28 occurrences

'Cities' in the Bible

And ye come near unto me, all of you, and say, Let us send men before us, and they search for us the land, and they bring us back word concerning the way in which we go up into it, and the cities unto which we come in;

Verse ConceptsSpies

whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim -- we have seen there.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCitydoubt, results ofdiscouragementHeart, HumanLargenessPessimismSkyHuman EmotionFaint HeartednessGiantsLosing CourageWhere To?Sky, Figurative Use

and we capture all his cities at that time, and devote the whole city, men, and the women, and the infants -- we have not left a remnant;

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationNo SurvivorsExtermination

only, the cattle we have spoiled for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we have captured.

Verse ConceptsSpoils Of War

Only, unto the land of the sons of Ammon thou hast not drawn near, any part of the brook Jabbok, and cities of the hill-country, and anything which Jehovah our God hath not commanded.

Verse ConceptsGod Forbidding

and we capture all his cities at that time, there hath not been a city which we have not taken from them, sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Verse ConceptsFortified CitiesSixties

All these are cities fenced with high walls, two-leaved doors and bar, apart from cities of villages very many;

Verse ConceptsCityGatesVillagesWallsCitiesOutside The CityWalled TownsUnguarded

and all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we have spoiled for ourselves.

all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan,

And this land we have possessed, at that time; from Aroer, which is by the brook Arnon, and the half of mount Gilead, and its cities, I have given to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite;

Verse ConceptsHillsHalf Of DistrictsArnonReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

Only, your wives, and your infants, and your cattle -- I have known that ye have much cattle -- do dwell in your cities which I have given to you,

Verse ConceptsOther WivesRules About Young People

Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,

Verse ConceptsThe SunThree CitiesBeyond Jordan

for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived:

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyManslaughterNot HatingUnintentional

And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee -- cities great and good, which thou hast not built,

Verse ConceptsCityLargenessBuilding CitiesThe Promised LandCities In IsraelGod Gave The Land

'Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens;

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCityLargenessComparisonsCrossing Into The Promised Landisrael

When thou hearest, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to dwell there, one saying,

'When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

Verse ConceptsAlms, Good DeedsHardness Of HeartOppression, Nature OfSympathyUnkindnessGiving, Advice OnDo Not Be StingyPeople Without MercyHelping The PoorHelping Those In Need

'When there is found in thy midst, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, a man or a woman who doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah thy God by transgressing His covenant,

Verse ConceptsAbominations, Judgments OfBreaking The Covenant

'And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel, where he hath sojourned, and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,

'When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Will Kill The Peoples

three cities thou dost separate for thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

Verse ConceptsHighwayThree Cities

even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died -- he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived,

Verse ConceptsForestsToolsWoodCarpentry ToolsFelling TreesSharp ToolsIron Objects

therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.

Verse ConceptsThree Cities

when thou keepest all this command to do it, which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days -- then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three;

Verse ConceptsThree CitiesWalking In The Ways Of GodIf You Keep The CommandmentsThe Need To Love God

And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him -- the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,

Verse ConceptsWaitingPeople WaitingJudged As Murderers

So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

Verse ConceptsFar From Here

Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee for an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing;

Verse ConceptsCities Under AttackMassacresbreathingbreathgenocide

then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one,

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