8 occurrences

'Instead' in the Bible

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with Israel's priestsVicarious Substitution

And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsI Am The Lord

Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsLivestockI Am The LordPeople Belong To God

And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanBitter WaterAbsence Of SexBad WaterUnpunishedPeople Bound By Oaths

But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

Verse ConceptsLaws Of Sexual UnionSame Sex Marriage

This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

Verse ConceptsThose Jealous For People

For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

Verse ConceptsPeople Belong To God

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

Verse ConceptsIsrael In The WildernessPeople Not AbandoningCamping During The ExodusPeople With General Knowledgeguidance

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תּחת 
Tachath 
instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, in the same place
Usage: 505

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