40 occurrences

'Forward' in the Bible

Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfDespondency, Examples OfGoing ForwardNot PrayingMoving OnMoving To A New Place

When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSetting Out

"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.

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

When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.

Verse ConceptsSetting Out

When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

Verse ConceptsSouthDoing Things TwiceSetting Out

The children of Israel went forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.

Verse ConceptsParticular Journeys

They first went forward according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

Verse ConceptsFirst Actions

First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army.

Verse ConceptsFlagsOrder Of MarchFirst To ActPeople Of Judah

The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward.

Verse ConceptsCarrying Holy ThingsThe Tabernacle

The standard of the camp of Reuben went forward according to their armies. Elizur the son of Shedeur was over his army.

Verse ConceptsFlags

The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary. The others set up the tabernacle before they arrived.

Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernacleCarrying Holy ThingsThe Tabernacle

The standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies. Elishama the son of Ammihud was over his army.

Verse ConceptsFlags

The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelFlagsLast Ones

Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward.

Verse ConceptsOrder Of Marchorganization

They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey. The ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out 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

The cloud of Yahweh was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.

Verse ConceptsDuring The Day

It happened, when the ark went forward, that Moses said, "Rise up, Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!"

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

Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsRevelation, In OtGod Appearing At The Doorway

For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward."

Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and struck them.

Verse ConceptsCapturing Gates

"Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

Verse ConceptsThree MenThree AnimalsGoing Up MountainsQuantities Of WineOaksThree Other Things

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Early LifeDavid, Rise OfAnointing With OilCeremoniesKingsKingship, HumanOilPower, HumanSymbolsThe Act Of AnointingAnointing

It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

Verse ConceptsOrdinancesStatutes To This Day

When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsPeoples Who Fled

Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, "Drive, and go forward! Don't slow down for me, unless I ask you to."

Verse ConceptsSpeedPreparing To TravelSaddling Donkeys

Isaiah said, "This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?"

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsTen ThingsGoing ForwardBackwards

Hezekiah answered, "It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps."

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsGoing ForwardBackwardsEasy For God

So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

Verse Conceptsdiligencereinforcement

The men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and [others of] the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.

Verse ConceptsFidelityInstrumentalists

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all who did the work in every kind of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

Verse ConceptsSecretary

But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry;

Verse ConceptsAngry People

They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, without anyone's help.

Verse ConceptsPaths Of Believers

But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Verse ConceptsStubbornnessPathways Of SinSelf WillBackwardsThe Hearts Incination To EvilimaginationattentionFalling Away From God

their wings were joined one to another; they didn't turn when they went; each one went straight forward.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideAngel's WingsGoing ForwardTouching Holy Things

Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went.

Verse ConceptsMoving ForwardNot Turning AsideGoing Forward

As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesNot Turning Aside

So the house of Israel shall know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day and forward.

When they have accomplished the days, it shall be that on the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, says the Lord Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, From GodDay 8Sacrifice On The Bronze AltarPeople Commended By God

Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."

Verse ConceptsLooking And Seeing

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