Vail or Veil

A covering for the head usually worn by women -- Ge 38:14.

Was worn
As a token of modesty. -- Ge 24:65.
As a token of subjection. -- 1Co 11:3,6,7,10.
For concealment. -- Ge 38:14.

The removing of, considered rude and insolent -- Song 5:7.

Removing of, threatened as a punishment to ungodly women -- Isa 3:23.

Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face -- Ex 34:33; 2Co 3:13.

Illustrative

Of the spiritual blindness of the Gentile nations. -- Isa 25:7.

Of the spiritual blindness of the Jewish nation. -- 2Co 3:14-16.

Vail, the Sacred
Moses commanded to make -- Ex 26:31.
Made by Bezaleel for the tabernacle -- Ex 36:35.

Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold -- Ex 26:32.

Hung between the holy and most holy place -- Ex 26:33; Heb 9:3.

Designed to conceal the ark, mercy seat, and the symbol of the divine presence -- Ex 40:3.

The high priest
Alone allowed to enter within. -- Heb 9:6,7.

Allowed to enter but once a year. -- Le 16:2; Heb 9:7.

Could not enter without blood. -- Le 16:3; Heb 9:7.

Made by Solomon for the temple -- 2Ch 3:14.

Was rent at the death of our Lord -- Mt 27:51; Mr 15:38; Lu 23:45.

Illustrative
Of the obscurity of the Mosaic age. -- Heb 9:8.

Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity. -- Heb 10:20; Isa 53:2.

(Rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints. -- Heb 10:19,20; 9:24.

Valleys
Tracts of land between mountains -- 1Sa 17:3.
Called
Vales. -- De 1:7; Jos 10:40.
Dales. -- Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18.
Fat valleys, when fruitful. -- Isa 28:1,4.

Rough valleys, when uncultivated and barren. -- De 21:4.

Watered by mountain streams -- Ps 104:8,10.
Canaan abounded in -- De 11:11.
Abounded with
Fountains and springs. -- De 8:7; Isa 41:18.
Rocks and caves. -- Job 30:6; Isa 57:5.
Trees. -- 1Ki 10:27.
Lily of the valley. -- Song 2:1.
Ravens. -- Pr 30:17.
Doves. -- Eze 7:16.

Of Israel well tilled and fruitful -- 1Sa 6:13; Ps 65:13.

Often the scenes of idolatrous rites -- Isa 57:5.

The heathen supposed that certain deities presided over -- 1Ki 20:23,28.

The Canaanites held possession of, against Judah -- Jdj 1:19.

Often the scenes of great contests -- Jdj 5:15; 7:8,22; 1Sa 17:19.

Mentioned in scripture
Achor. -- Jos 7:24; Isa 65:10; Ho 2:5.
Ajalon. -- Jos 10:12.
Baca. -- Ps 84:6.
Berachah. -- 2Ch 20:26.
Bochim. -- Jdj 2:5.
Charashim. -- 1Ch 4:14.
Elah. -- 1Sa 17:2; 21:9.
Eshcol. -- Nu 32:9; De 1:24.
Gad. -- 2Sa 24:5.
Gerar. -- Ge 26:17.
Gibeon. -- Isa 28:21.
Hebron. -- Ge 37:14.

Hinnom or Tophet. -- Jos 18:16; 2Ki 23:10; 2Ch 28:3; Jer 7:32.

Jehoshaphat or decision. -- Joe 3:2,14.
Jericho. -- De 34:3.
Jezreel. -- Ho 1:5.
Jephthah-el. -- Jos 19:14,27.
Keziz. -- Jos 18:21.
Lebanon. -- Jos 11:17.
Megiddo. -- 2Ch 35:22; Zec 12:11.
Moab where Moses was buried. -- De 34:6.
Passengers or Hamongog. -- Eze 39:11.

Rephaim or giants. -- Jos 15:8; 18:16; 2Sa 5:18; Isa 17:5.

Salt. -- 2Sa 8:13; 2Ki 14:17.

Shaveh or king's dale. -- Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18.

