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GOVERNMENT ;

Paternal functions of - Ge 41:25-57

Civil service school provided by - Da 1:3-20

Maintains of public instruction - 2Ch 17:7-9

Executive departments in

See CABINET

See KING

See RULER

Judicial department in

See COURT

See JUDGE

See JUSTICE

See LEVITE

See PRIEST

MOSAIC

• ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Ex 18:13-26; Nu 11:16,17,24,25; De 1:9-17
• POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES
• Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses
- Ex 19:7,8; 24:3,7; De 29:10-15
• Refused to make conquest of Canaan
- Nu 14:1-10
• Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler
- Nu 27:18-23; 1Sa 10:24; with 8:4-22; 11:14,15; 2Sa 3:17-21; 5:1-3; 1Ch 29:22; 2Ch 23:3
• Possessed veto power over the king's purposes
- 1Sa 14:44,45
• The court in certain capital cases
- Nu 35:12,24,25
• THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL
• Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders
- Ex 3:16,18; 4:29-31; 12:21; 17:5,6; 18:12; 19:7,8; 24:1,14; Le 4:15; 9:1; Nu 11:16-18,30; 16:25; De 1:13-15; 5:23; 27:1; 29:10-15; 31:9,28; Jos 7:6; 8:10,32,33; 23:2,3,6; 24:1,24,25; Jud 21:16-25; Ac 5:17,18,21-41
• MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE
• Demands a king
- 1Sa 8:4-10,19-22
• Saul pleads to be honored before
- 1Sa 15:30
• Chooses David as king
- 2Sa 3:17-21; 5:3; 1Ch 11:3
• Closely associated with David
- 2Sa 12:17; 1Ch 15:25; 21:16
• Joins Absalom in his usurpation
- 2Sa 17:4
• David rebukes
- 2Sa 19:11
• Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple
- 1Ki 8:1-3; 2Ch 5:2-4
• Counsels king Rehoboam
- 1Ki 12:6-8,13
• Counsels king Ahab
- 1Ki 20:7,8
• Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord
- 2Ki 23:1; 2Ch 34:29,31
• Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the
heathen - Ezr 9:1; 10:8-14
• Legislates in later times
- Mt 15:2,7-9; Mr 7:1-3
• Sits as a court
- Jer 26:10-24
• Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial
of both civil and ecclesiastical causes - Mt 21:23; 26:3-5,57-68; 27:1,2; Mr 8:31; 14:43-65; 15:1; Lu 22:52-71; Ac 4:1-21; 6:9-15; 7:1-59
• Unfaithful to the city
- La 1:19
• Seeks counsel from prophets
- Eze 8:1; 14:1; 20:1,3; Joe 1:14; 2:16
• Corrupt
- 1Ki 21:8-14; Eze 8:11,12; Mt 26:14,15; with 27:3,4
• A similar senate existed
• Among the Egyptians
- Ge 50:7; with 41:37,38; Ex 10:1,7; 12:30; 14:5
• Among the Midianites and Moabites
- Nu 22:4,7
• Among the Gibeonites
- Jos 9:11
• EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR
NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - Nu 1:4-16,44; 7:2,3,10,11,18,24,54,84; 10:4; 16:2; 17:2,6; 27:2; 31:13,14; 32:2; 34:18-29; 36:1; Jos 9:15-21; 17:4; 22:13-32; 1Ki 21:11-13; Ne 3:9,12,16,18,19
• THE MOSAIC JUDICIAL SYSTEM
• See
COURT
• See
JUDGE
• See
PRIEST
• See
LEVITE
• See
RULER
• See
SANHEDRIN
• See
SYNAGOGUE
• Forms and facts of government after the death of Moses and
the princes who survived Moses
• See HISTORY OF
ISRAEL,
• Under these sub-topics
• See
JUDGES
• See
KINGS

