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Thematic Bible
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besides that from the traders and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country.
He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
Thus you shall live with us, and the land shall be open before you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it.”
But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.’”
“Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin and lead they paid for your wares.
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Goods
and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had gathered, his acquired livestock which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.
He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people.
The sons of Israel captured the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods they plundered.
All those about them encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, with cattle and with valuables, aside from all that was given as a freewill offering.
They took possession of
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and
And
Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchants
besides that from the traders and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country.
Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.
“And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more—
Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem.
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchandise
and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business.”
cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble,
As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the seventh year and the exaction of every debt.
Also men of Tyre were living there who imported fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem.
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Barter
So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses and the flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.
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But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the household idols, he looks at the liver.
Joseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?”
So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and repeated Balak’s words to him.
For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we shall send it to its place.”
therefore, you women will no longer see false visions or practice divination, and I will deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.”
And the
And tell
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people
They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling.