39 occurrences

'Toward' in the Bible

Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another. Every living being had two wings which covered its body on one side and on the other side.

Verse ConceptsCovering The BodyStraight ThingsAngel's Wings

Further, take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsIronSigns From GodSeparation From GodPlatesIron ObjectsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.

Verse ConceptsBare ArmsAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldProphesy!

‘Thus My anger will come to an end and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be appeased; then they will know [without any doubt] that I the Lord have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath on them.

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Shown By GodRageAnger Subsidingventing

“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them,

Verse ConceptsProphesy!

And I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land a more desolate waste than the wilderness toward Diblah [the Moabite city], throughout all the places where they live; and they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”’”

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGod's HandDestruction Of CountriesGod's Hands Stretched Out

He stretched out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of hair on my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner courtyard, where the seat of the idol (image) of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfAstral ProjectionGod's HandGateways Of The TempleFacing NorthGod Lifting PeopleVisions From GodGod Opposes IdolatryOther References To HairCourts Of The TempleInner BeautyHairdreadlocks

Then He said to me, “Son of man, now raise your eyes toward the north.” So I looked toward the north, and behold, to the north of the altar gate was this idol (image) of jealousy at the entrance.

Verse ConceptsNorthCompassesGateways Of The TempleNorth Of The AltarGod Opposes Idolatry

So He brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, between the porch (vestibule, portico) and the [bronze] altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing down toward the east and worshiping the sun.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionBowingThe SunPollutionsAnimismTurning One's BackFacing EastBowing To False GodsTwenty SomeWorship Of The SunCourts Of The TempleSunWorshiping GodSunshinefootballapostasyislam

I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Verse ConceptsGod Scattering IsraelThings StrippedNo HelpGod's Sword

So I will calm My wrath toward you and My jealousy [resulting from being denied what is rightfully and uniquely mine] will turn away from you; I will be pacified and no longer angry.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfAnger SubsidingGod Will No More Be Angry

Then it sprouted and grew and became a low, spreading vine whose branches turned [in submission] toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingSprouting PlantsSmall ThingsSproutingThose Subjected To People

“There was [also] another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and behold, this vine (Zedekiah) bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him, away from the beds where it was planted, for him to water.

Verse ConceptsEaglesWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersThose Subjected To People

All the choice men [from Judah] in all his troops will fall by the sword, and those that survive will be scattered to every wind; and you will know [without any doubt] that I the Lord have spoken.”

Verse ConceptsFugitivesRemnantKilled With The SwordSurvivors Threatened

“Son of man, set your face toward Teman, and speak out against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev (the South),

Verse ConceptsFacing South

“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and direct your [prophetic] word against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel

Verse ConceptsProphesy!

“Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfFacing

“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her

“Son of man, set your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role Of

And Egypt will never again have the confidence of the house of Israel; their wickedness will be remembered whenever Israel looks toward them [for help]. Then they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord God.”’”

Verse ConceptsOptimismRemindersTrusting Other PeopleGod's People SinningNot Seeking God

He also measured the porch of the gate facing inward [toward the temple of the Lord], one rod.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Doorways

Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits, and its side pillars, two cubits. The porch of the gate faced inward [toward the temple of the Lord].

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of DoorwaysDimensions Of PillarsPillars For Ezekiel's Temple

Its windows and its porches and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the gate that faced toward the east. It was reached by going up seven steps, and its porch was in front of them.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsWindows For The TempleEast GatesStepsSame Sizes

Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches, and they measured the same as the others.

Verse ConceptsPillars For Ezekiel's TempleSouth GatesSame Sizes

The inner courtyard had a gate toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

Verse ConceptsFacing SouthCourts Of The Temple

He brought me into the inner courtyard toward the east, and he measured the gate; it measured the same as the others.

Verse ConceptsSame SizesCourts Of The Temple

Its side pillars faced the outer courtyard, and palm tree decorations were [carved] on them on either side. And its stairway had eight steps.

Verse ConceptsEight ThingsPillars For Ezekiel's TempleSteps

From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner courtyard, one of which was beside the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one beside the south gate facing toward the north.

Verse ConceptsFacing NorthNorth GatesFacing SouthSouth GatesSingersRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

The doorways of the side chambers toward the free space were one doorway toward the north and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the free space was five cubits all around.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of DoorwaysNorth Gates

so that the face of a man was toward the palm decoration on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm decoration on the other side. It was carved [this way] on the entire house (temple) all around.

Verse ConceptsCreatures Like LionsLike Men

Along the length, one hundred cubits, was the north door; and the width was fifty cubits.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Buildings

And the outer wall, by the side of the chambers, toward the outer courtyard facing the chambers, was fifty cubits long.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Walls

In the width of the wall of the courtyard toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, were chambers;

And like the entrances of the chambers that were toward the south there was an entrance at the head of the walkway, the walkway in front of the dividing wall toward the east, as one enters them.

Verse ConceptsEast Gates

Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out toward the gate which faced east and measured the outer area all around.

Verse ConceptsFacing EastEnd Of ActionsMeasuring The Temple

Then he [my guide] brought me back to the door of the house [the temple of the Lord]; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house (temple) toward the east, for the front of the temple was facing east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.

Verse ConceptsProphetic VisionsFacing Eastpotential

Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah (the Jordan Valley); then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the Dead Sea shall be healed and become fresh.

Verse ConceptsDead SeaSweetness

The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the priests, toward the north 25,000 cubits in length, and toward the west 10,000 in width, and toward the east 10,000 in width, and toward the south 25,000 in length; and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the midst of it.

Verse ConceptsNorth, South, East And WestMeasuring Jerusalem And The LandPlans For A New Temple

The city shall have open country: toward the north 250 cubits, and toward the south 250, toward the east 250, and toward the west 250.

Verse ConceptsNorth, South, East And WestMeasuring Jerusalem And The Landspace

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