Thematic Bible: Used as
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Rocks » Used as » Places of safety in danger
The Israelite army realized that they were outnumbered and were going to lose the battle. Some of the Israelite men hid in caves, thickets and rocks. Others hid in tombs or in deep dry pits.
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People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of Jehovah's terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth.
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The kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the military commanders, and the mighty men, and every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
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I am going to send for many fishermen, says Jehovah, and they will catch the people of Israel. After that, I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt for them on every mountain and hill and even in the cracks in the rocks.
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Rocks » Used as » Places for shelter by the poor in their distress
They are wet with the rain of the mountains. They cling to the rock in search of shelter.
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Shriveled up from need and hunger, they gnaw at the dry and barren ground during the night.
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They have to live in dry riverbeds (the clefts of the valleys) (wadis), in holes in the ground, and among rocks.
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Rocks » Used as » Altars
So Manoah took a young goat and some grain, and offered them on the rock altar to Jehovah the God who works wonders.
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The angel told him: Put the meat and the bread on this rock, and pour the broth over them. Gideon did so. Jehovah's angel reached out and touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick he was holding. Fire came out of the rock and burned up the meat and the bread. Then the angel disappeared.
Rocks » Used as » Places of observation
I see them from the top of rocky cliffs. I look at them from the hills. I see a nation that lives by itself! These are people who do not consider themselves to be like other nations.
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Then Jehovah said: Look, there is a place near me. Stand by this rocky cliff.
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Rocks » Used as » Places for idolatrous worship
Are you inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
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