al H5921

עַל (al) means “upon” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עַל Hebrew · H5921 5,771 tagged occurrences in 4,490 verses

Pronunciation guide: al Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5921A

עַל · al · upon

prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative)

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TBESH · H5921B

[כִּי] עַל [כֵּן] · [ki] al [ken] · as

conj forasmuch as, because that, because, notwithstanding, although

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV glosses: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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How translators render H5921

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
on	762
over	289
against	210
in	205
to	197
for	152
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at	88
by	82
therefore	74
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above	45
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into	32
it on	32
vvv	31
about	30
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concerning	27
that is why	26
near	25
over you	25
beside	24
according to	23
along	23
from me	23
on him	22
against it	21
you	21
was in charge of	20
him	19
for him	18
upon him	18
for you	17
them	17
and against	16
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so	16
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on you	15
to you	15
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was over	15
around	13
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me	13
why	13
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facedown	12
men in	12
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us	12
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as	11
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it	8
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her	7
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it pleases	4
of you	4
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past	4
this is why	4
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across	3
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faces	3
for it	3
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he was wearing	3
high above	3
i am against	3
i am against you	3
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in spite of	3
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it into	3
next to	3
next to it	3
nor	3
on account of	3
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where	3
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with us	3
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my	2
nearby	2
no wonder	2
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than	2
the city	2
their	2
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with you	2
you on	2
your	2
a high	1
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above you	1
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and show me	1
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at you in scorn	1
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back upon	1
be entrusted	1
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being responsible for	1
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both	1
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but fully	1
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by me	1
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company	1
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entrusted with	1
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for battle against her	1
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for the people	1
for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
from atop	1
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from each of them	1
from fighting against	1
from her	1
from her shoulder	1
from here	1
from it	1
from my people	1
from us	1
from which	1
from your neck	1
from yourselves	1
grieving for	1
had	1
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hagar by	1
has aroused	1
he has received money from	1
he has veiled	1
he will reign on	1
he wrote on	1
her husband	1
here because of	1
here by	1
his own	1
his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
in addition to them	1
in addition to these	1
in charge	1
in charge of them	1
in front of it	1
in his grasp	1
in his presence	1
in me	1
in mourning for	1
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is ordained for	1
is rewarded for his ways	1
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is to remain	1
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is with	1
it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
kindly to them	1
led	1
let me supply	1
lies in	1
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like	1
loaded with	1
long as you live in	1
longed for	1
look on you	1
looms over	1
lying	1
lying on	1
manned	1
may be before	1
may you have	1
moreover	1
must wear the robe	1
my people	1
myself	1
near amasa	1
now	1
now tamar was wearing	1
of all	1
of him	1
of him instead	1
of his	1
of its value	1
of its value to it	1
of me	1
of the gatekeepers	1
of the value	1
of them	1
of your body	1
off my people	1
oil into	1
on aaron	1
on account	1
on account of her	1
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on each of	1
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on the altar	1
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on this altar	1
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over her	1
over me is	1
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over the boy again	1
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over whom	1
over you and said	1
part of	1
pot on	1
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reaches to	1
regard	1
regulating	1
rest on	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
since	1
so by	1
some	1
songs	1
standing above them	1
standing on	1
still in	1
stood in	1
supporting	1
tenderly to	1
that	1
that are on it	1
that has come upon you	1
that is on them	1
that spirit on	1
that spirit on them	1
that they	1
that was in	1
that you have in	1
the envoys	1
the envoys gladly	1
the load	1
the lord	1
the nursing child	1
the oil on	1
the ropes off	1
the space above	1
the steward	1
their bodies by	1
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themselves to	1
then along with	1
there on	1
these officers were in charge of	1
they	1
they turn against	1
they were in charge of	1
they were responsible for	1
they will attack	1
they will attack us	1
things against	1
this happened because	1
this to	1
though	1
to ahaz	1
to assist	1
to be in charge of	1
to fall into	1
to fight	1
to himself	1
to his people	1
to meet	1
to mount it on	1
to my sorrow	1
to reach	1
to that city	1
to the city	1
to the fire	1
to your	1
to your yoke	1
toward them	1
toward us	1
turned against them	1
turned away from her	1
turns on	1
unanswered	1
up	1
up on	1
upon elisha	1
upon himself	1
upon myself	1
upon yourself	1
upon yourselves	1
was above	1
was beside	1
was lifted up toward	1
was on moses	1
was over them	1
was placed	1
was reclining	1
was under	1
was upon	1
was upon us	1
we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
were above	1
were arranged	1
were assigned to	1
were at	1
were beside	1
were over	1
were responsible for	1
were still covering	1
what you have in	1
when	1
wherever	1
while those facing	1
who supervised	1
who was at	1
will be next to it	1
will be over you	1
will be set against	1
will come against	1
will grow even	1
will he	1
will remain on	1
will turn to	1
with achish	1
with her	1
with me	1
with rehoboam	1
within	1
word throughout	1
written in	1
yet	1
yet he watches over	1
you are wearing	1
you at	1
you concerning	1
you for	1
you in	1
you over	1
you to	1
you would	1
your bags to	1
your doom	1
your downfall	1
your responsibility	1
yourself in	1
yourselves above	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
beside	3
upon	3
above	2
against	2
by	2
in	2
according to	1
after	1
against them touching	1
among	1
and	1
and from	1
as	1
because	1
beyond the time	1
both	1
by reason of	1
for	1
for through	1
from	1
from off	1
from out	1
him according	1
him of	1
how long	1
in that	1
near	1
of them had the charge of	1
off	1
on	1
out	1
over	1
over us	1
than	1
than they	1
them out of	1
thereof from	1
throughout	1
to	1
to him concerning	1
with	1

Verses containing H5921

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Genesis 50:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.
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Genesis 50:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
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Exodus 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
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Exodus 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
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Exodus 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
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Exodus 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
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Exodus 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
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Exodus 2:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
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Exodus 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
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Exodus 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
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Exodus 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
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Exodus 3:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
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Exodus 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
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Exodus 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
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Exodus 3:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
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Exodus 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
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Exodus 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
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Exodus 5:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
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Exodus 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
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Exodus 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
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Exodus 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
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Exodus 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
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Exodus 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
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Exodus 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
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Exodus 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
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Exodus 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
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Exodus 7:19 · BSB · 5 occurrences
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
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Exodus 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
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Source alternate reference: 7.28
Exodus 8:5 · BSB · 4 occurrences
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
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Source alternate reference: 8.1
Exodus 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
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Source alternate reference: 8.2
Exodus 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
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Source alternate reference: 8.3
Exodus 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
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Source alternate reference: 8.5
Exodus 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
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Source alternate reference: 8.8
Exodus 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
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Source alternate reference: 8.17
Exodus 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
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Source alternate reference: 8.18
Exodus 9:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences
It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
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Exodus 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
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Exodus 9:22 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
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Exodus 9:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
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Exodus 10:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”
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Exodus 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
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Exodus 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
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Exodus 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
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Exodus 10:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
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Exodus 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
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Exodus 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
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Exodus 11:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
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Exodus 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
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Exodus 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
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