25 occurrences

'Inheritance' in the Bible

But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesIron, Figurative Use OfIronPeople Of God, In OtSevere AfflictionsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

“The Lord was angry with me on your account. He swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityGod Angry With Individuals

to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance, as is now taking place.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

I prayed to the Lord:Lord God, do not annihilate Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, As RedeemerGod, Majesty OfGod, Power OfPeople Of God, In OtRedemption, In Everyday LifeAbundance, SpiritualGod's HandGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfArmsGod, Power OfStrength Of GodPeople Belong To God

For this reason, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance like his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God told him.

Verse ConceptsGod Is My PortionNo Earthly Inheritance

Indeed, you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.

Verse ConceptsRestNever Giving Up

You will rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

Verse ConceptsNo Earthly Inheritance

Do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

Verse ConceptsMastersNeglectNeglecting PeopleNo Earthly Inheritancefriendliness

Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come, eat, and be satisfied. And the Lord your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSatisfactionSaints, Care For The PoorWidows, Should BeLoving ForeignersGod Will BlessNo Earthly InheritancePeople Helping Orphansfriendliness

“There will be no poor among you, however, because the Lord is certain to bless you in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance

Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleBlessings, To IsraelLand, As A Divine Responsibility

“The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the Lord’s fire offerings; that is their inheritance.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPriests, Institution In Ot TimesNo Earthly InheritancePriestly InheritancePermitted To Eat Offeringspriests

Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the Lord is his inheritance, as He promised him.

Verse ConceptsGod Is My PortionNo Earthly Inheritance

You are to determine the distances and divide the land the Lord your God is granting you as an inheritance into three regions, so that anyone who commits manslaughter can flee to these cities.

Verse ConceptsAsylumMaking RoadsDividing Into Three Things

In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityInnocent BloodSheddingResponsibility For Blood Shed

“You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, established at the start in the inheritance you will receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersAgriculture, RestrictionsBoundariesCheatingInjustice, Examples OfLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityProperty, LandStonesLandmarksReal EstatePropertyMoving OnConflictMoving To A New Placeborders

However, you must not let any living thing survive among the cities of these people the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsCities Under AttackMassacresbreathingbreathgenocide

when that man gives what he has to his sons as an inheritance, he is not to show favoritism to the son of the loved wife as his firstborn over the firstborn of the unloved wife.

Verse ConceptsReal EstateBirthrights

you are not to leave his corpse on the tree overnight but are to bury him that day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedGallowsHangingHumiliationKillingPollutionsOvernightThe Curse Of The LawPeople Hung To DeathBurying places

the first husband who sent her away may not marry her again after she has been defiled, because that would be detestable to the Lord. You must not bring guilt on the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsAbominations, Perverse SexualitySecond MarriageDefilementHusband And WifeWifeA Good Husbandspousemarraige

When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven. Do not forget.

Verse ConceptsBlottingBlotted OutTime Of Peace

“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and live in it,

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityFirst fruits

We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritanceand divided the human race,He set the boundaries of the peoplesaccording to the number of the people of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In The NationsAdam, DescendantsBoundariesMonogamySeparationThe Most HighLanguages SeparatedAccording To PeopleGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Sets BoundariesRaceborders

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