Thematic Bible: Tent


Thematic Bible



Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said, "We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!" Verse ConceptsTentsTrumpetAudacityTrumpets For SignallingNot Sharing

And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So Israel went to their tents. Verse ConceptsTentsRevoltsNot Sharing

How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O 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.

So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD. Verse ConceptsAltarsTreesBuilding AltarsOaks

From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD. Verse ConceptsAi, The CityCalling upon GodNomadsShrinesTentsAbraham, The Friend Of GodAbraham, Calling And LifePrayer, Described AsAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsEast And West

And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. Verse ConceptsHeatNoonRevelation, In OtSittingTentsAbraham, Testing And VictoryOaksHot WeatherGod Appearing

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end; Verse ConceptsCraftsmenLife, HumanPhysical LifeSpinning And WeavingPeople EndedLife Cut ShortLife Being Temporary

Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her; they shall pitch their tents around her; they shall pasture, each in his place. Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Kings And Leaders

Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. Verse ConceptsHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfTentsGod's Mercy, Example OfComfort, Of FriendsCourtingMen And Women Who LovedMothers Deathmomslosing a loved oneDeath Of A MotherLoss Of A Loved One

So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find them. And he went out of Leah's tent and entered Rachel's. Verse ConceptsTentsNot Finding

And they struck down the tents of those who had livestock and carried away sheep in abundance and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

It will never be inhabited or lived in for all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there. Verse ConceptsNomadsEmpty CitiesNo More Tending The Flock

Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. Verse ConceptsNomadsTentsSpiritual FathersThose Who Kept Stock

and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. Verse ConceptsNomadsTentsGroups Trembling

Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent. Verse ConceptsPeople KissingBowingGreetingsKissingKissesSpoken Greetings


And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, Verse ConceptsTentsOwning LivestockPossessing Sheep

For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number--both they and their camels could not be counted--so that they laid waste the land as they came in. Verse ConceptsInsectsMany CombatantsLocustsTentsGrasshoppersUncountable

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