20 occurrences

'Brethren' in the Bible

And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and him also that sojourneth with him.

Verse ConceptsCourtsJudgesMagistratesJudging RightlyForeigners Included In The Law

Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, They are a people greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

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

And command the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you; and ye shall be very guarded:

Verse ConceptsFearing Other People

And we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-geber, and we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

Verse ConceptsHighway

And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to take possession of it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all who are combatants.

Verse ConceptsUnity, Of God's PeopleGod Gave The Land

until Jehovah give rest to your brethren, as well as to you, and they also take possession of the land that Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan; then shall ye return, each man to his possession, which I have given you.

Verse ConceptsNot going home directlyTime Of Peace

Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God told him.

Verse ConceptsGod Is My PortionNo Earthly Inheritance

If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;

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

thou shalt only set him king over thee whom Jehovah thy God will choose: from among thy brethren shalt thou set a king over thee; thou mayest not set a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.

Verse ConceptsForeignersStrangersLaws Restricting ForeignersStrangers in israel

that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left; that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideAction For A Long TimeDo Not Be ProudTurning To Right And LeftAuthority

but they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah, he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

Verse ConceptsGod Is My PortionNo Earthly Inheritance

and shall serve in the name of Jehovah his God, as all his brethren the Levites that stand there before Jehovah,

Verse ConceptsIn God's Name

Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him shall ye hearken;

Verse ConceptsConsistencyMoses, Significance OfTypes Of ChristChrist, Types OfMessianic PropheciesLike Good PeopleJesus The Prophet

A prophet will I raise up unto them from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Verse ConceptsMediatorMessengerMouthsRevelation, In OtJesus The ProphetSpeaking The Word God GivesSpecial RevelationRevelation Through Direct Communication

If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentKidnappingCommerceDeath Penalty For Violencerelaxation

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not marry a stranger abroad: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalBrothersLoyaltyStrangersLack Of SonsBrothers in lawDutyDeath Of A Family MemberRelationships With BoyfriendDeath Of A ChildMarriage Between Man And WomanRaising ChildrenWomen's RolesRelationships And DatingFamily Deathculture

Who said to his father and to his mother, I see him not, And he acknowledged not his brethren, And knew not his own children; For they have observed thy word, And kept thy covenant.

Verse ConceptsNeglecting PeopleNot Honouring ParentsMothers And Sons

And by the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof. And let the good will of him that dwelt in the bush Come upon the head of Joseph, Upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

Verse ConceptsHeadsPrinces

And of Asher he said, Asher shall be blessed with sons; Let him be acceptable to his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.

Verse ConceptsProvision Of OilCare Of FeetAcceptanceSons Being A Blessing

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Brethren (566 instances)