Thematic Bible: Cedars
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Majesty, strength, and glory of Christ
His legs are alabaster columns, set on bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
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Thus says the Lord GOD: "I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.
Cedars » Described as » High
"Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
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By your servants you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon, to cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses, to come to its remotest height, its most fruitful forest.
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Thus says the Lord GOD: "I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
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Cedars » Used in » Purifying the leper
And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop, and shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet yarn, along with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh water and sprinkle the house seven times. read more.
Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn.
Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn.
the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop. And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. read more.
And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
Cedars » Illustrative of » Arrogant rulers
against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan;
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Behold, the Lord GOD of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low. He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.
Cedars » Used in » Building palaces
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.
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He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.
Cedars » Used in » Building temples
And so I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD said to David my father, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.'
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So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.
Cedars » Described as » Graceful and beautiful
The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
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On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.
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Cedars » Planted by God
The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
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I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive. I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together,
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Cedars » Lebanon celebrated for
And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
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The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Powerful nations
"Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
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Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and forest shade, and of towering height, its top among the clouds.
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Cedars » Described as » Fragrant
Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
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Cedars » Used in » Making chariots
King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon.
Cedars » Extensive commerce in
So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired, while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000 cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Instrumental in propagating
He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade and set it in a city of merchants. Then he took of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters. He set it like a willow twig,
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Making its nest in
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!"
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Cedars » Described as » Spreading
The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.
Cedars » Used in » Making wardrobes
In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure.
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Cedars » Imported largely by solomon
And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.
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Cedars » Destruction of, a punishment
I will prepare destroyers against you, each with his weapons, and they shall cut down your choicest cedars and cast them into the fire.
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Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Perching on the high branches of
say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Beauty and glory of israel
Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the LORD has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.
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Cedars » Used in » Preparing the water of separation
And the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire burning the heifer.
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Cedars » Used in » Making masts of ships
They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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Cedars » Used in » Making idols
He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.
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Cedars » Banks of rivers favorable to the growth of
Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the LORD has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.
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Cedars » Considered the first of trees
He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Saints in their rapid growth
The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Cedars » Described as » Strong and durable
"The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place."
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Cedars » Made to glorify God
Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!
Cedars » Destruction of, exhibits God's power
The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
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Lebanon » Celebrated for » Cedars
The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.'
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The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
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Trees » Varieties » Cedars
And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, "A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife,' and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.
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against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan;
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He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.
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The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
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The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
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The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
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