Shittim. -- Joe 3:18.
Siddim. -- Ge 14:3,8.
Sorek. -- Jdj 16:4.
Succoth. -- Ps 60:6.
Zared. -- Nu 21:12.
Zeboim. -- 1Sa 13:18.
Zephathah. -- 2Ch 14:10.

To be filled with hostile chariots, threatened as a punishment -- Isa 22:7.

Miracles connected with

The moon made to stand still over Ajalon. -- Jos 10:12.

Ditches in, filled with water. -- 2Ki 3:16,17.

Water in, made to appear to the Moabites like blood. -- 2Ki 3:22,23.

Illustrative
Of the church of Christ. -- Song 6:11.

(Fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of Israel. -- Nu 24:6.

(Dark,) of affliction and death. -- Ps 23:4.

(Filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel. -- Isa 40:4; Lu 3:5.

Vanity
A consequence of the fall -- Ro 8:20.
Every man is -- Ps 39:11.
Every state of man is -- Ps 62:9.
Man at his best estate is -- Ps 39:5.
Man is like to -- Ps 144:4.
The thoughts of man are -- Ps 94:11.
The days of man are -- Job 7:16; Ec 6:12.
Childhood and youth are -- Ec 11:10.
The beauty of man is -- Ps 39:11; Pr 31:30.
The help of man in -- Ps 60:11; La 4:17.
Man's own righteousness is -- Isa 57:12.
Worldly wisdom is -- Ec 2:15,21; 1Co 3:20.
Worldly pleasure is -- Ec 2:1.
Worldly anxiety -- Ps 39:6; 127:2.
Worldly labour is -- Ec 2:11; 4:4.
Worldly enjoyment is -- Ec 2:3,10,11.
Worldly possessions are -- Ec 2:4-11.
Treasures of wickedness are -- Pr 10:2.
Heaping up riches is -- Ec 2:26; 4:8.
Love of riches is -- Ec 5:10.
Unblessed riches are -- Ec 6:2.
Riches gotten by falsehood are -- Pr 21:6.
All earthly things are -- Ec 1:2.

Foolish questions, &c are -- 1Ti 1:6,7; 6:20; 2Ti 2:14,16; Tit 3:9.

The conduct of the ungodly is -- 1Pe 1:18.
The religion of hypocrites is -- Jas 1:26.
The worship of the wicked is -- Isa 1:13; Mt 6:7.
Lying words are -- Jer 7:8.
False teaching is but -- Jer 23:32.
Mere external religion is -- 1Ti 4:8; Heb 13:9.
Alms giving without charity is -- 1Co 13:3.
Faith without works is -- Jas 2:14.

Idolatry is -- 2Ki 17:15; Ps 31:6; Isa 44:9,10; Jer 10:8; 18:15.

Wealth gotten by, diminishes -- Pr 13:11.
Saints
Hate the thoughts of. -- Ps 119:113.
Pray to be kept from. -- Ps 119:37; Pr 30:8.
Avoid. -- Ps 24:4.
Avoid those given to. -- Ps 26:4.
The wicked
Especially characterised by. -- Job 11:11.
Though full of, affect to be wise. -- Job 11:12.
Love. -- Ps 4:2.
Imagine. -- Ps 2:1; Ac 4:25; Ro 1:21.
Devise. -- Ps 36:4.
Speak. -- Ps 10:7; 12:2; 41:6.

Count God's service as. -- Job 21:15; Mal 3:14.

Allure others by words of. -- 2Pe 2:18.
Walk after. -- Jer 2:5.
Walk in. -- Ps 39:6; Eph 4:17.
Inherit. -- Jer 16:19.
Reap. -- Pr 22:8; Jer 12:13.
Judicially given up to. -- Ps 78:33; Isa 57:13.
Fools follow those given to -- Pr 12:11.

Following those given to, leads to poverty -- Pr 28:19.

They who trust in, rewarded with -- Job 15:31.
Vine, The
Often found wild -- 2Ki 4:39; Ho 9:10.
Cultivated
In vineyards from the time of Noah. -- Ge 9:20.
On the sides of hills. -- Jer 31:5.
In the valleys. -- Song 6:11.
By the walls of houses. -- Ps 128:3.

Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness -- Le 25:3; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 18:5.

Canaan abounded in -- De 6:11; 8:8.
Places celebrated for
Eshcol. -- Nu 13:23,24.
Sibmah. -- Isa 16:8,9.
Lebanon. -- Ho 14:7.
Egypt. -- Ps 78:47; 80:8.

The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed -- Eze 17:6.

Of Sodom bad and unfit for use -- De 32:32.
Often degenerated -- Isa 5:2; Jer 2:21.

Frequently injured by hail and frost -- Ps 78:47; 105:32,33.

Foxes destructive to -- Song 2:15.
The wild boar destructive to -- Ps 80:13.
The fruit of
Called grapes. -- Ge 40:10.
Peculiarly sour when unripe. -- Jer 31:30.
Eaten fresh from the tree. -- De 23:24.
Eaten dried. -- 1Sa 25:18; 30:12.
Sold in the markets. -- Ne 13:15.
Made into wine. -- De 32:14; Mt 26:29.
The wood of, fit only for burning -- Eze 15:2-5.

Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots -- Ge 49:11.

Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year -- Nu 13:20.

Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers -- Song 2:13; Ho 14:7.

God made, fruitful for his people when obedient -- Joe 2:22; Zec 8:12.

Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment -- Jer 8:13; Ho 2:12; Joe 1:7,12; Hag 2:19.

Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection -- Job 15:33; Mal 3:11.

Nazarites prohibited eating any part of -- Nu 6:3,4.

Illustrative
Of Christ. -- Joh 15:1,2.
Of Israel. -- Ps 80:8; Isa 5:2,7.
(Its fruitful branches,) of saints. -- Joh 15:5.

(Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors. -- Joh 15:2,6.

(Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace. -- Ho 14:7.

(Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church. -- Song 7:8.

(Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions. -- Joh 15:2.

(Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked. -- Eze 15:6,7.

(Unfruitful,) of the wicked. -- Ho 10:1.

(Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity. -- 1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10.

Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of -- Jer 31:29,30; Eze 18:2.

Vineyards
Origin and antiquity of -- Ge 9:20.
The design of planting -- Ps 107:37; 1Co 9:7.

Frequently walled or fenced with hedges -- Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31; Isa 5:2,5.

Cottages built in, for the keepers -- Isa 1:8.

Provided with the apparatus for making wine -- Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33.

The stones carefully gathered out of -- Isa 5:2.
Laws respecting

Not to be planted with different kinds of seed. -- De 22:9.

Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year. -- Ex 23:11; Le 25:4.

The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year. -- Le 25:5,11.

Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to. -- Ex 22:5.

Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away. -- De 23:24.

The gleaning of, to be left for the poor. -- Le 19:10; De 24:21.

The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years. -- Le 19:23.

The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year. -- Le 19:24.

The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year. -- Le 19:25.

Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit. -- De 20:6.

Frequently let out to husbandmen -- Song 8:11; Mt 21:33.

Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit -- Mt 21:34.

Were often mortgaged -- Ne 5:3,4.
Estimated rent of -- Song 8:11; Isa 7:23.

Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators -- Song 8:12.

The poor engaged in the culture of -- 2Ki 25:12; Isa 61:5.

Members of the family often wrought in -- Song 1:6; Mt 21:28-30.

Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in -- Mt 20:1,2.

Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state -- 1Ch 27:27.

The vintage or ingathering of
Was a time of great rejoicing. -- Isa 16:10.

Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed. -- Le 26:5.

Failure in, occasioned great grief. -- Isa 16:9,10.

Of red grapes particularly esteemed -- Isa 27:2.

The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies -- Jer 48:32.

The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c -- De 28:39; Am 4:9.

In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine -- Isa 5:10; Hag 1:9,11.

The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of -- Am 5:11; Zep 1:13.

The Rechabites forbidden to plant -- Jer 35:7-9.

Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste -- Pr 24:30,31.

