30 occurrences

'Forward' in the Bible

And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.

Verse ConceptsAccess To God, In Old TestamentStrangersExclusionMaking The TabernacleDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is NearDeath ApproachingMoving To A New Place

The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstOne Hundred Thousand And MoreFirst To Fight

The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.

Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And MoreSecond ThingDeath Of Other Groups

Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelLevitesThe Middle

The number of all the armies of Ephraim was a hundred and eight thousand, one hundred. They go forward third.

Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And MoreThird Person

The number of all the armies in the tents of Dan was a hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They will go forward last, by their flags.

Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And MoreLast Ones

So the children of Israel did as the Lord said to Moses, so they put up their tents by their flags, and they went forward in the same order, by their families, and by their fathers' houses.

Verse ConceptsFlagsCamping During The Exodus

When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it;

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSetting Out

And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationTouchCarrying Holy ThingsDeath Due To God's PresenceNot Touching

And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:

Verse ConceptsCongregationAssembling Israel

At the order of the Lord the children of Israel went forward, and at the order of the Lord they put up their tents: as long as the cloud was resting on the House, they did not go away from that place.

Verse ConceptsSetting OutCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

And sometimes the cloud was there only from evening to morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning they went on their journey again: or if it was resting there by day and by night, whenever the cloud was taken up they went forward.

Verse ConceptsMorningOne DaySetting Out

Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the children of Israel went on waiting there and did not go on; but whenever it was taken up they went forward on their journey.

Verse ConceptsTwo DaysOne MonthSetting Out

At the word of the Lord they put up their tents, and at the word of the Lord they went forward on their journey: they kept the orders of the Lord as he gave them by Moses.

Verse ConceptsDivine DirectionSetting OutCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

When a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward.

Verse ConceptsSetting Out

At the sound of a second loud note, the tents on the south side are to go forward: the loud note will be the sign to go forward.

Verse ConceptsSouthDoing Things TwiceSetting Out

They went forward for the first time on their journey as the Lord had given orders by the hand of Moses.

Verse ConceptsFirst Actions

First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.

Verse ConceptsFlagsOrder Of MarchFirst To ActPeople Of Judah

Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.

Verse ConceptsCarrying Holy ThingsThe Tabernacle

Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

Verse ConceptsFlags

Then the Kohathites went forward with the holy place; the others put up the House ready for their coming.

Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernacleCarrying Holy ThingsThe Tabernacle

Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

Verse ConceptsFlags

And the flag of the children of Dan, whose tents were moved last of all, went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelFlagsLast Ones

This was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.

Verse ConceptsOrder Of Marchorganization

So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionWeights And Measures, DistancesArk Of The Covenant, Names ForThree DaysThe Ark Moved AroundSeeking For Concrete ThingsThings Going BeforeArk Of The Covenant

And by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.

Verse ConceptsDuring The Day

And when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight before you.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahScattering The PeoplesThe Ark Moved AroundGod ArisingFleeing From GodHating GodGod Overcoming

So Miriam was shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days: and the people did not go forward on their journey till Miriam had come in again.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessStaying Put

Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, came forward: their names are Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

For we will not have our heritage with them on the other side of Jordan and forward; because our heritage has come to us on this side of Jordan to the east.

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Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain