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'Away' in the Bible

So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.

And Joshua let the people go away, and the children of Israel went, every man to his heritage, to take the land for themselves.

And after giving the offering, he sent away the people who had come with the offering.

Verse ConceptsSending people home

But Ehud had got away while they were waiting and had gone past the stone images and got away to Seirah.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping, Physical ThingsExamples Of EscapingEscaping From People

At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.

Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsNumbers Of Foreigners Killedhumor

Now Heber the Kenite, separating himself from the rest of the Kenites, from the children of Hobab, the brother-in-law of Moses, had put up his tent as far away as the oak-tree in Zaanannim, by Kedesh.

Verse ConceptsBrothersTentsFathers In LawsOaksBrothers in law

But Barak went after the war-carriages and the army as far as Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all Sisera's army was put to the sword; not a man got away.

Verse ConceptsConquest

The river Kishon took them violently away, stopping their flight, the river Kishon. Give praise, O my soul, to the strength of the Lord!

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.

Verse ConceptsLeavingWaiting Till Marriage

And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.

Verse ConceptsGiven Into One's Handsgroupsarmygideon

So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleSending people homegideon

Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsThe Youngest ChildBeing Killed By A RockHiding From PeopleSole SurvivorsSeventiesKilling BrothersHalf brothersanniversary

Then Jotham straight away went in flight to Beer, and was living there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesEscaping From Peoplebeer

Then Abimelech went back to Arumah; and Zebul sent Gaal and his brothers away and would not let them go on living in Shechem.

Then quickly crying out to his body-servant, he said to him, Take out your sword and put an end to me straight away, so that men may not say of me, His death was the work of a woman. So the young man put his sword through him, causing his death.

Verse ConceptsArmourArmorbearerApproval To Kill OneselfKilling Named Individuals

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went away, every man to his place.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfAbandoning ThingsPutting Away Other GodsCompetition

And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.

Verse ConceptsHalf brothers

But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?

Verse ConceptsHatredDistressHating IndividualsHalf brothers

And the king of the children of Ammon said to the men sent by Jephthah, Because Israel, when he came up out of Egypt, took away my land, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and as far as Jordan: so now, give me back those lands quietly.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsArnon

And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;

So now the Lord, the God of Israel, has taken away their land from the Amorites and given it to his people Israel; are you then to have it?

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Drove Them Out

Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.

Verse ConceptsSympathyWeepingLeave Us Alonevirginity

And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.

Verse Conceptsvirginity

And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.

Verse ConceptsCavesThighs

And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?

Verse ConceptsWhat Is The Matter?Robbing GodsUnnamed Priests

And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessTwo To Four MonthsThose Who Committed Adulterywhores

Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.

Verse ConceptsSonsThe Fourth Day Of The WeekThose Who Rose EarlyPeople Who DelayedDay 4

And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Delayed

Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day.

Verse ConceptsThe Fifth Day Of The WeekThose Who Rose EarlyPeople Who DelayedDay 5

And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.

Verse ConceptsNightMan's Action Tomorrow

But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.

Verse ConceptsPeople Unwilling

Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualHanding Over PeopleDeath Penalty For Sexual Sin

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country.

Verse ConceptsThirtyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesKilling Within Israel

And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InIsrael Fleeing

So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

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