Illustrative

Of the Jewish Church. -- Isa 5:7; 27:2; Jer 12:10; Mt 21:23.

(Failure of,) of severe calamities. -- Isa 32:10.
(Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect. -- Isa 24:13.
Visions
God often made known his will by -- Ps 89:19.

God especially made himself known to prophets by -- Nu 12:6.

Often accompanied

A representative of the divine person and glory. -- Isa 6:1.

An audible voice from heaven. -- Ge 15:1; 1Sa 3:4,5.

An appearance of angels. -- Lu 1:22,11; 24:23; Ac 10:3.

An appearance of human beings. -- Ac 9:12; 16:9.

Frequently difficult and perplexing to those who received them -- Da 7:15; 8:15; Ac 10:17.

Often communicated
In the night season. -- Ge 46:2; Da 2:19.
In a trance. -- Nu 24:16; Ac 11:5.

Often recorded for the benefit of the people -- Hab 2:2.

Often multiplied for the benefit of the people -- Ho 12:10.

Mentioned in scripture
To Abraham. -- Ge 15:1.
To Jacob. -- Ge 46:2.
To Moses. -- Ex 3:2,3; Ac 7:30-32.
To Samuel. -- 1Sa 3:2-15.
To Nathan. -- 2Sa 7:4,17.
To Eliphaz. -- Job 4:13-16.
To Isaiah. -- Isa 6:1-8.

To Ezekiel (See chapters 10, 40-48 of Ezekiel). -- Eze 1:4-14; 8:2-14; 11:24,25; 37:1-10.

To Nebuchadnezzar. -- Da 2:28; Da 4:5.

To Daniel (See chapters 7, 8, and 10 of Daniel). -- Da 2:19.

To Amos. -- Am 7:1-9; 8:1-6; 9:1.
To Zechariah. -- Zec 1:8; 3:1; 4:2; 5:2; 6:1.

To Paul. -- Ac 9:3,6; 16:9; 18:9; 22:18; 27:23; 2Ch 12:1-4.

To Ananias. -- Ac 9:10,11.
To Cornelius. -- Ac 10:3.
To Peter. -- Ac 10:9-17.

To John (See also Rev chapters 4 - 22). -- Re 1:12.

Sometimes withheld for a long season -- 1Sa 3:1.

The withholding of a great calamity -- Pr 29:18; La 2:9.

False prophets pretended to have seen -- Jer 14:14; 23:16.

The prophets of God skilled in interpreting -- 2Ch 26:5; Da 1:17.

Vows
Solemn promises made to God -- Ps 76:11.
Were made in reference to
Devoting the person to God. -- Nu 6:2.
Dedicating children to God. -- 1Sa 1:11.
Devoting property to God. -- Ge 28:22.

Offering sacrifices. -- Le 7:16; 22:18:22; Nu 15:3.

Afflicting the soul. -- Nu 30:13.
To be voluntary -- De 23:21,22.
To be performed faithfully -- Nu 30:2.
To be performed without delay -- De 23:21,23.
Danger of inconsiderately making -- Pr 20:25.

Of children void without the consent of parents -- Nu 30:3-5.

Of married women void without consent of husbands -- Nu 30:6-8,10-13.

Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding -- Nu 30:9.

Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making -- Nu 30:14,15.

Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation -- Le 27:1-8,11-23.

Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed -- Le 27:9,10.

Recorded in scripture
Of Jacob. -- Ge 28:20-22; 31:13.
Of Israelites. -- Nu 21:2.
Of Jephthah. -- Jdj 11:30,31.
Of Hannah. -- 1Sa 1:1.
Of Elkanah. -- 1Sa 1:24.
Of David. -- Ps 132:2-5.
Of mariners who cast out Jonah. -- Jon 1:16.
Of Jonah. -- Jon 2:9.
Of Lemuel's mother. -- Pr 31:1,2.
Of Paul. -- Ac 18:18.
Of certain Jews with Paul. -- Ac 21:23,24,26.

All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle -- De 12:6,11,17,18,26.

Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God -- Le 22:23; Mal 1:14.

The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the subject of -- De 23:18.