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SEPARATION

(See SANCTIFICATION)

of people:

♦ separation of the nations into their lands: (See also NATIONS, divisions of)

• Genesis 10:5, 32 (cf. Deuteronomy 32:8)

♦ separation between Abraham and Lot to prevent strife:

• Genesis 13:8-15

♦ separation of Israel from uncleanness:

• Leviticus 15:31; 20:25 (cf. Ezra 6:21; 9:1)

♦ separation of Israel from other peoples:

• Leviticus 20:24, 26; 1 Kings 8:53 (cf. Nehemiah 9:2, 28)

♦ separation involved in a Nazirite vow:

• Numbers 6:1-21

♦ separation of the Levites for divine service of the tabernacle:

• Numbers 8:14-15

♦ separation of Azariah as a leper:

• 2 Kings 15:5

♦ separation of intimate friends by a slanderer or a gossip:

• Proverbs 16:28; 17:9

♦ separation of a poor man from his friend:

• Proverbs 19:4

♦ separation of Ephraim from Judah:

• Isaiah 7:17

♦ separation between married partners divinely forbidden:

• Matthew 19:6

♦ separation between Paul and Barnabas:

• Acts 15:36-40

♦ separation of believers from improper relationships with unbelievers:

• 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

♦ separation of the condemned from the inhabitants of the new Jersusalem:

• Revelation 21:7-8; 22:14-15

between God and man:

♦ caused by sin:

• Isaiah 59:1-2; Romans 5:6-8

♦ cured by reception of Christ's reconciliatory work:

• Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21; Colossians 1:20; 1 Peter 3:18

in relation to Christ:

♦ separation of the sheep (i.e., believers) from the goats (i.e., unbelievers) by Christ:

• Matthew 25:31-34

♦ no separation between believers and Christ:

• Romans 8:35-39

♦ separation of unbelievers from Christ:

• Ephesians 2:12

♦ moral separation of Christ from sinners:

• Hebrews 7:26

♦ of things

• Genesis 1:4, 6-7, 14, 18; Ezekiel 41:12-42:13

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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