24 occurrences

'Took' in the Bible

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.

Then the Lord descended in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed the Spirit on the 70 elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they never did it again.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRevelation, In OtProphesyingOnceOnly Onceelders

The people were up all that day and night and all the next day gathering the quail—the one who took the least gathered 50 bushels—and they spread them out all around the camp.

Verse ConceptsGluttonyExcessWeights And Measures, DryGathering FoodLabour Day And Night

When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which was carried on a pole by two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

Verse ConceptsFruitBranches, Types OfFigsPomegranates

Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took

Verse ConceptsRevolts

Each man took his firepan, placed fire in it, put incense on it, and stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting along with Moses and Aaron.

Verse ConceptsAssembling At The Doorway

So Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that those who were burned had presented, and they were hammered into plating for the altar,

Verse ConceptsCensers

So Aaron took his firepan as Moses had ordered, ran into the middle of the assembly, and saw that the plague had begun among the people. After he added incense, he made atonement for the people.

Verse ConceptsAtonementIndividuals Running

Moses then brought out all the staffs from the Lord’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.

So Moses took the staff from the Lord’s presence just as He had commanded him.

Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.

Verse ConceptsArnon

Israel took all the cities and lived in all these Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its villages.

So they struck him, his sons, and his whole army until no one was left, and they took possession of his land.

Verse ConceptsExtermination

But God was incensed that Balaam was going, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand on the path to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyConfrontationOpposition, To Sin And EvilGod As EnemyTwo Other Men

In the morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him to Bamoth-baal. From there he saw the outskirts of the people’s camp.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyBaal Worship, HistorySeeing People

So Balak took him to Lookout Field on top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

When Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

Verse ConceptsJavelinscouplesinterracial

Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire community,

Verse ConceptsHalloween

The Israelites took the Midianite women and their children captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtSpoils Of WarDealing With Young People

and took away all the spoils of war and the captives, both man and beast.

Moses took one out of every 50, selected from the people and the livestock of the Israelites’ half. He gave them to the Levites who perform the duties of the Lord’s tabernacle, as the Lord had commanded him.

They departed from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Verse ConceptsDeserts, SpecificThree DaysIsrael In The WildernessParticular JourneysA Way Through The Red Sea

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