79 Bible Verses about Tents

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent. Bethel was on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Jehovah and called on the name of Jehovah.

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.

Jehovah appeared again to Abraham by the oak grove of Mamre. He was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.

The boys grew up. Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors. Jacob was an upright man who stayed at home.

Moses heard people from every family cry at the entrance to their tents. Jehovah became very angry. Moses did not like it either.

The Philistines fought and defeated Israel. Every Israelite soldier fled to his tent. It was a major defeat in which thirty thousand Israelite foot soldiers died.

A worthless character named Sheba son of Bikri lived at Gilgal. He was of the tribe of Benjamin. He blew the trumpet and called out: Down with David! We will not follow him! Men of Israel, let us go home!

When all Israel realized that the king would not respond to their request, the people in answer said to the king: What share do we have in David? What is our heritage in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.

Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in. She became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca. He was comforted for the loss of his mother.

So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there. He left Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite. There was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him: Come my lord, come right in. Do not be afraid. When he came in to her tent, she covered him with a mantle.

The men carrying the Ark set it in its place inside the tent David put up for it. David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in Jehovah's presence.

The men carrying the ark set it inside the tent David had put up for it. They presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in God's presence.

The king said to the prophet Nathan: I live in a house built of cedar. Yet the Ark of God is kept in a tent!

David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David. Then he prepared a place for God's Ark and pitched a tent for it.

David already brought God's Ark from Kiriath Jearim to a place he had prepared for it. He pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

They came with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels. They entered the land and destroyed it.

May God extend the territory of Japheth. And may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.

When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling a friend about a dream. He was saying: I dreamed that a loaf of barley bread rolled into our camp and hit a tent. The tent collapsed and lay flat on the ground.

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The tent cloths of the land of Midian trembled.

They burned the cities where the Midianites lived and all their settlements.

The Syrians arose and fled while it was yet dark. They left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys in the camp and fled for their lives. The lepers came to the edge of the camp. They went into one tent and ate and drank. They took silver and gold and clothing. They entered another tent and carried away spoil and hid it.

David took the head of the Philistine to Jerusalem. But he put his armor in his tent.

When I saw among the spoils a quality Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. I hid them in the earth in the middle of my tent. So Joshua sent messengers to the tent and found it and the silver. They took them out of the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before Jehovah.

or build houses or plant crops and vineyards. Instead, you must always live in tents and move from place to place. If you obey this command, you will live a long time.'

By faith he became an alien in the Promised Land. It was not his land. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob. They were heirs with him of the same promise. He looked for the city having real foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Lot moved about with Abram. He also had flocks and herds and tents.

Jehovah appeared again to Abraham by the oak grove of Mamre. He was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. He looked up and noticed three men coming toward him. He ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed to the ground. Abraham said: My Lord, if I have now found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.read more.
Please. Let a little water be brought. Wash your feet and rest under the tree. I will bring a bite to eat to refresh you. Stay a while before you continue your journey. They responded: Very well, do as you have said. Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said: Quick! Make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.

When God had me leave my father's home and travel around, I said to her: 'Do me a favor: Wherever we go, say that I am your brother.'

This is what Jehovah has commanded: Each man should gather according to what he can eat. You shall take two quarts for each person in your tent.

Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand at the entrances to their tents and watch Moses until he went in.

Put the Levites in charge of the tent of God's words, including the equipment for the tent and everything else having to do with the tent. The Levites will carry the tent and all its equipment. They will take care of the tent and camp around it.

Your enemies will be clothed in shame. The tents of the wicked will be no more.

He drank some of its wine. He became drunk and lay undressed inside his tent.

He said to the congregation: Move away from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you'll be swept away because of all their sins.

In the middle of the day they went out. But Benhadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

Have the ropes of their tent been loosened? Will they die without wisdom?

if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

The tents of marauders prosper and those who provoke God are secure in what God's hand brings them.

The company of the godless will be barren. And fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

The light in his tent becomes dark. The lamp beside him will be put out.

For you say: 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. You must remove unrighteousness from your tents,

One day in your courtyards is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

He was of the same trade as Paul. So he stayed with them and worked at their tentmaker trade.

Make eleven curtains of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent.

Eleven curtains were made of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent.

Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that. A framework out of acacia wood should be built for the inner tent. Each frame is to be fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.read more.
It should have two identical pegs. Make all the frames for the inner tent the same way. Make twenty frames for the south side of the inner tent. Provide forty silver sockets at the bottom of the twenty frames, two sockets at the bottom of each frame for the two pegs. Prepare twenty frames for the north side of the inner tent. Also forty silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame. Prepare six frames for the far end, the west side. There should be two frames for each of the corners at the far end of the inner tent. Fasten these together at the bottom and tightly at the top by a single ring. Both corner frames will be made this way. There will be eight frames with sixteen silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame. Prepare crossbars out of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the inner tent. Also prepare five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the far end of the inner tent, the west side. The middle crossbar will run from one end to the other. It should be halfway up the frames. Cover the frames with gold. Make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Cover the crossbars with gold.

They made a cover out of rams' skins that had been dyed red for the outer tent, and over that they put a cover made of fine leather. A framework for the inner tent was made out of acacia wood. Each frame was fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.read more.
Each had two identical pegs. They made all the frames for the inner tent this same way. They made twenty frames for the south side of the inner tent. Then they made forty silver sockets placed at the bottom of the twenty frames. There were two sockets at the bottom of each frame for the two pegs. Twenty frames were also made for the north side of the inner tent. Forty silver sockets were prepared with two at the bottom of each frame. They made six frames for the far end, the west side. They made two frames for each of the corners at the far end of the inner tent. They were held together at the bottom and held tightly at the top by a single ring. Both corner frames were made this way. There were eight frames with sixteen silver sockets. There were two at the bottom of each frame. They also made crossbars out of acacia wood. Five were for the frames on one side of the inner tent, five were for those on the other side, and five were for the frames on the far side of the inner tent, the west side. The middle crossbar was made so that it ran from one end to the other, halfway up the frames. They covered the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also covered the crossbars with gold.

