ISRAEL (Ancient People)
(See also Israel [Northern Kingdom]; Jews [Ancient]; Judah [Southern Kingdom]; Judea; Restoration)
administration: it-1 48, 1228-1232; w02 8/1 9-10; si 39
chieftains: it-1 433
in Egypt: it-1 1228
kingdom: it-2 158-159
older men: w19.02 23-24; it-1 1229; it-2 548-549
recorder: it-2 762-763
representatives: it-1 497
Roman: bt 184; it-1 1232; it-2 639; w16.10 31
secretary: it-2 885
spiritual prince: w10 9/15 21-22
theocracy: w94 1/15 10-13
uniqueness: g89 2/22 18
alliances: it-1 76-77
spiritual fornication: it-1 864
amusements: it-1 102, 887; w92 8/15 16
pagan games introduced: it-1 888, 1092
ancestry: it-1 1228
apostasy: w24.02 3; it-1 126-127; w08 6/1 9-11; ip-2 374-376, 393-395, 405
astrology: w09 3/1 9; w86 12/15 27
Baal of Peor: it-1 233; jd 91; w95 3/1 16-17; w95 9/15 9-10
Baal worship: w19.06 3-4; it-1 229-231; it-2 835; w08 2/15 26-27; w99 4/1 28-30; w96 7/1 3-4; w90 11/1 16-17; si 67-68, 143
calf worship: it-1 374, 393-394; w95 3/1 16; w95 9/15 9; si 23
calf worship at Mt. Sinai: ijwis article 9; w18.07 20-21; it-1 10, 393; lfb 62-63; my story 36; w01 6/15 15-16; w96 6/15 13-14
child sacrifice: it-1 1120; it-2 424, 1114-1115; w07 4/1 18-19; g89 1/22 5; w88 1/15 31; w86 10/1 25
detestable things: it-1 618
divination: it-1 637
foreknown: it-1 855
high places: it-1 183-184, 1107-1109; w10 8/15 20; w08 6/1 10
hills: it-1 1119
hypocritical sacrifices: ip-2 393
idolatry: it-1 634, 1169-1172, 1185; rr 53-55, 58-59; w14 11/15 22; ip-2 263-266; ip-1 50-54, 56; w95 3/1 16
influence of foreigners: it-1 850-851
Jehovah forgotten: it-1 365; w11 11/15 17; w09 3/15 8
Jerusalem rejected for: it-2 49
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram: ijwis article 10; it-1 10, 25; lfb 68-69
laws against: it-1 621
pestilence due to: it-2 617
Queen of Heaven: it-1 387; it-2 721, 1163; nwt 1708; w88 4/1 13, 19
reasoning: w99 5/15 12-14
rebellion: it-2 758
sacred poles: it-2 835
sex worship: g89 1/22 6, 11
spiritism: it-2 1027-1028; ip-1 23-24
treatment of apostate cities: it-2 1031
warned against: it-1 1169-1170
appearance of Israelites:
beard: it-1 266, 1020-1021; g00 1/22 22, 24
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III may show: it-2 24-25
hair: it-1 1020-1021
use of razor: it-2 754
approach to God: it-1 136-137
architecture: it-1 158-160
use of brick: it-1 366
army: it-1 173-175; it-2 217
conscription: it-2 1167
exemptions: it-2 1167
art: it-1 179-181
assemblies: od 59; it-1 197-199; nwt 1693; om 60
assembly in Moab: w24.11 9-10; si 36-37
Ezra and Nehemiah’s day: mwb16.02 3; w98 10/15 20-21
reading of Scriptures: w00 10/1 9; w95 5/1 9-11
representative assemblies: it-1 198
sacredness: w06 11/1 27
Babylon dominates: it-1 238
Babylon’s enmity for: it-1 238
“baptized into Moses” (1Co 10:2): it-1 252-253, 484, 781; it-2 436-437
beekeepers: w11 3/1 15; w11 4/15 28; w09 7/1 22; g 5/08 30
begging: it-1 279
between Hebrew Scriptures and Christian Scriptures: w96 1/15 26-29
birthdays not celebrated: w92 9/1 31
blessings and maledictions: w06 6/1 27-29; w01 9/15 11-12; w96 6/15 12-22
bloodguilt: re 101
burial: it-1 377-380; w13 3/1 8
cloths to wrap body: it-1 482-483
inscriptions lacking: it-2 369
preparation of body: it-1 722
simplicity of burial places: it-2 368
calendar: it-1 390, 392; it-2 1214-1215; w90 2/15 14-15; w90 9/1 16-17; si 281
charts, diagrams: w22.06 31; it-1 390-391; nwt 1796; w07 6/15 9; bi12 1647; w90 9/1 17; si 281
civil and sacred: w22.06 30; it-1 392, 765; it-2 505, 1214-1215
