HEATHEN

–(Under this heading are grouped all who are not embraced under the Abrahamic covenant)

–Cast out of Canaan Le 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 La 1:10

–Wicked practices of

.See IDOLATRY

–Divine revelations given to

.Abimelech Ge 20:3-7

.Pharaoh Ge 41:1-28

.Balaam Nu 22

.Nebuchadnezzar Da 4:1-18

.Belshazzar Da 5:5,24-29

.Cyrus 2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:1-4

.The Magi (wise men from the east) Mt 2:1-11

.The centurion at Capernaum Mt 8:5-13; Lu 7:2-9

.Cornelius Ac 10:1-7

–Pious people among Isa 65:5; Ac 10:35

–INSTANCES OF

.Melchizedek Ge 14:18-20

.Abimelech Ge 20

.Balaam Nu 22

.Jethro Ex 18

.Cyrus Ezr 1:1-3

.Eliphaz Job 4

.Bildad Job 8

.Zophar Job 11

.Elihu Job 32

.Nebuchadnezzar, after his restoration Da 4

.The Ninevites Jon 3:5-10

.The Magi (the wise men from the east) Mt 2:1-12

.The centurion at Capernaum Mt 8:5-13; Lu 7:2-9

.The centurion at Caesarea Ac 10

.See GENTILES