73 occurrences in 13 translations

'Took' in the Bible

And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:

For all the first sons are mine; on the day when I put to death all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I took for myself every first male birth of man and beast. They are mine; I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsClaimsDeath Of The FirstbornI Am The LordPeople Belong To God

And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Verse ConceptsValuation Of PeopleRight Measures

So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people took in hand the numbering of the sons of the Kohathites, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsCounting Levites

And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.

And the Levites were made clean from sin, and their clothing was washed, and Aaron gave them for a wave offering before the Lord; and Aaron took away their sin and made them clean.

Verse ConceptsSwingingClean ClothesBeing Cleansed From SinPriests Atoning

And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

Verse ConceptsParticular Journeys

And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

Verse ConceptsFirst Actions

And Moses went out and gave the people the words of the Lord: and he took seventy of the responsible men of the people, placing them round the Tent.

Verse ConceptsSeventies

And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRevelation, In OtProphesyingOnceOnly Onceelders

The people were up all that day and night and all the next day gathering the quail—the one who took the least gathered 50 bushels—and they spread them out all around the camp.

Verse ConceptsGluttonyExcessWeights And Measures, DryGathering FoodLabour Day And Night

And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.

Verse ConceptsAaron, CharacterWorldly Ambition ExamplesEnvy, Example Of

They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)

Verse ConceptsSeven YearsGiants

When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which was carried on a pole by two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

Verse ConceptsFruitBranches, Types OfFigsPomegranates

That place was named the valley of Eshcol because of the grapes which the children of Israel took from there.

And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

Verse ConceptsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And those who saw him getting sticks took him before Moses and Aaron and all the people.

So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyOutside The Camp

I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be your God: I am the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtThe Lord Is GodI Will Be Their GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:

Verse ConceptsRevolts

took two hundred and fifty men from the {Israelites}, leaders of the community summoned from the assembly, {renowned men}, and {they confronted} Moses.

Verse ConceptsTwo Hundred And SomeRosesrebellion

And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.

Verse ConceptsAssembling At The Doorway

And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfThe Ground Being SplitSwallowingpossessions

And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

Verse ConceptsCensers

And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

Verse ConceptsAtonementIndividuals Running

He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked.

Verse ConceptsMediatorCessationNot DyingDeath PreventedThings Stopping

And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

And the Lord gave ear to the voice of our cry, and sent an angel and took us out of Egypt: and now we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your land;

Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsPrayer, Answers ToAngels Going At God's BiddingGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And Moses took off Aaron's robes, and put them on Eleazar, his son; and there on the top of the mountain death came to Aaron: then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfPeople Stripping PeoplePriests Garments

And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking Israel

Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.

Verse ConceptsArnon

And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.

And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

Verse ConceptsSpiesSpying

So they struck him, his sons, and his whole army until no one was left, and they took possession of his land.

Verse ConceptsExtermination

But God was incensed that Balaam was going, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand on the path to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyConfrontationOpposition, To Sin And EvilGod As EnemyTwo Other Men

Then the angel of the Lord took up his position in a narrow road through the vine-gardens, with a wall on this side and on that.

Verse ConceptsVineyardNarrow Things

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyBaal Worship, HistorySeeing People

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

Verse ConceptsInvitationsJacob, The PatriarchCrude LanguageCursing IsraelWise Proverbs

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Blessing And CurseBlessed By Godcurses

So Balak took him to Lookout Field on top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!Wise Proverbs

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseReceiving SightWise Proverbs

He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

Verse ConceptsCrouchingLying Down To RestLike CreaturesBlessing And CurseBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Verse ConceptsReceiving SightWise Proverbs

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstPeople BeginningWise Proverbs

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Verse ConceptsNestsWise Proverbs

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

Verse ConceptsWise Proverbs

For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing To False GodsFood Offered To Idols

And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

Verse ConceptsJavelinscouplesinterracial

And by this agreement, he and his sons after him have the right to be priests for ever; because, by his care for the honour of his God, he took away the sin of the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtSin, God's Remedy For

And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

Verse ConceptsHalloween

And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtSpoils Of WarDealing With Young People

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

And the prisoners and the goods and everything they had taken, they took to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the people of Israel, to the tent-circle in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

Verse ConceptsHalf Of PossessionsDividing PlunderWarSharingBattledivision

Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

Verse ConceptsThree To Nine Hundred ThousandPossessing Sheep

Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

and told him, "Your servants took a count of the soldiers who were under our authority. We didn't miss a single man.

Verse ConceptsCounting SoldiersAll PeopleMissing SomeoneBattleBeing Lost

And we have here an offering for the Lord from what every man took in the war, ornaments of gold, leg-chains and arm-rings, finger-rings, ear-rings, and neck-ornaments, to make our souls free from sin before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBraceletsEarringsGoldOrnamentsRingsSealsNecklace

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

Verse ConceptsGold Ornaments

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

Verse ConceptsMemorialTent Of Meeting

For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.

Verse ConceptsHindering God's Work

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.

Verse ConceptsPeople Naming Things

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Verse ConceptsCommemorationPeople Naming Things

They departed from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Verse ConceptsDeserts, SpecificThree DaysIsrael In The WildernessParticular JourneysA Way Through The Red Sea

And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

Verse ConceptsWilderness Of Zin

For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites, the children of the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance according to the house of their families.

Verse ConceptsReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers:

Verse ConceptsCousins

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