coordination with solar year: w22.06 30; it-1 390; it-2 505, 1214; w90 2/15 14-15
Gezer calendar: it-1 392, 928, 960, 1069; w07 6/15 8-12; w07 8/15 19
how years and months were determined: w22.06 30-31
standardized: it-1 390
why month names seldom used: it-1 58
Canaan conquered by: mwb21.05 4; it-1 401-402, 738-739, 1230; it-2 114-115, 117, 662, 1030-1031; bm 11; si 42-44, 295; w86 12/15 15-26
advantage of existing agriculture: it-1 58
alliances disallowed: it-1 75; w08 2/15 26
extermination incomplete: it-1 1124, 1230
failure to establish garrisons: it-1 1083
first sweep: it-1 599
foretold: g 5/12 17-18
historicity: g 5/12 18
Jacob foretells (Ge 48:22): it-1 97, 1246
maps: it-1 737-738; nwt 1771; bm 11; w04 12/1 10
nations east of Jordan: w04 9/15 25
Canaanites not exterminated: it-1 1124, 1230
effect on nation: w16.04 6; w08 2/15 26-27; w97 7/15 8-9; g89 2/22 19-20
capitals: it-2 41-42
Gibeah: it-1 930
Hebron: it-1 1083-1084
Jerusalem: bt 23; it-2 39-49; gl 20-21
cast off: it-1 1018, 1260; w06 7/1 24; wt 185; rs 221; ws 142-143
Gentiles incite to jealousy: it-1 1260
irreformable: w95 2/1 4-5
loss of gift of new covenant: w92 1/15 11-12
not individually: it-1 1260
census: it-2 764-767
David: it-2 765-766
Plains of Moab: it-2 765; si 34
Sinai: it-2 764-765; si 31
channel of communication: w86 5/15 11-12
childbearing: w88 3/1 18-19
children: it-1 434-436
attitude toward: it-2 675; g97 8/8 10
born into dedicated nation: w06 7/1 21-22
education: it-1 434-435, 683; it-2 1070; ed 8-9; w92 11/1 11-12; w88 5/1 6
education from Scriptures: w95 5/1 10-12
sons preferred: it-2 993-994
weaning: it-2 443
chosen by God: jv 704; g90 7/8 12-13; rs 220-223
benefits to nations: hl section 12; w92 4/15 7-8
Jehovah’s “firstborn”: it-1 1228; it-2 734
Jehovah’s name involved: it-2 17
Jehovah’s “son”: it-2 997-998; w95 8/1 10
not partiality: it-1 945, 1192-1193; w10 3/15 24; w07 7/1 4-5; g05 12/8 14; w03 6/15 13-14; w02 1/1 6; w88 5/15 10-11; w86 4/15 6
not unfair: tp 60-61
purpose: ct 120-122; gm 154-155; w87 5/1 5-6; tp 59-63
uniqueness: g89 2/22 17-18
circumcision: it-1 469-470
reproach from uncircumcision: it-1 944, 961; it-2 779
cleanness required: cl 130-131; it-1 263; lvs 105-106; lv 88; w08 6/1 13; w08 12/1 10; w04 5/15 23; w02 6/1 19-20; w89 6/1 11-12, 14, 16
when worshipping: w89 6/1 19-20
clothing: it-1 652-655
anklets: it-1 112
bosom: it-1 364
earrings: it-1 666
fringes: it-1 655; w11 7/15 12; w04 8/1 26; w03 7/15 13
headdress: it-1 1053-1054
illustrations: it-1 653
inner garments: it-1 652-653
outer garments: it-1 653-655
requirements: w92 8/15 13-14
ripping of garments: it-2 813-814; w14 4/15 32
commerce: w12 9/1 22
concept of universe: it-1 786
congregation of Israel: it-1 496-497
exclusions from: it-1 72-73, 95, 496-497, 621, 767, 1150, 1174; it-2 214, 419, 1088
membership: it-2 214
contributions (monetary): it-1 502-503; w09 8/1 30; w04 11/1 19; w95 12/1 28-29; w92 1/15 15-16; w88 7/1 9
Aaron’s golden calf: w94 12/1 13
at Herod’s temple: it-2 1122-1123; w14 1/1 11; w87 12/1 28-29
construction of Solomon’s temple: it-1 502; w16.11 19; kr 195; w09 8/1 30; w09 11/15 18-19; w06 11/1 18; w00 1/15 15; w97 11/1 27; w94 12/1 14
construction of the tabernacle: it-1 502; w14 12/15 4; kr 195; w09 11/15 18; w00 11/1 28-29; w99 11/1 30-31; w97 11/1 27; w94 12/1 13; w92 1/15 15
conventions: ijwbq article 137; it-1 503-504; w12 9/15 28-29; w06 11/1 27
cooking: it-1 504
ovens: it-2 952
copper used: w13 12/1 13
courts: it-1 517-519, 1182; it-2 214-215, 233-235
accusations: it-1 39
