'People' in the Bible

"The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to [observe] the law of God--their wives, their sons, their daughters, and all who know and understand--

And we have cast lots for the contributions of the wood offering of the priests, the Levites, and the people to bring [it] to the house of our God, by our fathers' houses, at designated times, year by year, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God--as it is written in the law.

Now the commanders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the remainder of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, the [other] nine's place [was in] the [other] cities.

And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.

And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, from the descendants of Zerah the son of Judah, [was] at the hand of the king in all matters concerning the people.

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

Then the second choir went the opposite [way]. I [followed] after them with half of the people on the wall, from over the Tower of the Ovens up to the Wide Wall

On that day the book of Moses was read in the hearing of the people and it was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God

So it happened when they heard the law that they separated all of the foreign people from Israel.

In those days I saw in Judah [people] treading the wine press on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps [of grain] and loading them on donkeys along with wine, grapes and figs, and every kind of burden and bringing [it all] to Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath. And I warned them at that time against selling food.

And when those days were completed, the king gave for all the people that were present at the citadel of Susa, both great and small, a banquet in the courtyard of the king's palace garden that lasted seven days.

to bring Queen Vashti before the king {with her royal crown} to show the people and the officials her beauty, {for she was very attractive}.

And Memucan said before the king and the officials, "Not only has Queen Vashti done wrong to the king, but to all the officials and all of the people who [are] in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

And he sent letters to all the provinces of the king, to each province according to its own script, and to every people in their own {language}, that every man should be the master of his house and who speaks in the {language} of his people.

Esther did not disclose her people and her family because Modecai had charged her that she must not tell.

Esther had not made known her family and her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her; for Esther {did what Mordecai told her}, just as when she was brought up by him.

But {he considered it beneath him} to lay hands on Mordecai only, for they told him of Mordecai's people, and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who [were] in the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all of the provinces of your kingdom; their laws [are] different from every [other] people, and they do not {observe} the laws of the king; it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them.

And the king said to Haman, "The money [is] given to you and to the people to do with it {as you see fit}.

And the king's secretaries were called in the first month on the thirteenth day, and [a decree] was issued, according to all that Haman commanded, to the satraps of the king and to the governors who [were] over all the provinces, and to [the] officials of all the people, to each province according to [its own] script and to all people according to their own language; [it was] written in the name of King Ahasuerus and [was] sealed with the king's ring.

A copy of the edict [was] presented [as] law in every province making [it] known to all the people to be ready for that day.

And he gave him a copy of the edict of the law that had been issued in Susa for their destruction to show Esther, and to inform her, and to charge her to go to the king and make supplication to him and entreat before him for her people.

"All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that [if] any man or woman who goes to the king to the inner courtyard, who is not called, he has one law, to be killed, except if the king extends to him the gold scepter so that he may live. I have not been called to come to the king {for thirty days}."

Then Queen Esther answered, and she said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it is good to the king, let my life be given to me at my petition and my people at my request;

I and my people have been sold to be destroyed and killed, to be annihilated. If we had been sold as male and female slaves I would have kept quiet, because this is not a need sufficient to trouble the king."

For {how can I bear} to look on the disaster that will find my people, and {how can I bear} to look on the destruction of my family?"

And the secretaries of the king were summoned at that time, in the third month, which [is] in the month of Sivan on the twenty-third [day], and [an edict] was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the governors and satraps and officials of the provinces from India to Cush--one hundred and twenty-seven provinces--each province according to its own script and to every people in their own {language}, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

[In them] the king allowed the Jews who [were] in every city to assemble and {defend their lives}, to destroy and kill and annihilate any army of any people or province attacking them, including women and children, and to plunder their spoil,

A copy of the {edict} [was] to be given [as] law in each province to inform all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves from their enemies.

In every province and city, wherever the king's edict and his law came, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a banquet and a {holiday}, and many of the people from the country [were] posing as Jews because the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.

the Jews gathered in their cities in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus {to strike against} those who sought their destruction, and no one could withstand them, as the fear of them fell on all the people.

For Mordecai the Jew [was] second-in-command to King Ahasuerus. [He was] great for the Jews and popular with many of his brothers, for he sought good for his people, {interceding for the welfare of all his descendants}.

Then his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.

And behold, a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house {so that} it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

Should your loose talk put people to silence? {And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame}?

