Thematic Bible: Laying on of


Thematic Bible



And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them.




Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

and present the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.

So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;



“Arise, cry aloud in the night
At the beginning of the night watches;
Pour out your heart like water
Before the presence of the Lord;
Lift up your hands to Him
For the life of your little ones
Who are faint because of hunger
At the head of every street.”

May my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.


Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,
When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.




And it happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed afflicted with recurrent fever and dysentery; and Paul went in to see him and after he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him.

They *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *implored Him to lay His hand on him.

they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God.

And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

While the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them.


Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and he shall lay them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who stands in readiness.

He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slay it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar.

He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

Then the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be slain before the Lord.


But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.


After laying His hands on them, He departed from there.