evidence: it-2 234-235
higher courts: it-1 1112-1113
local courts: w06 2/15 31
lower courts: it-1 519
Sanhedrin: bt 39; it-1 518-519, 1113; w06 2/15 31; w89 7/15 24-25
synagogues: it-1 519; it-2 1052
criminal justice: w19.02 23-24; it-1 549-551; w91 4/15 14-15
beating: it-1 271-273
capital punishment: it-1 497
cutting off: it-1 787
impalement: it-1 1190; w13 5/15 13
imprisonment: it-2 690
debts: cl 134; it-1 600-601
dedicated to Jehovah as a nation: w10 1/15 4-5; w06 4/1 21; w06 7/1 21-24; w98 3/15 12; w95 3/1 10-11
demonism after exile: w13 2/15 10
difficult people: w05 5/15 22
forehead of copper (Isa 48:4): it-1 849; ip-2 123
discussion: it-1 1228-1232; sh 206-212
disobedience: it-2 522; w11 7/15 25-26; w02 10/1 12-13
divorce: w19.02 21; it-1 640-641, 1163
rabbinic law: it-1 642; wp16.4 9
education: it-1 683-684; it-2 875; ed 8-9; w92 11/1 11-14
Egyptian reference to: it-1 150, 696; g 5/12 18; g 11/10 18; w06 7/15 24
Egyptian relations with: it-1 696-699; rr 78, 80-81
Israel’s reliance on Egypt condemned: w07 11/15 14; ip-1 302-308, 317-320
Egyptian sojourn: w20.03 30; it-1 535, 696, 778, 1228; w14 11/15 19-20; g 5/12 16-17; bm 8, 10; my story 27; bp 6-7; si 20-21
engagement: it-1 727-728
everyday life: it-2 952-954
exile (Assyria, Babylon, Egypt): it-1 414-418, 775; nwt 1698
causes: g89 1/22 4-6
prophets during: it-1 791; si 133
worship during: it-1 416-417
exile by Assyria: it-1 414-415, 775, 952; g 11/07 17
exile by Babylon: it-1 415-416, 775; it-2 481; w16.11 22; si 285
617 B.C.E.: w88 3/1 29
Babylon’s cruelty: ip-2 108-110
comfort from Jehovah: w25.05 8-13
condition of exiles: mrt article 11; it-1 416-417; rr 95-96; ip-2 232-233, 365-368
fulfillment of prophecy: rr 96-97, 106; ip-1 396-397; gm 117-120
loyalty to Zion: ws 139-141
spirituality of exiles: w13 2/15 8-9
exile by Rome (70 C.E.): it-1 776, 1232; it-2 48
exile in Egypt (607 B.C.E.): it-1 416, 698-699; it-2 585, 1062; jr 30; w03 5/1 10
altars: it-1 85
apostasy: w99 5/15 13-14
Jeremiah advises against: it-2 87
Jeremiah enacts prophetic scene: it-2 1062
“pillar to Jehovah” (Isa 19:19): it-2 642
Exodus from Egypt: ijwis article 7; it-1 536, 776-784; bm 10; w07 12/15 17-18; w06 1/15 8-9; w05 5/15 20-22; my story 33; ip-2 154, 156; ct 123-125; jv 15-16; bp 7; si 20, 22; g89 2/8 23-24
date: it-1 451, 776-777; g 5/12 17; si 285-286
Egyptian pursuit force: cl 57; it-1 173, 782; w94 3/15 29
Egyptians “stripped” (Ex 12:35, 36): it-1 278-279, 780; it-2 212; w04 3/15 26; w99 11/1 30
historicity: it-1 777-778, 785; g89 2/8 24
issues involved: it-1 780; jv 15-16
Jehovah considerate of Israel: mwb20.08 2; w18.09 26
Jehovah’s name made known: w05 5/15 21-22; ip-2 357-359; kl 25-26
Jehovah’s sovereignty displayed: it-2 162; jv 15-16
legality: it-1 1228; it-2 212
maps: it-1 536; nwt 1770; gl 9; w91 8/15 25
“mixed company” (Ex 12:38): it-1 780; it-2 417; w14 11/15 20; w89 9/1 14-15; w86 2/15 16, 18
no Egyptian record: it-1 451, 777, 785; g04 4/8 8-9; g89 2/8 24
orderly: it-1 173, 397, 780; w89 9/1 14
Passover: ijwbq article 132; mwb20.07 6; it-2 581-582; bm 10; w90 2/15 11; si 22
Pharaoh of: it-1 777; it-2 712, 723; g04 4/8 7-8; g89 2/8 22-24
Philistia avoided: it-1 1117; it-2 632; w00 3/15 20
pillar of fire and cloud: it-1 483-484; it-2 643; w11 4/15 3-4
population of Israel: it-1 778-780; g04 5/8 13-14
purpose: it-1 785; w11 7/15 25
Red Sea crossing: ijwis article 8; cl 57, 59; it-1 234, 536-537, 781-783; it-2 638-639, 763; lfb 56-57; w12 4/15 24-25; w09 3/15 6-7; w07 12/15 18; ct 124-127; w95 10/15 10-11; w93 6/15 4-5; w91 8/15 24-25
