Thematic Bible: Ancient uses of


Thematic Bible



And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersLengthTaxationTributesDividing Into Three GroupsThose Subjected To People

And the sons of Joseph speak with Joshua, saying, 'Wherefore hast thou given to me an inheritance -- one lot and one portion, and I a numerous people? hitherto hath Jehovah blessed me.' Verse ConceptsShortage Other Than Food

And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents, Verse ConceptsHomeThe Lord Drove Them Out

therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.' Verse ConceptsPagansKilled With The SwordDeath Of Office HoldersExile In ProspectUnclean Things

And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line. Verse ConceptsMeasuring RodCarpentry Toolsaccomplishmentmeasurement

'The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, Verse ConceptsTentsPegsCords

The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets; and the covering for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pins; and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; Verse ConceptsRopesTentsPegsPillars For The TabernacleSocketsGates Of The Temple

Enlarge the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they stretch out, Restrain not -- lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong. Verse ConceptsDevelopmentStretching OutRopesCordsEnlargementSpiritual ProgressPegsspacecredibility

God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar. Verse ConceptsHolidayHornsGod Giving LightSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBinding As AnimalsRegulating SacrificesThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

With cords of man I do draw them, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline unto him -- I feed him. Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessCordsRopesYokesDivine AttractionGod Going DownGod Feeds All The EarthGod Freeing CaptivesGod Has GuidedLike MenLove

And his servants say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.' Verse ConceptsRopesSackcloth And AshesPeople Showing Mercyhumor

Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee? Verse ConceptsTilling The SoilUnicorns

And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;' and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock. Verse ConceptsUnusedTwo Other ThingsTying Up

Therefore, thou hast no caster of a line by lot In the assembly of Jehovah. Verse ConceptsNo One Available