"Truly indeed you [are the] people, and wisdom will die with you.

He strips [away] the insight of the heads of the earth's people, and he makes them wander in {a pathless wasteland}.

"And he has made me a proverb for [the] peoples, {and I am one before whom people spit}.

[There is] no offspring for him nor a descendant among his people, and there is not a survivor in his abode.

Will you keep [to the] way of old that [the] people of mischief have trod,

From [the] city people groan, and [the] throat of [the] wounded cries for help; yet God does not {regard it as unseemly}.

He breaks open a mine shaft {away from where people dwell}; [those] who are forgotten {by travelers}, they dangle, they sway [far away] from human beings.

They were driven out from fellow people; they shout at them as [at] a thief,

{Have the people of my tent not said}, '{O that} someone had not been satisfied with his meat'?

"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.

[In] a moment they die, and [in] the middle of [the] night [the] people are shaken, and they pass away, and they take away [the] mighty {effortlessly}.

so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.

You must not long for the night, to cut off people {in their place}.

Remember that you should extol his work, [of] which people have sung.

Indeed, he judges people by them; he gives food {in abundance}.

Therefore people revered him; he does not regard any {who think that they are wise}."

I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people who all around have set themselves against me.

To Yahweh belongs deliverance; [may] your blessing [be] over your people. Selah

All who do evil--do they not know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on Yahweh.

{Oh that from Zion} [would come] salvation [for] Israel! When Yahweh returns the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be happy.

For you deliver humble people, but haughty eyes you humiliate.

You rescued me from strife with people; you set me as head (over) nations. People I did not know served me;

But I [am] a worm and not a man, scorned by humankind and despised by people.

They will come and tell his saving [deeds] to a people [yet] to be born, that he has done [it].

I do not sit with deceitful people, nor will I go about with hypocrites.

Save your people and bless your heritage. Shepherd them also and carry them always.

May Yahweh give strength to his people. May Yahweh bless his people with peace.

Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] Yahweh, the people he has chosen for his inheritance.

I will give thanks [to] you in [the] great assembly; among [the] mighty people I will praise you.

You have sold your people {cheaply}, and did not profit by their price.

Hear, O daughter, and {discern} and incline your ear, and forget your people and your father's house.

Even the daughter of Tyre [will come] with a gift. [The] rich from among people will seek your {favor}.

[The] princes of [the] peoples are gathered together [with] the people of Abraham's God. For [the] shields of [the] earth belong to God. He is very exalted.

Though he congratulated his soul while he was living --and [people] will praise you when you do well for yourself--

He summons the heavens above and the earth that he might judge his people:

"Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

Do not evildoers know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on God.

{Oh, that from Zion} would come salvation [for] Israel! When God returns the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

And people will say, "Surely [there is] a {reward} for the righteous. Surely there is a God [who] judges in the land."

Do not kill them, lest my people forget. Make them [to] wander by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

You have shown your people hard [things]; You have given us wine that staggers.

Trust him at all times, O people; pour out before him your heart. God [is] a refuge for us. Selah

O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through [the] desert, Selah

Awesome [are you], O God, from your sanctuary. The God of Israel, [it is] he who gives strength and might to the people. Blessed be God.

May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

Let [the] mountains yield prosperity for the people, and [the] hills in righteousness.

May he provide justice [for the] poor of [the] people, save [the] children of [the] needy, and crush [the] oppressor.

They do not have {ordinary trouble}, and they are not plagued as [other] people.

Therefore his people turn there, and abundant waters are slurped up by them.

O Yahweh, remember this: [the] enemy taunts, and foolish people treat your name with contempt.

With [your] arm you redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Listen, O my people, to my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Yes, he struck [the] rock and water flowed and streams gushed out, [but] can he also give food or provide meat for his people?"

Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them like a herd in the wilderness.

He also handed his people over to the sword, and he was very angry with his inheritance.

He brought him from following nursing ewes to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

Then we, your people and the flock of your pasture, we will give thanks to you forever. {Generation after generation} we will tell of your praise.

O Yahweh God [of] hosts, {how long will you be angry} against the prayer of your people?

Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would [but] listen to me.

But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not yield to me.

Oh that my people would listen to me; [that] Israel would walk in my ways.

They devise cunning schemes against your people, and consult together against your protected ones.

You took away the guilt of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah

Will you not again revive us, that your people might rejoice in you?