Red Sea encampment: it-2 398
route: it-1 234, 536, 764-765, 780-782, 1117; it-2 638-639; si 20
starting point: it-2 723
victory song: w95 10/15 10-12
failure to enter God’s rest: w11 7/15 25-26; w98 7/15 16-17
failure to show appreciation: w19.02 17
failure to show insight: w89 3/15 17
faith: w98 1/15 14
fasting: it-1 213, 811-812; nwt 1698; w09 4/1 27; w96 11/15 5
Atonement Day: ijwbq article 139; it-1 213, 811; w09 4/1 28; w04 5/15 24; si 28
Fast of Esther: it-2 716; w09 4/1 28
four annual fasts (Zec 8:19): it-1 812; jd 62-63
insincere (Isa 58): it-1 811-812; ip-2 279-282
festivals: mwb21.01 6; it-1 820-828; it-2 716-717; nwt 1698; w98 3/1 8-13; jv 254
assemblies for: it-1 198; w12 9/15 30-31
calendar linked to: it-2 1215
chart of festivals: it-1 820
firstborn: it-1 835-836
Levites exchanged for: it-1 835-836; it-2 241, 683, 765; w95 7/1 16; w91 2/15 12
nation considered Jehovah’s: it-1 1228; it-2 734
fishing: it-1 1161; w12 8/1 19-20; w09 10/1 25-27; g 8/06 14
food: it-1 843-845
fermented wheat-dough bread: w86 2/15 16
meals: it-2 356
meat: w22.11 23
wheat bread: w92 9/1 24-25
foreign residents among: it-1 72-75; w14 11/15 26-27; w95 7/1 20-25
hired laborers: it-1 1123
Israelites’ relationship with: w21.12 12-13; w16.10 9-10; w88 11/15 11-12
Jehovah’s welcome: w14 11/15 20-21; w92 4/15 8-9
naturalization: it-1 473
privileges: g96 8/22 9; w95 7/1 17-18
proselytes: it-2 699; w98 2/1 11; w95 7/1 17-18, 20
strangers: it-1 74
freedom given by Jehovah: w92 6/1 11-12
Galileans: it-1 883-885
genealogies: it-1 907-913; w12 6/1 26
official archives: it-1 908-909; w12 6/1 26
records burned in 70 C.E.: it-2 47
gleaning: it-1 939, 962-963, 1040; nwt 1699; w11 2/1 15; w06 6/15 22-23; w03 12/1 17; w88 7/1 9; w86 10/15 11
Greece dominates: w96 1/15 27
Hebrews: it-1 1065-1067
not the Habiru: it-1 150, 696, 1067-1068
Hellenization of: it-1 1003-1004; w13 2/15 10-11; w08 12/1 19; gl 27; w99 8/15 11; w98 11/15 21-23; w96 1/15 27, 29; w92 7/1 25; wi 22-23
holiness: cl 28-29; it-1 1128-1129, 1133; w09 7/1 9; w06 11/1 23-24; w04 5/15 23-24
requirement: w96 8/1 11-12; w89 6/1 11-12, 14; w87 11/1 10-13
homes: it-1 158-159, 1154-1155; it-2 952; g05 9/22 10
hospitality: w05 1/15 21-22; w96 10/1 13
hunting: it-1 1161
Jehovah’s dealings with: ip-2 370-371; ct 122-143
accountability to Jehovah: w96 9/15 12-13
adoption by Jehovah: it-1 51
angelic prince assigned over Israel: w10 9/15 21-22
becomes Israel’s enemy (Isa 63:10): ip-2 356-357
between Hebrew Scriptures and Christian Scriptures: it-2 663
compassion: cl 253-255; it-1 493; w03 7/1 19
contrast to spiritual Israel: it-2 19-20
delivered by Jehovah: w88 7/1 4-6
discipline: it-1 629
goodness: w89 12/1 6
guidance provided: w24.02 21-22
heritage: w00 9/1 21
Israelites considered aliens in land: it-1 74, 1200; w11 11/15 17
long-suffering: it-2 263; w01 11/1 10-12
loyalty: cl 285-286
mercy: it-2 375-376
molded by Jehovah: w99 2/1 14-15
not forced to serve Jehovah: it-2 166
Organizer: w86 6/1 21-22
peace offered: w91 3/1 17
protection: w10 4/15 8-9
proves to be God to Israel: it-2 662-663
qualities displayed: it-2 20
redeemed, repurchased by Jehovah: it-2 734-735; w14 11/15 19-20; w09 3/15 23-24; ip-2 47-49, 108, 173-174, 299
repentance taught: w24.08 9-10
sovereignty: it-2 162-165; w10 1/15 29-30
‘stops caring’ (Heb 8:9): it-2 485
Jehovah’s firstborn: it-1 1228; it-2 734
Jehovah’s name linked to: it-2 17
Jehovah’s organization: w14 5/15 23-24; w14 11/15 18-22; w11 6/1 13-14; w89 9/1 14-15
