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'Surrounding' in the Bible

All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

Verse ConceptsTentsPegsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

the bases for the surrounding courtyard, the bases for the gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs for the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the surrounding courtyard.

Verse ConceptsPegsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

Assemble the surrounding courtyard and hang the screen for the gate of the courtyard.

Verse ConceptsGates Of The Temple

Next Moses set up the surrounding courtyard for the tabernacle and the altar and hung a screen for the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

Verse ConceptsGates Of The Temple

He will present part of the fellowship sacrifice as a fire offering to the Lord: the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat that is on the entrails,

Verse ConceptsFat Of The SacrificesPeace offerings

He will then present part of the fellowship sacrifice as a fire offering to the Lord consisting of its fat and the entire fat tail, which he is to remove close to the backbone. He will also remove the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat on the entrails,

Verse ConceptsTailsPeace offerings

He will present part of his offering as a fire offering to the Lord: the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat that is on the entrails,

He is to remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering: the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat that is on the entrails,

Verse ConceptsFat Of The Sacrifices

The offerer must present all the fat from it: the fat tail, the fat surrounding the entrails,

Verse ConceptsTailsFat Of The Sacrifices

They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat surrounding the entrails, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe of the liver—

Verse ConceptsTailsResidueFat Of The Sacrifices

in addition to the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.

Verse ConceptsPegs

the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and all the work related to them. You are to assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.

Verse ConceptsTentsPegs

So Moses gave them—the Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land including its cities with the territories surrounding them.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityFractions, One HalfReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

The Jordan formed the border on the east side.This was the inheritance of Benjamin’s descendants, by their clans, according to its surrounding borders.

Verse ConceptsEastern Borders

and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the south).This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon’s descendants by their clans.

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah. Arba was the father of Anak.

Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.

and abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods from the surrounding peoples and bowed down to them. They infuriated the Lord,

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentRenunciationBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

The cities from Ekron to Gath, which they had taken from Israel, were restored; Israel even rescued their surrounding territories from Philistine control. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

Verse ConceptsAmoritesCities In IsraelRestoring ThingsTime Of Peace

Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying Pharaoh’s daughter. Solomon brought her to live in the city of David until he finished building his palace, the Lord’s temple, and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersFortificationsAliancesCityBuildingJerusalem, History OfKingsPolygamySolomon, Character OfSolomon, Life OfWallsBuilding Jerusalem's WallBuilding Relationships

for he had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all his surrounding borders.

Verse ConceptsWestWest SidesTime Of Peacebridgesdominion

He was wiser than anyone—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol. His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations.

Verse ConceptsFame

He carved all the surrounding temple walls with carved engravings—cherubim, palm trees and flower blossoms—in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

Verse ConceptsFlowersCarvings Of FlowersSculptureCherubim, As DecorationsCherubim Depicted

When the servant of the man of God got up early and went out, he discovered an army with horses and chariots surrounding the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

Verse ConceptsMorningEnemies SurroundingAttacking With ChariotsThose Who Rose EarlyEarthly Armiesservanthoodarmy

Then the guards stood with their weapons in hand surrounding the king—from the right side of the temple to the left side, by the altar and by the temple.

Verse ConceptsWeapons

They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionConformityPrayerlessnessRejection Of GodImitating Wicked PeopleForsaking God's ThingsUseless EndeavourBreaking The Covenant

Then he did away with the idolatrous priests the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas surrounding Jerusalem. They had burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, moon, constellations, and the whole heavenly host.

Verse ConceptsConstellationsHigh PlacesMoonPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesIncense Offered AmissIdolatrous Worship Of The Moon

The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record for themselves.

They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

He built up the city all the way around, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding parts, and Joab restored the rest of the city.

Verse ConceptsBuildingZion, As A Place

But a son will be born to you; he will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies, for his name will be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel during his reign.

Verse ConceptsQuietnessRest, PhysicalGod Naming PeopleRestSleeping Peacefully

The plans contained everything he had in mind for the courts of the Lord’s house, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries of God’s house, and the treasuries for what is dedicated.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingDivine PlansTreasuriesStores Of Food

along with all his reign, his might, and the incidents that affected him and Israel and all the kingdoms of the surrounding lands.

The likeness of oxen was below it, completely encircling it, 10 every half yard, completely surrounding the reservoir. The oxen were cast in two rows when the reservoir was cast.

Verse ConceptsSculpture

Then he stationed all the troops with their weapons in hand surrounding the king—from the right side of the temple to the left side, by the altar and by the temple.

Verse ConceptsWeaponsFriends Surrounding

He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali and on their surrounding mountain shrines.

