Thematic Bible: Cedars
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Majesty, strength, and glory of Christ
His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold; His face is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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So says the Lord Jehovah: I, even I, will also take of the top of the highest cedar and will set it; I will crop off from the first of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. In a mountain, in a high place of Israel, I will plant it. And it shall bear boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. And under it shall dwell every bird of every wing; in the shadow of its branches they shall dwell.
Cedars » Described as » High
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from below.
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By your servants you have mocked Jehovah and have said, by my many chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and its choice fir trees; and I will go to its greatest height, the forest of its Carmel.
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So says the Lord Jehovah: I, even I, will also take of the top of the highest cedar and will set it; I will crop off from the first of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
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Cedars » Used in » Purifying the leper
And he shall take two birds to cleanse the house, and cedar-wood, and scarlet dye, and hyssop. And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet dye, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. read more.
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet.
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet.
then the priest shall command to take two clean live birds for him that is to be cleansed, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water. He shall take the living bird, and the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the slain bird, over the running water. read more.
And he shall sprinkle on him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
And he shall sprinkle on him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
Cedars » Illustrative of » Arrogant rulers
And it shall be on all the high and lifted up cedars of Lebanon, and on all the oaks of Bashan,
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Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, shall lop the bough with terror; and the lofty ones shall be cut down, and the proud shall be humbled. And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Cedars » Used in » Building palaces
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons to David. And they built David a house.
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And 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, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. And it was covered with cedar above on the beams that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.
Cedars » Used in » Building temples
And behold, I purpose to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spoke to David my father, saying, Your son whom I will set on your throne in your place; he shall build a house to My name.
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And he built the house and finished it. And he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar. And he built the side-stories on all the house, five cubits high. And they rested on the house with timbers of cedar.
Cedars » Described as » Graceful and beautiful
The hills were covered with its shadow, and its boughs were as the great cedars.
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In a mountain, in a high place of Israel, I will plant it. And it shall bear boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. And under it shall dwell every bird of every wing; in the shadow of its branches they shall dwell.
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Cedars » Planted by God
The trees of Jehovah are full, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted;
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I will plant the cedar in the wilderness, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree. I will set the fir tree in the desert, and the pine, and the box tree together;
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Cedars » Lebanon celebrated for
And the bramble-bush said to the trees, If you truly anoint me king over you, come put your trust in my shadow. And if not, let fire come out of the bramble and burn up the cedars of Lebanon.
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The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Powerful nations
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from below.
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Behold, Assyria was like a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and forest shade, and of great height. And his top was among the thick boughs.
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Cedars » Described as » Fragrant
Your lips, My spouse, drop like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
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Cedars » Used in » Making chariots
King Solomon made himself a litter-bed of Lebanon's trees.
Cedars » Extensive commerce in
And Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees, all his desire. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food for his household, and twenty measures of pure oil. So Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Instrumental in propagating
He plucked off the top of its young twigs and carried it into a land of traders. He set it in a city of merchants. He also took of the seed of the land and planted it in a fruitful field. He placed it by great waters and set it as a willow tree.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Making its nest in
O dweller in Lebanon, nested in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come to you, the pain as one giving birth?
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Cedars » Described as » Spreading
The hills were covered with its shadow, and its boughs were as the great cedars. It sent out its boughs to the sea, and its branches to the river.
Cedars » Used in » Making wardrobes
They were your merchants in perfect things, in violet cloth, and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors, with tightly bound cords, and cedars among your merchandise.
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Cedars » Imported largely by solomon
And the king made silver like stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars like the sycamore trees in the valley for abundance.
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Cedars » Destruction of, a punishment
And I will prepare destroyers against you, each one with his weapons. And they shall cut down your choice cedars, and throw them into the fire.
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Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Perching on the high branches of
And say, So says the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings, long of pinion, full of feathers, who had different colors, came to Lebanon and took the highest branch of the cedar.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Beauty and glory of israel
They are spread forth like the valleys, like gardens by the river's side, like the trees of aloes which Jehovah 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 cedar-wood and hyssop and scarlet, and throw it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
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Cedars » Used in » Making masts of ships
They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.
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Cedars » Used in » Making idols
He cuts down cedars, and takes cypress and oak, which he makes the trees of the forest strong for him; he plants a tree, and the rain makes it grow.
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Cedars » Banks of rivers favorable to the growth of
They are spread forth like the valleys, like gardens by the river's side, like the trees of aloes which Jehovah has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.
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Cedars » Considered the first of trees
And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Saints in their rapid growth
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Cedars » Described as » Strong and durable
The bricks have fallen down, but we will build with cut stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we use cedars instead.
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Cedars » Made to glorify God
mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,
Cedars » Destruction of, exhibits God's power
The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; yea, Jehovah breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
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Lebanon » Celebrated for » Cedars
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Yea, the fir trees rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you have fallen, no woodcutter will come up against us.
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The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; yea, Jehovah breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
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Trees » Varieties » Cedars
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife. And a beast of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.
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And it shall be on all the high and lifted up cedars of Lebanon, and on all the oaks of Bashan,
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And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.
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The hills were covered with its shadow, and its boughs were as the great cedars.
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The trees of Jehovah are full, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted;
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The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; yea, Jehovah breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
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