Jehovah’s property: it-1 1228
Jehovah’s secondary wife: it-1 496, 872; it-2 344; w95 8/1 10-11
Jehovah’s servant:
‘deaf and blind’ (Isa 42:18-25; 43:8): ip-2 44-47
Jehovah’s son(s): it-1 1228; it-2 734, 997-998; w95 8/1 10
Jehovah’s witnesses: w14 7/15 24-26; w14 11/15 21-22; w06 7/1 21-22; w00 1/1 6-8; w95 9/1 9-13; jv 17-18
Jehovah’s woman: it-2 1198
Jews: it-2 73-74
Jordan River crossed: it-1 944; it-2 105; lfb 74-75; w13 9/15 16; w13 12/15 16; my story 45; w86 12/15 13-14
damming of Jordan: it-1 46
effect on Canaanites: it-1 98
Jubilee: w19.12 8-10; it-2 121-123; nwt 1702; w04 7/15 26; w87 1/1 18-19
judges and saviors of: it-1 743, 1230; it-2 134-135, 873; bm 11; my stories 52-55; gl 14-15; si 46-50
Jehovah’s sovereignty during period of: it-2 162-163
judges for legal cases: w19.02 23-24; it-1 517-519, 1229; it-2 214-215; w14 9/1 7-9; w92 7/1 12-13
high priest: it-1 1112-1113
impartiality required: it-1 1193
Moses appoints 70: it-1 704
older men: it-1 198; w02 8/1 9-10
priests: it-2 685
Sanhedrin: bt 39; it-1 518-519; w89 7/15 24-25
kingdom: it-2 158-159
decline and fall: it-2 164-165
division: it-1 947, 1170, 1231-1233; it-2 37, 767-768; lfb 110-111; w08 8/15 3-4; my story 65; ct 139; si 66, 81, 285, 295
kingdom of heavens offered first to:
illustration of grand evening meal (Lu 14): jy 194-195; gt chapter 83; w88 12/15 8-9
illustration of marriage feast (Mt 22): jy 248-249; gt chapter 107; w90 1/15 8-9
“sons of the kingdom” (Mt 8:12): gt chapter 36; w86 12/1 9
“kingdom of priests” (Ex 19:5, 6): w12 1/15 27-28; w12 10/15 25; w00 9/1 21; w98 2/1 10-11; w95 7/1 15-17; bp 8, 18
king requested by: it-1 93, 1230; it-2 871; lfb 96; ia 59, 66, 72-73; w11 1/1 26-27; w11 7/15 13-14; w10 10/1 14, 17-18; w07 1/15 15-16; w05 3/15 21-22; si 53, 55; w87 9/1 19
why presumptuous: it-2 163
kings: it-2 156-159; bm 16; ct 134-139; bp 8-11; si 53, 64
alliances: it-1 76-77
apostasy: it-1 127
appreciation for music: w24.10 30
authority to dismiss high priest: it-2 157
burial places: it-1 379-380
charts: it-1 464-466; nwt 1744-1747; w05 8/1 12
chronology: it-1 461-466; nwt 1744-1747; si 284-286
construction works: it-1 159-160
copying and reading Law: it-2 755; w02 6/15 12-17; w02 11/15 21; w00 10/1 8-9; w95 5/1 12
Davidic line a “lamp”: it-2 195
dependent on priesthood: it-2 1144
divine instructions: it-2 163
Herods: it-1 1090-1099; nwt 1700
idolatry: it-1 1170
Maccabean (Hasmonaean): it-1 1232; w01 6/15 27-30; w98 11/15 23-24
marriage alliances: it-1 76; it-2 625
messiahs: it-2 164
not absolute monarchs: it-1 1228-1229
not forced to serve Jehovah: it-2 164
priesthood separate: it-2 683
responsibility as judges: it-1 518
responsibility in worship: it-1 674; it-2 157
restrictions: it-2 157
right of succession: it-1 320
sit upon Jehovah’s throne: it-2 1097
“stars of God” (Isa 14:13): it-2 932, 1033; w02 9/15 30
subject to Jehovah: it-2 163
treasury: it-2 1122
wives and property: it-2 157
kings over entire nation:
David: it-1 461, 588-590, 745-747, 1083, 1230-1231; it-2 163-164, 853; lfb 98, 100-105; bm 12; w05 5/15 17; w05 10/1 10; ct 135-137; si 56, 60-63, 284, 295
Herod the Great: it-1 1091-1095, 1232; w09 12/1 13-15
Ish-bosheth: it-1 1224-1225
Jehovah: it-2 213, 683; w14 1/15 10-11
Lemuel: it-2 236
Rehoboam: mwb23.03 12; w22.02 9; it-1 1231; it-2 767-768; lfb 110-111
Saul: it-1 461, 1230; it-2 851-853, 870-873; lfb 96-97, 100-101; ct 134-135; si 55-57
Solomon: ijwis article 20; it-1 461, 674, 748-752, 1231; it-2 986-993; lfb 108-110; bm 13; g03 6/8 8-9; ct 137-139; si 65-66