Regardless of how they are used all the things for the tent must be made of copper. Even the pegs for the tent and the courtyard must be made of copper.

the Tent pegs and ropes for the Tent and the enclosure;

The pegs for the tent and the surrounding courtyard were made of copper.

the curtains for the courtyard, the posts, bases, and screen for the entrance to the courtyard, the ropes and pegs, all the equipment needed for the service of the inner tent for tent of meeting;

the curtains for the courtyard, the screen for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the inner tent and the altar, and the ropes. They took care of all these things.

the posts for the surrounding courtyard, the bases, pegs, and ropes. They must take care of all this equipment. Tell each man by name the things he will carry.

Then Jael Heber's wife picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went to him while he was fast asleep and drove the peg into his temple and it went down into the ground. He was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

Jehovah of Hosts says: 'In that day the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall. The load that was on it will be destroyed.' Jehovah has spoken.

The corner stone will come from them. The tent peg will come from them. Every ruler and the battle bow will come from them.

Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that.

My tent is destroyed. All the ropes are broken. My children have left me and have disappeared. There is no one to set up my tent again or put up my tent curtains.

Isaac built an altar there and worshiped Jehovah. Then he set up his camp. His servants dug another well.

He bought the piece of land on which he pitched his tents. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver.

Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent at the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

They pitched a tent for Absalom on the palace roof. There in the sight of everyone Absalom went in and had intercourse with his father's concubines.

You cover yourself with light as with a cloak. You stretch out clouds in the sky like a curtain.

Yet, their measuring line (rule) has gone out into the entire world, their message to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent in the heavens for the sun.

We know that if our earthly house (human body) (habitation of life) is destroyed; we have a building from God. It is an everlasting house in the heavens, not made with human hands.

I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by reminding you. I know that putting off my earthly dwelling is imminent, even as our Lord Jesus Christ indicated to me.

Have them make a holy place (sanctuary) for me, and I will live among them. Make the tent and all its furnishings exactly like the plans I show you.

Construct the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. Each curtain will be forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All will be the same size. Five of the curtains must be sewn together. The other five must also be sewn together.read more.
Make fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set, Place the loops opposite each other. Make fifty gold fasteners. Use them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the tent is a single unit. Make eleven curtains of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent. Each of the eleven curtains will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide. Sew five of the curtains together into one set. Sew the remaining six into another set. Fold the sixth curtains in half to hang in front of the tent. Fasten fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set. Make fifty bronze fasteners. Put the fasteners through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit. Hang the remaining curtain over the back of the inner tent. Eighteen inches will be left over on each side because of the length of the outer tent's curtains. That should hang over each side in order to cover the inner tent. Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that. A framework out of acacia wood should be built for the inner tent. Each frame is to be fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide. It should have two identical pegs. Make all the frames for the inner tent the same way. Make twenty frames for the south side of the inner tent. Provide forty silver sockets at the bottom of the twenty frames, two sockets at the bottom of each frame for the two pegs. Prepare twenty frames for the north side of the inner tent. Also forty silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame. Prepare six frames for the far end, the west side. There should be two frames for each of the corners at the far end of the inner tent. Fasten these together at the bottom and tightly at the top by a single ring. Both corner frames will be made this way. There will be eight frames with sixteen silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame. Prepare crossbars out of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the inner tent. Also prepare five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the far end of the inner tent, the west side. The middle crossbar will run from one end to the other. It should be halfway up the frames. Cover the frames with gold. Make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Cover the crossbars with gold. Erect the inner tent according to the plans you were shown on the mountain. Build a canopy of violet, purple, and bright red yarn. Creatively work an angel design of cherubim into fine linen yarn. Hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold. Their hooks should also be of gold, on four sockets of silver. Hang up the veil under the clasps. Bring in the Ark of the Covenant there within the veil. The veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies. Place the mercy seat on the Ark of the Covenant in the holy of holies. Set the table outside the veil. Place the lamp stand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south. Place the table on the north side. Make a screen for the doorway of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver. Make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold. Their hooks should also be of gold. Cast five sockets of bronze for them.

So all the work on the inner tent of the tent of meeting was now done. The Israelites obeyed all Jehovah's instructions to Moses.

Keep the lamps lit in the tent of meeting outside the canopy where the words of my covenant are. Aaron and his descendants must keep the lamps lit in Jehovah's presence from evening until morning. This is a long lasting law among the Israelites for generations to come.

Moses used to take a tent and set it up far outside the camp. He called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who was seeking Jehovah's will used to go outside the camp to the tent of meeting.

Aaron and his sons must wear them when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to serve as priests in the holy place. They will be blameless and will not die. This is a long lasting law for him and his descendants.

Lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent. Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head there. Slaughter the bull near my altar in front of the tent.

Jehovah would speak with Moses in person (intimately) (face to face) just as someone speaks with a friend. Moses would then return to the camp. But the young man who was his helper, Joshua son of Nun, stayed in the Tent.

Jehovah (YHWH) called to Moses. He spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, He said:

Jehovah (YHWH) spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai. It was the first day of the second month in the second year after leaving Egypt. He said: