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There was a time when the entire earth spoke a common language with an identical vocabulary.

Verse ConceptsLanguageSpeechhumanity

The LORD spoke to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land as an inheritance."

Verse ConceptsAbrahamProperty, LandWorldlinessThe Promised LandI Am The LordBringing People Out Of Other Places

So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are "God who sees,' because I have truly seen the one who looks after me."

Verse ConceptsVeilsNames Of GodGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The EarthThose Who Saw GodVisibilityOther References To God's Name

God continued to speak to Abraham, "You and your descendants who are born in the future are to keep my covenant that is, you and your descendants, generation after generation.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And Victory

Abraham continued to speak to him, asking, "What if 40 are found there?" The LORD replied, "I won't do it for the sake of those 40."

Verse ConceptsFortiesNumbers Of Righteous People

Abraham then asked, "I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak. What if 30 are found there?" The LORD answered, "I won't do it for the sake of those 30."

Verse ConceptsThirtyLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

"Look," Abraham said, "I've presumed to speak to my LORD" so what if 20 are found there?" "For the sake of those 20," the LORD responded, "I won't destroy it."

Verse ConceptsTwentyNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

Finally, Abraham inquired, "I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak only once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "For the sake of those ten I won't destroy it."

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfTen PeopleLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To GodWorth

But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night and spoke to him, "Pay attention! You're about to die, because the woman you have taken is a man's wife!"

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightDeath As PunishmentTransferring WivesDirect Communication Through Dreams

"The LORD God of heaven, who brought me from my father's house and from my family's land, who spoke to me and promised me "I will give this land to your descendants,' will send his angel ahead of you, and you are to acquire a wife for my son from there.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamLand, As A Divine GiftOaths, DivineServants, GoodAngels, Ministry To BelieversAngels Going At God's BiddingBringing People Out Of Other PlacesTaking A Wife

But when they had prepared a meal and set it in front of him, he said, "I'm not eating until I've spoken." "Speak up!" Laban exclaimed.

Verse ConceptsDinnerGiving InformationThose Who Provided A Meal

"Since this has come from the LORD," Laban and Bethuel both replied, "we cannot speak one way or another.

Verse ConceptsGod In Relation To ManUnable To Harm

"Later, the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, "Jacob.' ""Here I am,' I replied

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordBehold Me!

He issued similar instructions to the second and third group, as well as to all the others who drove the herds that followed: "This is how you are to speak to Esau when you find him.

Verse ConceptsMen's Orders

When Joseph's brothers realized that their father loved him more than all of his brothers, they hated him so much that they were unable to speak politely to him.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsGrudgesHatredJealousyPersecution, Forms OfSpiteSuffering, Causes OfHatred Between RelativesHating IndividualsNo PeaceMan's FavouriteBrothers Lovefriendliness

Then Pharaoh's senior security advisor spoke up. "Maybe I should make a confession.

Verse ConceptsCupbearerRemindersButlersMemoriesPainful MemoriesReminders Of Sin

When he returned, he spoke with them, but then he took Simeon away from them and had him placed under arrest right in front of them. After this, Joseph gave orders to fill up their sacks with grain, to return each man's money to his own sack, and to supply each of them with provisions for their return journey. All of this was done for them.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyPeople Providing Food

"The man who was in charge of the land spoke harshly to us," they said. "He accused us of being spies!

Verse ConceptsSpying

Joseph asked them how they had been doing. "Is your father well, the older gentleman about whom you spoke?" he inquired. "Is he still alive?"

Verse ConceptsLiving On

As Joseph looked up and recognized his brother Benjamin, his own mother's son, he asked, "Is this your youngest brother about whom you spoke to me?" And he addressed him directly, "May God be gracious to you, my son."

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessDivine FavourSalutationsThe Youngest ChildSeeing PeopleMothers And Sons

"Your Excellency," they replied, "Why do you speak like this? Far be it from your servants to act like this.

Verse ConceptsFar Be It!

But Judah approached him and begged him, "Your Excellency, please allow your servant to speak to you privately. Please don't be angry with your servant, since you are equal to Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsEquivalent People

Later, the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah.

Verse ConceptsInfanticide

Then Moses told the LORD, "Please, LORD, I'm not eloquent. I never was in the past nor am I now since you spoke to your servant. In fact, I talk too slowly and I have a speech impediment."

Verse ConceptsExcusesEloquenceMoses, Significance OfMutenessHumility, Examples OfSelf AbasementSpeech ImpedimentsNervousnessSpeech

Then God asked him, "Who gives a person a mouth? Who makes him unable to speak, or deaf, or able to see, or blind, or lame? Is it not I, the LORD?

Verse ConceptsDeafnessdisabilitiesMutenessNatureVisionGod BlindingDumbnessWho Is God?DumbSpeaking With The MouthThe Faculty Of SightBlindness

You're to speak to him and tell him what to say. I'll help both you and him with your speech, and I'll teach both of you what you are to do.