land ownership: it-2 199-200
deed for property: it-1 608; w07 3/15 11
Jubilee year: it-2 199
Levites: it-2 200
no eminent domain: it-2 199-200
languages spoken: it-2 203-204
Aramaic: it-1 144-146, 1070-1071
first century: it-1 145-146, 1071; it-2 204; w89 7/15 24
Greek: it-1 1005-1007; w08 12/1 19
Hebrew: it-1 1068-1072
literacy: it-2 1213; ed 8; g 11/07 16-17
loans: it-1 600-601; it-2 259-260; w86 2/15 25; w86 10/15 12
Maccabees (Hasmonaeans): it-1 124, 1232; w01 6/15 27-30; w98 11/15 21-24
marriage: mwb21.05 14; it-2 340-343; w06 10/15 18-19
alliances: it-1 76
bride-price: w22.02 30
captive foreign women: w04 9/15 28
friend of the bridegroom: it-1 874
wives: it-2 1182-1183
medical treatment: it-1 630-631; ip-1 16-17
money: it-2 426-427
coins commemorating Jews’ revolt against Rome (66 C.E.): it-2 48; g 9/15 7; w93 2/15 9; w90 10/15 4; w89 3/15 24; w88 1/1 30-31
silver pieces: it-2 918
music: w24.10 30; it-2 451-454; g 3/11 14-16; w10 12/15 20-22; w09 12/1 26-28; w97 2/1 25-26; w86 10/15 22
Alamoth: it-1 69, 1039; nwt 1692
Asaph and descendants: it-1 185-186
cymbals: it-1 563; w12 2/1 24; g 3/11 15
dirges: it-1 627-628; it-2 446-447; nwt 1697; w00 6/1 27
flutes: it-1 842; w12 2/1 24
Gittith: it-1 962; it-2 680; nwt 1699; w06 6/15 17
harps: it-1 1039; g 3/11 15
Higgaion: it-1 1107; nwt 1700
horns: it-1 1143; w12 2/1 23; g 3/11 16
Jeduthun: it-1 1263-1264
Levites: it-2 666-667; w10 12/15 21-22; g 5/08 23; w00 6/1 26
lutes: it-2 284; w12 2/1 23
Mahalath: it-2 295; nwt 1703-1704
Muth-labben: it-2 454; nwt 1705
percussion instruments: w12 2/1 24
pipes: it-2 643-644
selah: it-2 891; nwt 1711; w06 5/15 18
Sheminith: it-1 69, 1039; it-2 922; nwt 1711
singing: it-2 452-454; w17.11 4; kr 178; w09 12/1 29-30; w01 11/15 15-16; w87 12/1 25-26
sistrums: it-2 975-976; w12 2/1 24; g 3/11 14-15
stringed instruments: it-1 1039; it-2 1040; w12 2/1 23; g 3/11 15-16
tambourines: it-2 1064; w12 2/1 24; g 3/11 14-15
trumpets: it-2 1130; w12 2/1 23-24; g 3/11 15-16
wind instruments: w12 2/1 23-24
names of people and gods: it-2 465-466
changes to names of false gods: it-1 233
replacement of “baal” by “bosheth”: it-1 1224; w17.03 32
nationhood: it-1 1228-1229; w14 11/15 20
neighbor nations: it-1 945; it-2 490; gl 10-11
Amos’ prophecy (Am 1:3–2:3): w07 10/1 13; w04 11/15 15-17
attackers: it-1 951
enmity (Ps 83): w08 10/15 12-16
Ezekiel’s prophecies (Eze 25-32): rr 71-72, 74-78, 80-81
Joel’s prophecy (Joe 3:4-19): w07 10/1 13
retribution upon: it-2 794
offspring (seed) of Abraham: sh 206-209; w89 2/1 12
“offspring [seed] of God” (Mal 2:15): w87 9/15 31
organization: mwb21.01 12; it-1 497; w16.11 10-11; w14 5/15 23
Passover: ijwbq article 132; it-2 580-583; w13 12/15 17-21; w90 2/15 10-11
attendance vital: it-1 199
date: ijwbq article 132; it-2 580; w13 12/15 18-19; w90 2/15 14-15
during wilderness journey: it-2 582; si 32
Egypt: ijwbq article 132; mwb20.07 6; it-2 581-582; bm 10; si 22
family trip to Jerusalem: ijwbq article 132; w95 9/15 22
singing during: it-1 1022; it-2 582; g 5/08 23; w02 1/15 13; w90 2/15 10
time: it-2 581; w14 6/15 22; w13 12/15 18-19
paternal houses: it-1 816
Persia dominates: w12 6/15 10; w96 1/15 26-28
poor people in: cl 255-256; mwb21.07 4; w18.01 32; it-1 939, 962-963; it-2 598, 652-653, 805; w05 5/15 6; w03 12/1 17; w01 6/15 9-10; w86 10/15 11-12
prayer: it-1 215-216
priesthood: it-1 136-137, 523; it-2 214, 683-686
age qualifications: it-1 56-57; it-2 684
