HEATHEN

• (Under this heading are grouped all who are not embraced under the Abrahamic covenant)
  • Cast out of Canaan Lev. 18:24,25; Ps. 44:2
  • Their land given to Israel Ps. 78:55, 105:44, 135:12, 136:21,22; Isa. 54:1-3
  • Excluded from the temple Lam. 1:10
  • Wicked practices of
    • See IDOLATRY
  • Divine revelations given to
    • Abimelech Gen. 20:3-7
    • Pharaoh Gen. 41:1-28
    • Balaam Num. 22
    • Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 4:1-18
    • Belshazzar Dan. 5:5, 24-29
    • Cyrus 2 Chr. 36:23; Ezra 1:1-4
    • The Magi (wise men from the east) Mt. 2:1-11
    • The centurion at Capernaum Mt. 8:5-13; Lk. 7:2-9
    • Cornelius Acts 10:1-7
  • Pious people among Isa. 65:5; Acts 10:35
  • INSTANCES OF
    • Melchizedek Gen. 14:18-20
    • Abimelech Gen. 20
    • Balaam Num. 22
    • Jethro Ex. 18
    • Cyrus Ezra 1:1-3
    • Eliphaz Job 4
    • Bildad Job 8
    • Zophar Job 11
    • Elihu Job 32
    • Nebuchadnezzar, after his restoration Dan. 4
    • The Ninevites Jonah 3:5-10
    • The Magi (the wise men from the east) Mt. 2:1-12
    • The centurion at Capernaum Mt. 8:5-13; Lk. 7:2-9
    • The centurion at Caesarea Acts 10
  • See GENTILES