'Leaving' in the Bible

Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving.

At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.

He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).

the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, "If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you."

The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites.

Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying, 'Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.' They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband."

All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites -- some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with the king.

All the land was weeping loudly as all these people were leaving. As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving on the road that leads to the desert.

Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.

King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.

So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you."

"Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.

The ships of Kittim will come against him, leaving him disheartened. He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor those who forsake the holy covenant.

After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving."

On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, leaving a great valley. Half the mountain will move northward and the other half southward.

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed them.

And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him.

But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.

They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.

The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

And he got up and followed him, leaving everything behind.

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children.

I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

and as they were leaving they said to one another, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to spread false teachings,

For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.