CONSTITUTIONAL

• See
CONSTITUTION

ECCLESIASTICAL

• See GOVERNMENT OF
CHURCH,
• See
PRIESTS

IMPERIAL - Ge 14:1; Jos 11:10; Es 1:1; Da 4:1; 6:1-3; Lu 2:1

MONARCHICAL

• Tyranny in, instances of
• By Saul
- 1Sa 22:6,12-19
• By David
- 2Sa 1:13-16; 4:9-12; 11:14-17
• By Solomon
- 1Ki 2:23-25,28-34,36-46; 12:1-16; 21:7-16; 2Ki 10
• By Ahasuerus
- Es 2; 3
• By Nebuchadnezzar
- Da 1:10; 2:5-13; 5:19
• By Herod
- Mr 6:27,28
• See HISTORY OF
ISRAEL,
• Under these sub-topics
• See
KINGS
• Also see ASSYRIA;
KINGS
• See
BABYLON
• See
CHALDEA
• See
SYRIA
• Limited
• See
CONSTITUTION

MUNICIPAL

• Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers
- De 19:12; 21:2-8,18-21; 22:13-21; 25:7-9; Jos 20:4; Jud 8:14-16; 11:5-11; Ru 4:2-11; 1Sa 11:3; 16:4; 30:26; 1Ki 21:8-14; 2Ki 10:1-7; Ezr 10:8,14; Ne 3:9,12,16,18,19; La 5:14

PROVINCIAL - Ezr 4:8,9; 5:3,6; 6:6; 8:36; Ne 2:7,9; 5:14; Da 6:1-3; Mt 27:2; 28:14; Lu 3:1; Ac 24:1

• See
HEROD
• See
PILATE

REPRESENTATIVE - De 1:13-15; Jos 9:11

• See SENATORIAL COUNCIL, above
• Also see ELDER
DELEGATED,

THEOCRATIC - Ex 19:3-8; De 26:16-19; 29:1-13; 1Sa 8:6,7

• See GOD IN, below
• Also see RULERS
• See
JUDGE
• See
ELDER
• See AND STATE
CHURCH

CORRUPTION IN - 1Ki 21:5-13; Pr 25:5; Mic 3:1-4,9-11

• See CORRUPTION IN
CHURCH,
• See CORRUPT
COURT,
• Instances of
• Pilate, in delivering Jesus to death in order to please
the clamoring multitude - Joh 19:12-16; Mt 27:24
• Felix, who expected money from Paul
- Ac 24:26
• See WICKED, INSTANCES OF
RULERS,

DUTY OF CITIZENS TO - Mt 22:17-21; Lu 20:25; Ro 13:1-7; Tit 3:1; 1Pe 2:13-17

• See
CITIZEN

GOD IN

• In appointment of Saul as king
- 1Sa 9:15-17; 10:1
• In Saul's rejection
- 1Sa 15:26-28; Ac 13:22
• In the appointment of David
- 1Sa 16:1,7,13; 2Sa 7:13-16; Ps 89:19-37; Ac 13:22
• In counseling Solomon
- 1Ki 9:2-9
• In magnifying him
- 1Ch 29:25
• In denouncing Solomon's wickedness
- 1Ki 11:9-13
• In raising adversaries against Solomon
- 1Ki 11:14,23
• In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries
- 1Ki 11:13; 12:1-24; 2Ch 10:15; 11:4; 22:7
• In blotting out the household of Jeroboam
- 1Ki 14:7-16; 15:27-30
• In the appointment of kings
- 1Ki 14:14; 16:1-4; 1Ch 28:4,5; 29:25; Ps 22:28
• In the destruction of nations
- Am 9:8
• See above
• Also see GOD, SOVEREIGN
THEOCRATIC,

UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN - Ps 22:28; Pr 8:15; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 1:9,10; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; Eze 21:25-27; 29:19,20; Da 2:20,21,37; 4:17; 5:18-28; 10:13; Ho 8:4; Am 9:8; Hag 2:21,22; Joh 19:10,11

• See SOVERIGN
GOD,
• See KINGDOM OF
JESUS,
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