17 occurrences in 8 translations

'Laborers' in the Bible

You may take the Sabbath produce of the land for your food you, your male and maid servants, your hired laborers, and the resident alien with you.

Verse ConceptsHiringStrangers

If it accepts your offer of peace and opens its gates to you, all the people found in it will become forced laborers for you and serve you.

Verse ConceptsForced LabourMaking Peace With Enemies

But, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites live in Ephraim to this day, but they are forced laborers.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtNot Driving Them OutThose Subjected To PeopleForced LabourWhere People Live To This Day

Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel; the labor force numbered 30,000 men.

Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And UpForced Labour

He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the forced laborers.

Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsOne MonthTwo To Four MonthsForced Labour

Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

Verse ConceptsStonesFifty To Ninety Thousand

their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, from them Solomon levied forced laborers, even to this day.

Verse ConceptsForced LabourRelationships To This Day

And have them deliver it to the hands of the workmen who have been appointed over the house of the Lord, and have them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages of the house—

Solomon had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionMasonsOverseersSkillStonesThree Thousand And UpFifty To Ninety Thousand

He designated 70,000 as common laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work.

Verse ConceptsMasonsStonesThree Thousand And UpFifty To Ninety Thousand

were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not eliminated. Solomon put them to work as conscripted laborers, which they continue to do to this day.

However, Solomon never made conscripted laborers from among the Israelis, but they did serve as his army, as his chief captains, and as commanders in charge of his chariots and cavalry.

Verse ConceptsCommanderCaptains

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

Verse ConceptsSecretary

Then those in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall."

Verse ConceptsImpossible For PeopleRubbishNo Strength LeftTired In Activity

who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried the loads worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.

Verse ConceptsBurdensconstructionrebuilding

And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed;All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.

Verse ConceptsWagesPoolsMetaphorical Pillars

And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man,And a sword not of man will devour him.So he will not escape the sword,And his young men will become forced laborers.

Verse ConceptsSwordsGod KillingGod Will Kill The PeoplesForced Labour

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Laborer (17 instances)
Laborers (27 instances)
Labourer (6 instances)

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