26 occurrences

'Square' in the Bible

and said, "Look, my lords! Please come inside your servant's house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and be on your way." But they responded, "No, we would rather spend the night in the town square."

Verse ConceptsFoot washingGuestsMorningServanthood, In SocietySalutationsHospitalityFeet WashingTravellersCity SquaresClean FeetThose Who Rose EarlyCare Of FeetStaying Temporarily

"You are to make the altar of acacia wood. It is to be five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar is to be a square, and it is to be three cubits high.

Verse ConceptsBreadthBuildingHeightWoodSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSacrifice On The Bronze AltarSetting Up The Bronze Altar

It is to be a square, one cubit long and one cubit wide, and it is to be two cubits high, with its horns of one piece with it.

Verse ConceptsSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureOne Material Thing

He made the altar for burning incense of acacia wood, a square, one cubit long, one cubit wide, and two cubits high, with its horns of one piece with it.

Verse ConceptsBreadthAltar Of IncenseSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureOne Material Thing

Then he made the altar for burnt offerings of acacia wood. It was a square, five cubits long and five cubits wide, and it was three cubits high.

Verse ConceptsWoodAcacia WoodSquaresDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSetting Up The Bronze Altar

They made the breast piece square when folded double: one span in length and one span in width when folded double.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, LinearSquaresDoubled OverDimensions Of Other Things

Gather whatever you've taken as spoils at the public square of the town, then burn the town, along with whatever you've taken, as an offering to the LORD your God. It will remain a permanent mound of ruins, never to be rebuilt again.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingRuinsBuilding CitiesArchaeologySpoils Of WarBurning Citiesgenocide

After they entered the city, they had to sit down in the public square because no one would take them into their home for the night. Just then, an old man was coming out of the fields that evening from work. The man was from the mountainous region of Ephraim and had been staying in Gibeah, even though the men of that place were descendants of Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsEveningMen Working

As the old man looked up and saw the traveling man in the public square of the city, he asked, "Now then, where are you headed? And where are you from?"

Verse ConceptsWhere From?Where To?

The old man replied, "Don't be alarmed. I'll take care of all your needs. Just don't spend the night in the public square."

Verse ConceptsSalutationsHospitalityTravellersCity Squareswelcome

David had Saul's bones and the bones of his son Jonathan removed from the custody of certain men from Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square in Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them that is, back on the day when the Philistines had killed Saul on Mount Gilboa.

Verse ConceptsSecrecyBonesPeople Hung To Death

The opening to each water cart inside the crown on top was one cubit wide, with engravings on the opening. The borders to the frames surrounding the opening were square, not round.

Verse ConceptsengravingdepthArtSquaresDimensions Of Temple Furniture

Solomon had a bronze platform constructed five cubits square and three cubits high. He had it erected in the middle of the courtyard, and stood on it. Then he knelt down on his knees in front of the entire congregation of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfBronze Items For The Tabernacle

Then he brought in the priests and descendants of Levi, gathered them into the square in the eastern part of the Temple,

He appointed military officers to take charge of the people, who gathered them together in the square near the city gate and spoke to them encouragingly,

Hathach went to Mordecai in the city square that was in front of the king's gate.

Verse ConceptsCity Squares

Then give the robes and the horse to one of the king's most noble officials. Let them put the robes on the man whom the king desires to honor, and let them put him on the horse in the main square of the city. Then let them announce in front of him, "This is what is done for the man whom the king desires to honor.'"

So Haman took the clothes and the horse, dressed Mordecai, and put him on the horse in the main square of the city. He cried out in front of him, "This is what is done for the man whom the king desires to honor."

Verse ConceptsPromotionDistinctive Clothing

I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Nature And Source OfPlumb LineRoadsStumblingEvil TimesFar From OneUnfaithfulMorality

The retaining wall in front of the guardhouses measured one cubit wide. It stood one cubit from the wall to the guardhouses, which were six cubits square.

Verse ConceptsSquaresDimensions Of ChambersDimensions Of Other ThingsRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

He measured the court in the form of a square at 100 cubits long and 100 cubits wide. The altar stood in front of the Temple.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesSquaresSetting Up The Bronze AltarIn FrontCourts Of The Temple

The door posts of the main sanctuary were square. Each door post was identical in appearance to the others.

Verse ConceptsSquares

The hearth is to be twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide; that is, it will be a four-sided square.

Verse ConceptsSquaresDimensions Of Temple Furniture

A Holy Place is to be dedicated from this area in the form of a square measuring 500 by 500 cubits, with a 50 cubit buffer zone surrounding it.

Verse ConceptsSquaresPlans For A New Templespace

The entire Terumah is to be 25,000 units by 25,000 units you are to reserve it as a holy Terumah in the form of a square within the city limits."

Verse ConceptsSquaresMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

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