7 occurrences in 11 translations

'Explain' in the Bible

“Son of man, explain Jerusalem’s detestable practices to her.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationChallengesSin Made Known

“Will you pass judgment against them, will you pass judgment, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their fathers to them.

Verse ConceptsSins Of The FathersThings Revealed

“As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.

Verse ConceptsResponsibility For Blood ShedGiving Information

Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Verse ConceptsAtonement, in OTHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesUnfaithfulness, To GodCorrupt PriestsClean And UncleanSabbath ViolatedThey Do Not Keep CommandsLack Of Holiness

Then the people told me, "Are you going to explain what these things that you're doing should mean to us?"

Verse ConceptsMeaning

When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these things?’—

Verse ConceptsMeaning

They must teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesTeachersMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanTeaching The Way Of GodDiscernment

Bible Theasaurus

Excuse (22 instances)
Exemplify (1 instance)
Explain (76 instances)
Interpret (23 instances)

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