26 occurrences

'Men' in the Bible

Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them about the surviving Jews who had escaped and survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsRemnantAsking Particular Questions

Then I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting in my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there was no animal with me except the one on which I was riding [so as not to attract attention].

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritRiding HorsesDuring One NightThose Who Did Not Tell

Next to Eliashib the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.

Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, made repairs for the official seat (Jerusalem residence) of the governor [of the province] beyond the [Euphrates] River.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsHuman Authority, Nature OfBeyond The River

After him the priests, the men of the [lower Jordan] valley, carried out repairs.

So I stationed armed men behind the wall in the lowest places, at the open positions [where it was least protected]; and I stationed the people in families with their swords, spears, and bows.

Verse ConceptsFamily SolidaritySpearsProtecting Your Familyvulnerability

So neither I, my brothers (relatives), my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; each took his weapon [even] to the water.

Verse ConceptsWeaponsPeople Stripping Off

the ones who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.The men of the people of Israel numbered:

Verse ConceptsGoing Together

the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

Verse ConceptsA Hundred And Some

the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743;

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine Hundred

the men of the other Nebo, 52;

Verse ConceptsFifties

besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThousandSingersTwo Hundred And SomeGroups Of Slaves

So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men, women and all who could listen with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtHoliness, As Set Apart For GodLiteracyMonth 7

Then he read from it, in front of the open square which was in front of the Water Gate, from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and women, those who could understand; and all the people listened carefully to the Book of the Law.

Verse ConceptsDawnNoonBible, Names OfNamed GatesReading The Bible

And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsCommendationPeople BlessingPeople WillingVolunteering

All the sons of Perez who lived at Jerusalem were 468 able men.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five Hundred

and their brothers, brave men, 128. Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim [one of the great men].

Verse ConceptsA Hundred And Some

The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brothers opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, as commanded by David the man of God, [one] division [singing] in response to [the men in the opposite] division.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristResponsePraise, Should Be Offered By

On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served.

Verse ConceptsWagesAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingTithesStores Of FoodBringing In The Tithe

In those days I saw some in Judah who were treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves or sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I protested and warned them on the day they sold the produce.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFig treeAgriculture, TermsGrapesReformationRest, PhysicalWinepressFigsTreading GrapesSabbath Violated

Also men of Tyre were living there who brought fish and all kinds of merchandise, and they were selling them to the people of Judah on the Sabbath, even in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsSabbath Violated

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