blood on earlobe, thumb, and big toe (Le 8:24): it-1 665, 1208; it-2 1098, 1113; w14 11/15 9-10
chief priests: bt 34; it-1 1109-1110; w16.06 32; wp16.1 10; nwt 1695; w06 1/15 11; w06 9/15 12
cleanness: it-1 263; it-2 685, 1171-1173; w14 11/15 8-9; w96 1/15 32; w96 7/1 9
divisions (courses): it-1 23, 705; it-2 686; w05 10/1 11
functions: it-1 9-10; it-2 685-686
garments: it-1 736; it-2 684; nwt 1697
high priest: it-1 9-10, 1109-1116; wp16.1 10; nwt 1700
house of Aaron: it-1 9-11; lfb 65
incense offering: it-1 1153-1154, 1195-1196; it-2 686; w06 9/1 24; w03 6/1 28-29
installation: mwb20.11 6; w19.11 23-24; it-1 9, 665, 831, 1110-1111, 1207-1208; it-2 361, 683; si 27, 295
judicial duties: it-2 685
kingship separate: it-2 683
material support: it-1 502-503; it-2 50, 684, 1110; w11 9/15 8
not derived from Egyptian: it-2 688
physical qualifications: it-1 245-246, 339; it-2 190, 683-684, 1088
prior to Law: w22.11 23; it-2 683
prophetic significance (Ex 19:5, 6; 1Pe 2:9, 10; Re 5:10; 20:6): it-1 1134; re 76-77, 79, 85, 87; si 30
requirements: it-2 685
ripping of garments: it-2 813
“strangers” to: it-1 74
teachers of God’s Law: it-1 683, 1209; it-2 1071; w02 5/1 14-16
“to time indefinite” (Ex 40:15): it-2 1102
prophetic significance:
restoration from exile (Isa 40:3, 4; 65:17; Lu 3:2-6; Joh 1:19-23; 2Pe 3:13): kr 231-237; w88 9/15 24-25
to become a “kingdom of priests” (Ex 19:5, 6; 1Pe 2:9, 10; Re 5:10; 20:6): w12 1/15 27-29; jr 175-176; w95 7/1 15-19; si 24-25
tribes exclusive of Levi (Mt 19:28; Lu 22:30): w10 3/15 24-26
prophets: it-2 695-697; bm 17
chart showing kings, high priests, and: it-1 464-466
chart showing kings and prophets: nwt 1744-1747
urge repentance: w24.08 9
prosperity:
dependent on obedience: it-2 804-805; w09 9/1 8
Jehovah glorified by: it-2 805
prostitution in: it-2 685, 700-701
queens: it-2 720
ransom benefits applied first to: ws 79-80
reasons for thankfulness: w88 7/1 4-6
registrations:
David: it-2 765-766
Jesus’ birth: ijwbq article 36; w23.10 9; it-2 766-767; g 4/11 11; w09 12/1 16; w08 3/15 30; w98 12/15 7
Plains of Moab: it-2 765
Sinai (1513 B.C.E.): it-2 764-765
relatives:
Moab: it-2 418-419; rr 72
revolt against Rome (66-73 C.E.): wp18.2 8-9; it-2 47-48; w07 4/1 9-11
Jewish coins commemorating: it-2 48; g 9/15 7; w93 2/15 9; w90 10/15 4; w89 3/15 24; w88 1/1 30-31
Masada: w96 8/1 4-5; w90 10/15 3-7
uselessness of money: w93 2/15 9-10
Rome annexes Judea (63 B.C.E.): it-1 1232; it-2 45; w01 6/15 30
Sabbaths: it-2 830-832
Sabbath years: it-2 833-834
sanctified: w13 8/15 3
scribes: it-2 876-879; w09 8/1 31; w96 9/1 10
separateness: it-1 359-360, 945; it-2 213, 220; w03 7/15 27-28; g92 6/8 16-17; w89 6/1 11-12, 16; g89 2/22 17-20; w87 11/1 10-13
illustrated in law on sowing: it-2 1013
slavery among: g 7/11 28-29; g01 9/8 20-21
survives attempts to destroy: gm 14-15
symbolized by—
female pressing around a man (Jer 31:22): it-2 1199
fig tree Jesus cursed: ijwbv article 35; jy 244; w03 5/15 26; w92 11/15 31; gt chapter 105; w89 12/15 8
guests invited to grand evening meal (Lu 14): jy 194-195; gt chapter 83; w88 12/15 8-9
guests invited to marriage feast (Mt 22): jy 248-249; gt chapter 107; w90 1/15 8-9
Hagar and Ishmael (Ga 4:24-31): it-1 1018; it-2 344; w15 3/15 17; ip-2 219; w89 7/1 21
man from whom unclean spirit comes out (Mt 12): jy 105; gt chapter 42; w87 3/1 8-9
unproductive fig tree (Lu 13): w03 5/15 25-26
vine (Ps 80): w06 6/15 17-18
vineyard (Isa 5): w06 6/15 18; ip-1 73-79
vineyard (Mt 20): gt chapter 97; w89 8/15 8
woman in labor (Isa 26:17, 18): it-2 675; ip-1 281-282
synagogues: bt 89; w19.02 31; it-1 198, 497; it-2 1050-1052; w10 4/1 16-18; w02 11/15 7
local courts: it-1 519
Scripture reading: w10 4/1 17-18; w95 5/1 10-11
system of excommunication: it-1 787
taxes: it-1 502-503; it-2 1069-1070; w11 11/1 12
first century: w21.06 25; w09 10/1 26-27; w95 8/15 13
temple falsely trusted in: w88 4/1 12, 14, 16-17
temple police: w20.03 31
textiles: it-1 482-483; w12 3/1 28-29
time of day and night: w18.09 22; it-1 592-593, 1152-1153; it-2 499; w12 8/1 29-30; w11 5/1 15; w91 8/1 22-23
tithing: ijwbq article 170; it-1 502; it-2 1109-1110; nwt 1714; w11 9/15 8; w03 12/1 16; w02 12/1 4; w92 12/1 8-11; w91 12/1 29-30; w88 7/1 9
effect of negligence: ijwbq article 170; it-2 1110; w11 9/15 8; w92 12/1 9-11
purpose: w92 12/1 9
second tithe: ijwbq article 170; it-2 1110; w11 9/15 8
tribes: it-1 1229; it-2 1125
maps of territories: it-1 744, 947; nwt 1774-1775; bi12 1649; gl 15
number: w08 7/1 21
tribes by name:
Asher: it-1 190-191
Benjamin: it-1 288-289
Dan: it-1 573
Ephraim: it-1 753-754
Gad: it-1 876-877
Issachar: it-1 1235-1236
Judah: it-2 124-126
Levi: it-2 241-242
Manasseh: it-2 305-307
Naphtali: it-2 469-471
Reuben: it-2 795-797
Zebulun: it-2 1222-1223
unfaithfulness: mwb24.07 14; mwb24.11 3
warning examples (1Co 10): w18.07 21; w01 6/15 14-18; w96 6/15 17-22; w95 3/1 15-18
wars: it-1 951; it-2 1166-1168; rs 271-272
adversaries defeat: it-1 54
at Megiddo: w86 2/15 21-22
camps: it-1 398
civil wars: w22.10 29; it-1 174; it-2 846
conscription: it-2 1167
instigation: it-2 26
Jehovah’s executioner: it-2 1166
Jehovah’s support: w22.10 31; it-2 663
laws governing: cl 134-135; it-1 620; it-2 1166-1167
not all were proper: it-2 1167
Philistines: ijwia article 2; it-2 632-633
sanctified warfare: it-2 1166-1167
spoil: it-2 1030-1031
tactics: it-2 1167-1168
trumpet call: it-2 1130
victories from dependence on Jehovah: it-1 174-175; w06 5/15 8-9
why horses hamstrung: it-1 174, 1026
why Jehovah permitted and commanded: w22.10 30; g17.5 10; w16.06 32; w15 11/1 4-5; w09 10/1 30; w86 9/1 18
water provisions during dry season: w11 1/1 19
wilderness journey: it-1 140, 540-542, 795-796, 1229-1230; it-2 419, 577, 1185; w09 3/15 7-8; my stories 34-44; gl 8-9; w92 5/1 24-25; si 32-34, 38
accomplishments: ct 131
clothing not worn out: w04 9/15 26
complaining: w25.03 27-28; w25.07 22; mwb21.03 4; w95 3/1 16-18; w93 3/15 19-21
convention at end: w12 9/15 29
desire to return to Egypt: w12 3/15 26-27
food besides manna and quail: w23.10 30-31
Jehovah’s care: w25.03 26-28; w22.01 5-6; w13 9/15 9
Jehovah’s impartiality: w24.06 4, 6
lack of faith: w98 7/15 12-13; si 35
refusal to enter Promised Land from Kadesh: w07 10/15 12-13; w06 10/1 16-17; w04 10/15 17-18
women: it-2 1196; w07 1/15 4-5
Court of Women (Herod’s temple): it-2 543, 1080, 1122-1123; jy 162; gt chapter 68; w88 5/1 8; w87 12/1 28-29
daughters: it-1 584-585
daughters-in-law: it-1 585
mothers: it-2 442-443
speaking to in public frowned upon: w87 4/15 16
wives: it-2 1182-1183
worship: g01 3/8 13; w94 12/1 8-10; sh 205-216
after Ark brought to Jerusalem: w05 10/1 11
changes after exile: w96 1/15 27-29
compromised: scl 61
enjoyment of true worship: it-2 120
high places for worship: it-1 183, 1107; w10 8/1 23
images not used: g 10/14 14
music: w24.10 30
not evolutionary: it-2 368
praise for Jehovah: it-2 666-667
proselytes: bt 27; it-1 72-73; it-2 699-700; w08 12/1 19-20; w98 9/15 29
writing: it-2 1213; w07 8/15 32; g 11/07 16-17
why so few inscriptions: it-2 1213