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Aaron and Hur: Support the Hands of Moses Exodus 17:12

When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

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Ablution of the Hands Exodus 30:18–21

“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it, / with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet. / Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

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Ablution of the Hands Exodus 40:30–32

He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing; / and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet. / They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Ablution of the Hands, As a Token of Innocency Deuteronomy 21:6

Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

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Ablution of the Hands, As a Token of Innocency Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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Ablution of the Hands, As a Token of Innocency Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

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Armies: March in Ranks: when Aaron and Hur Held up Moses' Hands Exodus 17:11, 12

As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed. / When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

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Contracts by Joining Hands Proverbs 6:1

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

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Contracts by Joining Hands Proverbs 11:21

Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

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Contracts by Joining Hands Proverbs 17:18

A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

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Contracts by Joining Hands Proverbs 22:26

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

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Contracts by Joining Hands Ezekiel 17:18

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’

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Courts of Justice: The Accused: Witnesses Sometimes Laid Their Hands on the Criminal's Head Leviticus 24:14

“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.

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Covenants: Ratified by Joining Hands Proverbs 11:21

Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

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Covenants: Ratified by Joining Hands Ezekiel 17:18

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’

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Disobedience to God of Ahab, in Suffering the King of Assyria to Escape out of his Hands 1 Kings 20:42

And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”

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Edomites: The Lord Delivers the Army of, Into the Hands of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 20:20, 23

Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.” / The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

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Faith in Choosing to Fall Into the Hands of the Almighty for his Punishment for Counting the People of Israel 2 Samuel 24:14

David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

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Hand: Imposition of Hands Hebrews 6:2

instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

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Hands Psalm 134:2

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!

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Hands Psalm 90:17

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

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Hands Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

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Hands Isaiah 49:16

Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

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Hands Isaiah 41:13

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

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Hands Job 17:9

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

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Hands Proverbs 31:31

Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.

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Hands Acts 11:21

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

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Hands Acts 19:11

God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

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Hands Luke 24:50

When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

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Head in Grief: The Hands Placed On 2 Samuel 13:19

And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.

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Head in Grief: The Hands Placed On Jeremiah 2:37

Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”

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Hur: An Israelite Who Assisted in Supporting Moses' Hands During Battle Exodus 17:10, 12

Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. / When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

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Hur: An Israelite Who Assisted in Supporting Moses' Hands During Battle Exodus 24:14

And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

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Idle Hands Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

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Idle Hands 1 Timothy 5:13

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

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Idle Hands 1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

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Idle Hands Proverbs 31:27

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

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Idle Hands Ephesians 5:15, 16

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, / redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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Idle Hands Ecclesiastes 10:18

Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.

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Idle Hands Proverbs 18:9

Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

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Idle Hands 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12

For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” / Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies. / We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.

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Innocency: Signified by Washing the Hands Deuteronomy 21:6

Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

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Innocency: Signified by Washing the Hands Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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Innocency: Signified by Washing the Hands Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

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Jesus, the Christ: He Justifies his Disciples in Eating Without Washing Their Hands (At Capernaum) Matthew 15:1–20

Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, / “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.” / Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

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Jesus, the Christ: He Justifies his Disciples in Eating Without Washing Their Hands (At Capernaum) Mark 7:1–23

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, / and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed. / Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.

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Judgments: Delivered: Into the Hands of the Assyrians 2 Kings 17:6–41

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. / All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

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Judgments: Delivered: Into the Hands of the Chaldeans 2 Chronicles 36:14–21

Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

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Kings: Ceremonies at Inauguration of Putting Into Their Hands the Books of the Law 2 Kings 11:12

Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”

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Kings: Ceremonies at Inauguration of Putting Into Their Hands the Books of the Law 2 Chronicles 23:11

Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”

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Language: Power of Speaking Different: Conferred by Laying on of the Apostles' Hands Acts 8:17, 18

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. / When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

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Language: Power of Speaking Different: Conferred by Laying on of the Apostles' Hands Acts 19:6

And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

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Laying on of Hands 1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

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Laying on of Hands 1 Timothy 5:22