Verse ConceptsGod As Our TeacherGod TeachingGod Will Be With YouSpeaking The Word God Gives

He is to speak to the people for you as your spokesman and you are to act in the role of God for him.

Verse ConceptsSpokesmenMen As GodsSpeaking With The Mouth

Aaron spoke everything that the LORD had spoken to Moses, and Moses performed the miracles before the very eyes of the people.

Verse ConceptsSigns From GodTelling Of God

Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has caused trouble for this people, and you have done nothing to deliver your people."

Verse ConceptsPeople Actually Doing Evil

"Go, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he should let the Israelis go out of his land."

Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, issuing orders to them regarding the Israelis for delivery to Pharaoh, king of Egypt; that is, to bring the Israelis out of the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsAaron, PositionAaron, Moses SpokespersonBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's Orders

And it happened when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt

You are to speak everything that I've commanded you, and then your brother Aaron will speak to Pharaoh, telling him to let the Israelis go out of his land.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Position

Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsThe Number Forty

The LORD spoke to Moses,

It is to be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that you may speak about the instruction of the LORD; for the LORD brought you out of Egypt with a strong show of force.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsCeremoniesGod, Power OfHand Of GodLipsStrength Of GodMarks On PeopleSpeaking As From GodThe Law ProclaimedGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Then Moses reported all the words of the people back to the LORD. The LORD told Moses, "Look, I'm coming to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may listen when I speak with you and always believe you." Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyEternal LoyaltyHearing God's VoiceBelieving ProphetsTelling What People Said

As the sound of the ram's horn grew louder and louder, Moses would speak and God would answer with thunder.

Verse ConceptsSymbolsTrumpets For SignallingGod Answered

So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

Verse ConceptsMan Going Down

They told Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen, but don't let God speak with us, or we may die.

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceGod Speaking

The LORD told Moses, "This is what you are to say to the Israelis, "You have seen for yourselves that I spoke to you from heaven.

Verse ConceptsGod SpeakingGod Speaks From Heaven

You are to speak to all who are skilled, whom I've endowed with talent, that they should make Aaron's garments for consecrating him to serve me as priest.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofGiving, Of TalentsOccupationsWisdom, Human NatureWisdom, Source Of HumanConsecrationSewingGod Gives Wisdomcraftsmanship

It is to be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway to the Tent of Meeting in the LORD's presence, where I'll meet with you to speak to you there.

Verse ConceptsMeeting GodGod Speaking

When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stand at the doorway of the tent while God spoke with Moses.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationLonelinessPillarsDivine ManifestationsTent Of MeetingTheophanySolitudeObelisksGod Appearing At The DoorwayEntering The TabernacleGod Speaking

The LORD would speak to Moses face to face just as a man speaks with his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, Nun's son Joshua, his young servant, would not leave the tent.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodMoses, Significance OfPrayer, As A Response To GodTent Of MeetingTentsCommunion With God, Examples OfDivine FriendshipStaying PutBeing Face To Face With GodGod SpeakingFriendship And Trust

When Moses called to them, Aaron and the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and he spoke to them.

Verse ConceptsAddressing Someone

and then whenever Moses would come in the LORD's presence to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he left the LORD's presence. When he went out, he would tell the Israelis what he had been commanded.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping OffAddressing SomeoneConversation

The Israelis would see the face of Moses and that the skin of his face shone; then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with God.

Verse ConceptsLight Of God's PeopleConversation

The LORD spoke to Moses:

"Speak to the Israelis and tell them that when any person brings an offering to the LORD from among you, whether he brings on offering of animals from either cattle or flock,

Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristHerdsRegulating Sacrifices

"Speak to the Israelis and tell them that if a person inadvertently sins with respect to any of the LORD's commands that should not be violated, but nevertheless he disobeys one of them,

Verse ConceptsSin OfferingUnintentionalIgnorance of God

When a person has sworn inadvertently by what he has said, whether for evil or good, whatever it was that the person spoke, when he comes to understand what he said, he will incur guilt by one of these things.

Verse ConceptsCarelessnessOaths, HumanAbsence Of ThoughtSin Made KnownSwearing Oaths FalselyRash PeopleSwearing

Moses spoke with Aaron about what the LORD had said: "Among those who are near me, I'll show myself holy so that I'll be glorified before all people." So Aaron remained silent.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Priestly ResponsibilitiesWorship, Reasons ForMan's Conduct Towards GodIndividuals Being Silent

The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons when they had approached the LORD and died.

Verse ConceptsDeath As Punishment

"Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelis and tell them that this is what the LORD has commanded:

Verse ConceptsGod's Orders

The LORD spoke to Moses,

The LORD told Moses, "Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and tell them that no priest is to defile himself on account of the dead among his people,

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesPollutionsPollution ForbiddenDeath Of A Family MemberGrandmothers

The LORD spoke to Moses,

The LORD spoke to Moses,

This is what Moses spoke about to the Israelis regarding the LORD's appointed festivals.

