Thematic Bible: Cedars
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Majesty, strength, and glory of Christ
His legs are like pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold. His countenance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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Someday, I, Jehovah, will cut a tender twig from the top of a cedar tree. I will then plant it on the peak of Israel's tallest mountain, where it will grow strong branches and produce large fruit. All kinds of birds will find shelter under the tree, and they will rest in the shade of its branches.
Cedars » Described as » High
Before them I destroyed the Amorite. His height was like the height of the cedars. He was strong like the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath!
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By your messengers you have heaped insults on Jehovah. You said: With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines. I reach its remotest heights, the finest of its forests.
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Someday, I, Jehovah, will cut a tender twig from the top of a cedar tree. I will then plant it on the peak of Israel's tallest mountain, where it will grow strong branches and produce large fruit.
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Cedars » Used in » Purifying the leper
He shall take two birds, some cedar wood, a red cord, and a sprig of hyssop to purify the house. He should kill one of the birds over a clay bowl containing fresh spring water. Then he will take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the red cord, and the live bird and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh water. He will sprinkle the house seven times. read more.
This is the way he will purify the house with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the red cord.
This is the way he will purify the house with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the red cord.
the priest will order that two ritually clean birds be brought, along with a piece of cedar wood, a red cord, and a sprig of hyssop. The priest will order that one of the birds be killed over a clay bowl containing fresh spring water. He will take the other bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the red cord, and the hyssop, in the blood of the bird that was killed. read more.
He will sprinkle the blood seven times on the one of you who is to be purified from your skin disease. He will then pronounce you clean. He will let the live bird fly away over the open fields.
He will sprinkle the blood seven times on the one of you who is to be purified from your skin disease. He will then pronounce you clean. He will let the live bird fly away over the open fields.
Cedars » Illustrative of » Arrogant rulers
It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,
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Behold, the Sovereign Lord Jehovah of Hosts will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be cut down! The tall ones will be brought low. He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax. Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
Cedars » Used in » Building palaces
King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. Carpenters and stone workers came with them. They brought cedar logs so they could build a palace for David.
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The Hall of the Forest of Lebanon was one hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. It had three rows of cedar pillars, fifteen in each row, with cedar beams resting on them. The ceiling was of cedar, extending over storerooms, which were supported by the pillars.
Cedars » Used in » Building temples
Jehovah promised my father David: 'Your son, whom I will make king after you, will build a Temple for me. I have decided to build that Temple for the worship of Jehovah my God.'
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King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar. The three-story annex, each story seven and one half feet high, was built against the outside walls of the Temple. Cedar beams were used to join it to them.
Cedars » Described as » Graceful and beautiful
Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars.
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All kinds of birds will find shelter under the tree, and they will rest in the shade of its branches.
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Cedars » Planted by God
Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
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I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.
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Cedars » Lebanon celebrated for
The thorn bush answered: 'If you really want to make me your king, then come and take shelter in my shade. If you do not, fire will blaze out of my thorny branches and burn up the cedars of Lebanon.'
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Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Powerful nations
Before them I destroyed the Amorite. His height was like the height of the cedars. He was strong like the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath!
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Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches and forest shade, and very high, and its top was among the clouds.
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Cedars » Described as » Fragrant
Your lips, O my spouse, drop as 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 chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Cedars » Extensive commerce in
So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar and pine logs he wanted. Solomon provided Hiram with one hundred thousand bushels of wheat and one hundred and ten thousand gallons of pure olive oil every year to feed his men.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Instrumental in propagating
It broke off the highest twig and carried it to a country of merchants. It planted the twig in a city of merchants. Then it took a seedling from that country and planted the seedling in fertile soil. The eagle planted the seedling like a willow where there was plenty of water.
Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Making its nest in
You who dwell in Lebanon nested in the cedars. How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!
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Cedars » Described as » Spreading
Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars. It reached out with its branches to the Mediterranean Sea. Its shoots reached the Euphrates River.
Cedars » Used in » Making wardrobes
They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.
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Cedars » Imported largely by solomon
The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
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Cedars » Destruction of, a punishment
I will set apart destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down your choicest cedars and throw them on the fire.
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Cedars » The eagle alluded to as » Perching on the high branches of
Say The Lord Jehovah says: A large eagle came to Lebanon. It had large wings with long, colorful feathers. It took hold of the top of a cedar tree.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Beauty and glory of israel
They are like valleys that stretch out, like gardens beside the river, like aloes planted by Jehovah, like cedars beside the waters.
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Cedars » Used in » Preparing the water of separation
The priest will take some cedar wood, a hyssop sprig, and some red yarn and throw them onto the burning cow.
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Cedars » Used in » Making masts of ships
They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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Cedars » Used in » Making idols
He cut down cedars, or cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.
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Cedars » Banks of rivers favorable to the growth of
They are like valleys that stretch out, like gardens beside the river, like aloes planted by Jehovah, like cedars beside the waters.
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Cedars » Considered the first of trees
He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Saints in their rapid growth
Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.
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Cedars » Described as » Strong and durable
The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with cut stones. The fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.
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Cedars » Made to glorify God
Praise him mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedar trees.
Cedars » Destruction of, exhibits God's power
The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars. Jehovah splinters the cedars of Lebanon.
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Lebanon » Celebrated for » Cedars
Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.
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Even the cypress trees rejoice over you. The cedars of Lebanon say: 'Since you have fallen, no lumberjack has come to attack us.'
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The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars. Jehovah splinters the cedars of Lebanon.
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Trees » Varieties » Cedars
Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying: 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife.' A beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.
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It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,
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He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls. He talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
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Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars.
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Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
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The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars. Jehovah splinters the cedars of Lebanon.
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