FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.

- Agreements between two parties

Ge 26:28; Da 11:6

- DESIGNED FOR

. Establishing friendship

1Sa 18:3

. Procuring assistance in war

1Ki 15:18,19

. Mutual protection

Ge 26:28,29; 31:50-52

. Establishing peace

Jos 9:15,16

. Promoting commerce

1Ki 5:6-11

. Selling land

Ge 23:14-16

- CONDITIONS OF

. Clearly specified

1Sa 11:1,2

. Conformed by oath

Ge 21:23,31; 26:31

. Witnessed

Ge 23:17,18; Ru 4:9-11

. Written and sealed

Ne 9:38; 10:1

- God often called to witness

Ge 31:50,53

- When confirmed, unalterable

Ga 3:15

- Made by passing between the pieces of the divided sacrifices

Ge 15:9-17; Jer 34:18,19

- Salt a sign of perpetuity in

Nu 18:19; 2Ch 13:5

- Ratified by joining hands

Pr 11:21; Eze 17:18

- Followed by a feast

Ge 26:30; 31:54

- Presents given as tokens

Ge 21:27-30; 1Sa 18:3,4

- Pillars raised in token of

Ge 31:45,46

- Names given to places where made

Ge 21:31; 31:47-49

- THE JEWS

. Forbidden to make, with the nations of Canaan

Ex 23:32; De 7:2

. Frequently made with other nations

1Ki 5:12; 2Ki 17:4

. Condemned for making, with idolatrous nations

Isa 30:2-5; Ho 12:1

. Regarded, as sacred

Jos 9:16-19; Ps 15:4

- Violated by the wicked

Ro 1:31; 2Ti 3:3

- ILLUSTRATIVE

. Of the contract of marriage

Mal 2:14

. Of God's promises to man

Ge 9:9-11; Eph 2:12

. Of the united determination of a people to serve God

2Ki 11:17; 2Ch 15:12; Ne 10:29

. Of good resolutions

Job 31:1

. (With death and hell,) of carnal security

Isa 28:15,18

. (With stones and beasts, of the earth,) of peace and

prosperity

Job 5:23; Ho 2:18