4 occurrences

'Took' in the Bible

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they took all the people away prisoners, to give them up to Edom.

Verse ConceptsMorality, And CreationPersecution, Nature OfThree Or FourHanding Over PeoplePeople Exiled

And I took you up out of the land of Egypt, guiding you for forty years in the waste land, so that you might take for your heritage the land of the Amorite.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsGod Led Them Through The WildernessPeople Possessing Other ThingsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Give ear to this word which the Lord has said against you, O children of Israel, against all the family which I took up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Verse ConceptsFamily, Showing God's RelationshipWord Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Call OfCalling, Of IndividualsNo More Tending The FlockEducation

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Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain