5163 legs
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The legs of an animal were among the choice parts offered in sacrifices. In a human being legs provide strength. Bowing the knee symbolises the submitting of one's human strength to God's control.

Choice parts of a sacrificial animal

Ezekiel 24:4 See also Exodus 12:9

Entirely burnt up on the altar in the burnt offering:

Exodus 29:17-18; Leviticus 1:9,13; Leviticus 8:21; Leviticus 9:13-14 Leviticus 4:11-12 burnt outside the camp in the sin offering

Legs of human beings are objects of beauty

Songs 5:15; Songs 7:1

Legs of human beings symbolise strength

Revelation 10:1 See also 1 Samuel 17:6; Psalm 147:10; Daniel 2:33,40; Daniel 10:6

God's judgment saps human strength

Daniel 5:5-6 See also Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:7; Nahum 2:10; Habakkuk 3:16

God's judgment brings pain and disgrace

Deuteronomy 28:35

Shaven or bare legs were a sign of disgrace:

Isaiah 7:20; Isaiah 47:2

God gives strength to the weak

Hebrews 12:12-13 See also Job 4:4; Isaiah 35:3

The legs of Jesus Christ were not broken at his death

John 19:31-36

See also

1310  God as judge
2530  Christ, death of
5151  feet
5161  kneeling
5178  running
5184  standing
5186  stumbling
5190  thigh
5197  walking
5956  strength, human
5959  submission
7435  sacrifice, in OT



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