6 occurrences

'Sworn' in the Bible

For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, to whom the Lord had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Verse ConceptsFoodProperty, LandThe Number FortyDisobedience, To GodExclusionThe Promised Land40 To 50 YearsDeath As PunishmentMilk And Honeyconsequencesmovementwandering

Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the harlot’s house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, as you have sworn to her.”

Verse ConceptsSpyingBringing People Out Of Other PlacesTwo Other Men

The sons of Israel did not strike them because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the Lord the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsFaultsResentment, Against People

But all the leaders said to the whole congregation, “We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsTouchUnable To Harm

So the Lord gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.

Verse ConceptsYear Of JubileeGod Gave The Land

And the Lord gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the Lord gave all their enemies into their hand.

Verse ConceptsInvincibilityThose God Gave Into Their HandsTime Of PeaceRest

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