They set up the altar on its foundation and offered burnt offerings for the morning and evening on it to the Lord even though they feared the surrounding peoples.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBurnt offeringSacrifice, In OtAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAt Morning And EveningSetting Up The Bronze AltarFear Of Enemies

After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said: “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Verse ConceptsSeparationAbominations, Perverse Sexuality

Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

Verse ConceptsMixing People

Our guilt has been terrible from the days of our fathers until the present. Because of our iniquities we have been handed over, along with our kings and priests, to the surrounding kings, and to the sword, captivity, plundering, and open shame, as it is today.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForHumiliation

You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: “The land you are entering to possess is an impure land. The surrounding peoples have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness by their impurity and detestable practices.

Verse ConceptsGod Spoke By The ProphetsUnclean Things

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, responded to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples, but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodOptimismParticipation, In SinUnfaithfulness, To God

Therefore, make a confession to Yahweh the God of your fathers and do His will. Separate yourselves from the surrounding peoples and your foreign wives.”

Verse ConceptsMarriages, Believers With UnbelieversParticipation, In SinFellowship With WickedSeparation From Evil PeopleSin ConfessedActual Divorces

And next to him the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.

There were 150 Jews and officials, as well as guests from the surrounding nations at my table.

Verse ConceptsHospitality, Examples OfHospitalityTravellersA Hundred And Some

When all our enemies heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahSelf ConfidenceFear, Of UnknownSelf EsteemConfidence And Self Esteem

So their descendants went in and possessed the land:You subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land before themand handed their kings and the surrounding peoples over to them,to do as they pleased with them.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfThose God Gave Into Their Hands

The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God—

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil PeopleSingersPeople With KnowledgeTemple Assistants

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningParticipation, In SinIntermarriage

When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and will cancel every debt.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalBuying and sellingCreditRespect, For EnvironmentSabbatical YearSabbath, In OtTradeYearsDebtorsCancellation Of DeptCancelling DebtsSabbath ObservedDebt

The Lord will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion.Rule over Your surrounding enemies.

Verse ConceptsGovernmentSceptreJerusalem In Millennial Kingdom

Indeed, I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north.”This is the Lord’s declaration.They will come, and each king will set up his throneat the entrance to Jerusalem’s gates.They will attack all her surrounding wallsand all the other cities of Judah.

Verse ConceptsGatesThroneSitting In The GatewayAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

I am going to send for all the families of the north’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Prophecies Ofelection, responsibilities ofCivil authoritiesAuthority, of human institutionsMinistry, Nature OfWar As God's JudgmentHissingGod Will Kill His PeopleMade A Horror

The flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them in the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, the cities of the Negev, the land of Benjamin—the cities surrounding Jerusalem and Judah’s cities, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHillsThe Shephelah

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities:

Verse ConceptsKingdomsActual Attacks On Jerusalem

Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,everyone who knows his name.Say: How the mighty scepter is shattered,the glorious staff!

Verse ConceptsSceptreSorrowDeposing

The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

Then the nations from the surrounding provincesset out against him.They spread their net over him;he was caught in their pit.

Verse ConceptsNetsMan TrappingPeople Opposed

Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of 21 inches; each unit was the standard length plus three inches. He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was about 10 feet, and its height was the same.

Verse ConceptsLengthWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of WallsDimensions Of Other Things

The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive story, for the structure surrounding the temple went up by stages. This was the reason for the temple’s broadness as it rose. And so, one would go up from the lowest story to the highest by means of the middle one.

Verse ConceptsStairwaysDecksstructure

I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10½ feet high.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsHousesWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of ChambersFoundations Of Buildings

This is the law of the temple: all its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be especially holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

Verse ConceptsPlans For A New TempleThe Law Given To Israel

Come quickly, all you surrounding nations;gather yourselves.Bring down Your warriors there, Lord.

Verse ConceptsGathering Other NationsHurrying Others On

Let the nations be rousedand come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,for there I will sit downto judge all the surrounding nations.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeJudgment SeatSittingVigourawakening

Are you better than Thebesthat sat along the Nilewith water surrounding her,whose rampart was the sea,the river her wall?

Verse ConceptsThings SurroundingFigurative WallsSea Dwellers

Aren’t these the words that the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and secure, along with its surrounding cities, and when the southern region and the Judean foothills were inhabited?”

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelInhabitationSaying The Same ThingsGod Spoke By The ProphetsThe ShephelahRevelation Through Prophets

Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected: gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.

Verse ConceptsGoldSilverGathering MuchAmassing SilverGold TransferredFighting EnemiesGetting Rich

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Besiege (18 instances)
Border (246 instances)
Circle (90 instances)
Circumvent (1 instance)
Encircle (14 instances)
Encompassing (6 instances)
Environ (1 instance)
Fence (12 instances)
Skirt (19 instances)
Surround (69 instances)
Surrounding (232 instances)

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