26 occurrences in 12 translations

'Chest' in the Bible

So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he was put in a chest in Egypt.

Verse ConceptsAge, Lived Over 100embalmingBurials, FeaturesPreparation For BurialAge At DeathDeath ApproachingImmigrants

So Aaron put it away in front of the holy chest to be kept, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, Function

"At that time, the LORD told me, "Chisel two tablets of stone for yourself just like the first ones, and then come up to me on the mountain. Also make for yourself a wooden chest.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ConstructionGoing Up MountainsTwo Stone Tablets

I'll write on the tablets what was on the first tablets that you broke. Then place them in the wooden chest.'

So I made a chest out of acacia wood and chiseled two tablets of stones just like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ConstructionToolsTwo Stone Tablets

Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets in the chest that I had made. They are there now, just as the LORD commanded me."

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionTabletsMan Going Down

Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him; he protects him all the time, and the Lord places him on his chest.

Verse ConceptsSolutions To InsecurityRest, PhysicalSafetyShouldersGod's Love For Israel

Then take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way.

Verse ConceptsCartsGoldAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass Offering

They put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the chest, the gold mice, and the images of the sores.

Verse ConceptsMice

The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, which contained the gold objects. They placed them near the big stone. At that time the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLevitesSacrifice, In Ot

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsChestsRight SidesMoney Box

And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsScribesCounting MoneyMoney For The Temple

And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGatesGateways Of The Temple

And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of Possessions

Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

Verse ConceptsOfficersScribesSecretary

My heart pounds at thisand leaps from my chest.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals TremblingNervousness

Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

Verse ConceptsFire Of EvilInfidelityadultry

The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze,

Verse ConceptsStomachsBrassThighsstatues

If someone asks him: What are these wounds on your chest?—then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends.

Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesWoundsFriendsscars

Then he told them, "That is why every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom from heaven is like the master of a household who brings both new and old things out of his treasure chest."

Verse ConceptsHousesKeysTeachers Of The LawChristian TraditionsPeople Of The KingdomtrainingNew

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

Verse ConceptsContritionReconciliation, Of The World To GodRepentance, Examples OfRepentance, Nature OfConviction Of SinBeating OneselfBe Merciful!Far From Heredistancebreastspitytaxes

Leaning forward on Jesus' chest, he asked him, "Lord, who is it?"

Verse ConceptsReclining To EatWho Is The One?breasts

Peter turned around and noticed the disciple whom Jesus kept loving following them. He was the one who had put his head on Jesus' chest at the supper and had asked, "Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?"

Verse ConceptsHeart, DivineThe Beloved DiscipleJudas Betraying ChristReclining To EatWho Is The Doer?Christ's Love

having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. This contained a golden jar which held the manna, and the rod of Aaron that sprouted, and the [two stone] tablets of the covenant [inscribed with the Ten Commandments];

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestArk Of The Covenant, FunctionMannaStaffTabletsCensersOverlaid With GoldGold Items For The TabernaclTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiWeed

and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe and with a gold sash wrapped around His chest.

Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandJesus As Son Of ManChestsFine ClothesGold OrnamentsLike Men

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