Proselytes
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897)
FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.
- Described
- REQUIRED
. To give up all heathen practices
. To give up all heathen associates
Ru 1:16; 2:11; Ps 45:10; Lu 14:26
. To be circumcised
. To enter into covenant to serve the Lord
. To observe the law of Moses as Jews
- Unfaithfulness in, punished
- From the Ammonites and Moabites restricted for ever from
holding office in the congregation
- From the Egyptians and Edomites restricted to the third
generation from holding office in the congregation
- Were entitled to all privileges
- Went up to the feasts
- Pharisees, zealous in making
- Many, embraced the gospel
- Later called devout Greeks