14 occurrences

'Proclamation' in the Bible

Now when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsProclamationsMan's Action TomorrowBuilding AltarsFestivals Observed

So Moses issued a command, and a proclamation was circulated throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman any longer perform work for the contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more.

Verse ConceptsRestraintWork Ethic

On this same day you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.

Verse ConceptsHolidayNo Work On Feast Days

Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah—none was exempt—and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had built. And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsExemptCarrying Other LoadsWood And Stone

They made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the levy fixed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsProclamations

So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout all Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was prescribed.

Verse ConceptsLargeness

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah—the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, Human

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

Verse ConceptsHuman WillProclamationsImpulsesWords To Individuals FulfilledThe First Temple

They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they should assemble at Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfAssembling Israel

So they proclaimed and circulated a proclamation in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches and branches of other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfOlivesFoliageMyrtle

Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.

Verse ConceptsChainsCommands, in OTOrnamentsPromotionGold ChainsPurple ClothesJewelleryThird Person

When they go, I will spread My net over them;I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly.

Verse ConceptsChastisementNetsBirds, Figurative UseAbasing PeopleGod Trapping

“Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.”

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelMissionary Work, Examples OfMissionary Examplesjonah

He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water.

Verse ConceptsHeraldNoblesTasteBoth Men And Animals AffectedEating And DrinkingThe King's OrdersFasting

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Announcement (22 instances)
Declaration (361 instances)
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