Verse ConceptsSanctuaryConvocations

The LORD spoke to Moses,

Then the LORD spoke to Moses,

So Moses spoke to the Israelis and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him to death with boulders. The Israelis did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Verse ConceptsCamps, Unclean ThingsDeath penaltyStoningOutside The Camp

In the Sinai desert, the LORD spoke to Moses inside the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month of the second year after they had left the land of Egypt. He said,

Verse ConceptsTent Of MeetingTentsMonth 2

When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the L ORD, he heard a voice speaking to him above the Mercy Seat over the Ark of the Testimony. He spoke to him from between the two cherubim.

Verse ConceptsMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, FunctionAtonement, in OTWorship, Results OfCherubim, As DecorationsCovering The ArkHearing God's VoiceGod's VoiceTwo AngelsPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim Depicted

The LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai during the first month of the second year that they had left Egypt,

Verse ConceptsMonth

Then I'll come down and speak with you. I'll take some of the spirit that rests on you and apportion it among them, so that they may help you bear the burden of the people. That way, you won't bear it by yourself."

Verse ConceptsSharing BurdensNot Aloneorganization

The LORD came down in a cloud, spoke to Moses, and made an apportionment from the spirit who rested on him to the 70 elders. When the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but that was it.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRevelation, In OtProphesyingOnceOnly Onceelders

Then he told the two of them: "Pay attention to what I have to say! When there is a prophet among you, won't I, the LORD, reveal myself to him in a vision? Won't I speak with him in a dream?

Verse ConceptsDreamsGod, Revelation OfKnowing God, Nature OfProphets, Role OfRevelation, In OtVisionsInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Means OfProphetic VisionsVisions From GodRevelation Through Visions And Dreams

So Moses spoke to the Israelis, and each of the tribe leaders gave him a rod, one for each leader, according to their ancestral tribes, for a total of twelve rods. Aaron's rod was one of them.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

"Take the rod, gather the community together, and then you and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock right before their eyes. It will release water. As you bring water to them from the rock, the community and the cattle will be able to drink."

Verse ConceptsDisobedience, Examples OfAssembling IsraelProvision From RocksAddressing Someone

Therefore the ones who speak in proverbs say: Come to Heshbon and let it be built! Let the city of Sihon be established!

That's when the LORD enabled the donkey to speak. She asked Balaam, "What did I do to you that you would beat me in the space of only three footsteps?"

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyAnimal LifeRebukeActing Three TimesThe Dumb Speaking

Balaam answered Balak, "Well, I'm here now. I've come to you, but I can't just say anything, can I? I'll speak only what God puts in my mouth to say."

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMouthsOraclesOracles Of BalaamSpeaking The Word God Gives

Then the LORD met with Balaam and gave a message to him. "Now go back to Balak and speak to him."

Verse ConceptsSpeaking The Word God Gives

Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River in Jericho.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

But if, on the same day her husband hears and disallows her, then he has revoked her vows that she made for herself, along with any hasty vows that she spoke and to which she pledged herself to fulfill. The LORD will forgive her."

Verse ConceptsGod Will Forgiveimpulsiveness

But if her husband disallowed them the very day that he heard her, everything that she spoke relating to her vows and her obligation to herself are not to stand, because her husband revoked them. The LORD will forgive her.

Verse ConceptsGod Will Forgive

Then the descendants of Gad and descendants of Reuben spoke up. "Your servants will do exactly what our master has commanded." They said.

Verse ConceptsReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

The leaders of the ancestral families of the descendants of Gilead, who were descendants of Machir, and descendants of Manasseh, from Joseph's tribe, approached and spoke to Moses and the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelis.

These are the words that Moses spoke to the assembly of Israel east of the Jordan River, in the Arabah desert, opposite Suph between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordan

On the first day of the eleventh month, in the fortieth year, Moses spoke to the Israelis about everything that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.

Verse ConceptsMonthMonth 11

"The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb. He said, "You have been at this mountain long enough.

Verse ConceptsActionsMoving On

"I spoke to you but you didn't listen. Instead you rebelled against the command of the LORD and went up to the hill country.

Verse ConceptsSelf WillProud People

Then the LORD spoke to me,

"However, the LORD was furious with me because of you. He did not listen to me. Instead, the LORD said, "You are not to speak to me about this matter again!

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With Individuals

the LORD your God spoke from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but you saw no form; there was only a voice.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Appearing In FireHearing God's VoiceNot Seeing God

"Therefore, for your own sake, be very careful, since you did not see any form on the day that the LORD your God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire.

Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of BelieversGod Appearing In FireNot Seeing God