Seals
Called signet -- Ge 38:18,25. Precious stones set in gold used as -- Ex 28:11. Inscriptions upon, alluded to -- 2Ti 2:19. Generally worn as rings or bracelets -- Jer 22:24. Impressions of Frequently taken in clay. -- Job 38:14. Used for security. -- Da 6:17; Mt 27:66. Attached to all royal decrees. -- 1Ki 21:8; Es 3:12; 8:8. Attached to covenants. -- Ne 9:38; 10:1. Attached to lease and transfers of property. -- Jer 32:9-12,44. Set upon treasures. -- De 32:34. Attached to the victims approved for sacrifice, alluded to. -- Joh 6:27. Were given by kings as a badge of authority. -- Ge 41:41,42. Illustrative of Circumcision. -- Ro 4:11. Converts. -- 1Co 9:2. What is dear or valued. -- Song 8:6; Jer 22:24; Hag 2:23. Secrecy. -- Da 12:4; Re 5:1; 10:4. Security. -- Song 4:12; 2Ti 2:19; Re 7:2-8; 20:3. Full approval. -- Joh 3:33. Appropriation of saints to God by the Spirit. -- 2Co 1:22; Eph 1:13; 4:30. Restraint. -- Job 9:7; 37:7; Re 20:3.