7 occurrences

'Country' in the Bible

For seven days no leaven is to be seen in your houses: for whoever takes bread which is leavened will be cut off from the people of Israel, if he is from another country or if he is an Israelite by birth.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadDisfellowshipSeven DaysForeigners Included In The LawThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

A man from a strange country living among you, and a servant working for payment, may not take part in it.

And if a man from another country is living with you, and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all the males of his family undergo circumcision, and then let him come near and keep it; for he will then be as one of your people; but no one without circumcision may keep it.

Verse ConceptsForeignersExclusivenessUncircumcisionForeigners Permitted At The FeastsCircumcisionStrangers in israelAliens

The law is the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from a strange country who is living with you.

Verse ConceptsForeignersForeigners Included In The LawStrangers in israelAliens

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyWork, And RestIndustryStrangersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekForeigners Included In The LawDay 7No Work On Feast DaysRegulations For Men And WomenSabbaths InstitutedStrangers in israel

Bible Theasaurus

Commonwealth (2 instances)
Country (613 instances)
Nation (326 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain