he had taken Mr. Worldly-wiseman's counsel ... hand
again, and led him into a very dark room, where there sat a man in an iron cage ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/mr bunyans last sermon .htm

Period iv. The Age of the Consolidation of the Church: 200 to 324 ...
... great patience under many tortures and every mode of death ... For they are taken thence
and spent, not on feasts and ... able, yet they would not have made war even if ...
/.../ayer/a source book for ancient church history/period iv the age of.htm

Life and Works of Rufinus with Jerome's Apology Against Rufinus.
... Origen thought also that this mode of speaking would ensure that ... he was peaceable,
now he provokes war: instead of ... if expediency so require, let it be taken out ...
/.../various/life and works of rufinus with jeromes apology against rufinus /

part i
... minds should be fixed. To what end do fasting and penitence lead? For what
purpose is this trouble taken? They lead to the cleansing ...
//christianbookshelf.org/calvin/my life in christ/part i.htm

Subtopics

Iron

Iron and Bronze

Iron of a Hard Barren Soil

Iron of Greater Gravity than Water

Iron of Severe Affliction

Iron of Severe Exercise of Power

Iron of Small Comparative Value

Iron of Strength

Iron of Stubbornness

Iron used from the Earliest Age

Iron: (Seared With) Insensibility of Conscience