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

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Laying on of Hands 2 Timothy 1:6

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

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Laying on of Hands Hebrews 6:2

instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

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Laying on of Hands Acts 8:17

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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Laying on of Hands Luke 4:40

At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

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Laying on of Hands Acts 9:17

So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

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Laying on of Hands Acts 28:8

The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

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Laying on of Hands Mark 6:5

So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

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Laying on of Hands Deuteronomy 34:9

Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Miracles: Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Laying on of the Apostles' Hands Acts 8:17, 18

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. / When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

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Miracles: Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Laying on of the Apostles' Hands Acts 19:6

And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

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Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Communicated by the Laying on of the Apostles' Hands Acts 8:17, 18

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. / When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

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Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Communicated by the Laying on of the Apostles' Hands Acts 19:6

And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

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Murder: Defiles The: Hands Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

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Murder: The Wicked: Have Hands Full of Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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Pharisees: Traditions of, in Regard to The Washing of Hands Matthew 15:1–3

Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, / “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.” / Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

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Pharisees: Traditions of, in Regard to The Washing of Hands Mark 7:1–15

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, / and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed. / Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.

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Prayer: Answered: David, Asking Whether Keilah Would be Delivered Into his Hands 1 Samuel 23:10–12

And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account. / Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD. / So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.

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Prayer: Postures in Lifting up the Hands Psalm 28:2

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

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Prayer: Postures in Lifting up the Hands Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.

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Prayer: Postures in Lifting up the Hands 1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

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Prayer: Postures in Spreading Forth the Hands Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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Priests: Ceremonies at Consecration of Placing in Their Hands the Wave-Offering Exodus 29:22–24

Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination), / along with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD. / Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.

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Priests: Ceremonies at Consecration of Placing in Their Hands the Wave-Offering Leviticus 8:25–27

And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh. / And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh. / He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.

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Prophecies Respecting Christ: His Hands and Feet Being Nailed to the Cross Psalm 22:16

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

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Prophecies Respecting Christ: His Hands and Feet Being Nailed to the Cross: Fulfilled John 19:18

There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

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Prophecies Respecting Christ: His Hands and Feet Being Nailed to the Cross: Fulfilled John 20:25

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

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Punishments: Secondary Kinds of Cutting off Hands and Feet 2 Samuel 4:12

So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

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Punishments: Secondary Kinds of Mutilating the Hands and Feet Judges 1:5–7

And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites. / As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. / Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

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Purification: Washing Hands in Water, Symbolical of Innocency Deuteronomy 21:6

Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

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Purification: Washing Hands in Water, Symbolical of Innocency Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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Purification: Washing Hands in Water, Symbolical of Innocency Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

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Rebellion Against God: They Who are Guilty of Delivered Into the Hands of Enemies on Account of Nehemiah 9:26, 27

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

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Rings were Worn: On the Hands Genesis 41:42

Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

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Rings: (Put on the Hands) Favour Luke 15:22

But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

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Sickness: Christ Healed by Imposition of Hands Mark 6:5

So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

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Sickness: Christ Healed by Imposition of Hands Luke 13:13

Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

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Sin-Offering: Sins of the offerer Transferred To, by Imposition of Hands Leviticus 4:4, 15, 24, 29

He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD. / The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD. / He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

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Sin-Offering: Sins of the offerer Transferred To, by Imposition of Hands 2 Chronicles 29:23

Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.

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Syria: Israel Delivered Into the Hands of, for the Sins of Jehoahaz 2 Kings 13:3, 7, 22

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad. / Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. / And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.

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The Burnt offering: Guilt Transferred To, by Imposition of Hands Leviticus 1:4

He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

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The Burnt offering: Guilt Transferred To, by Imposition of Hands Numbers 8:12

And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

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the First Temple was but a Temple Built with Hands Acts 7:47, 48

But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. / However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

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The Hands of Power 1 Kings 18:46

And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

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The Hands of Power 2 Kings 13:5

So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.

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The Hands of the Wicked, Described as Bloody Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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The Hands of the Wicked, Described as Bloody Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

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