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
from	128
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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
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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
over us	16
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
against us	12
facedown	12
men in	12
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us	12
along with	11
as	11
atop	11
away from	11
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it	8
next	8
off	8
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her	7
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administrator	6
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east	4
here	4
in addition to	4
in command	4
in him	4
it is because	4
it pleases	4
of you	4
on me	4
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on your behalf	4
past	4
this is why	4
with him	4
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across	3
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cover	3
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faces	3
for it	3
from them	3
he was wearing	3
high above	3
i am against	3
i am against you	3
in front of	3
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
about him	2
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my	2
nearby	2
no wonder	2
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outside the city	2
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overlooking	2
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than	2
the city	2
their	2
their own	2
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with you	2
you on	2
your	2
a high	1
a message	1
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about you	1
above me	1
above them	1
above you	1
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against you jerusalem	1
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and show me	1
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at what	1
at you in scorn	1
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back upon	1
be entrusted	1
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before me	1
behalf	1
being responsible for	1
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between	1
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both	1
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but fully	1
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by me	1
by such things	1
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company	1
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concerning you o nineveh	1
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crossing	1
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entrusted with	1
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facing	1
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foes	1
for battle against her	1
for its contents	1
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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had charge	1
had charge of	1
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 for me	1
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is ordained for	1
is rewarded for his ways	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
on the bodies	1
on their	1
on their bodies	1
on their heads	1
on them like dew	1
on this altar	1
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on which	1
on which was placed	1
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ourselves	1
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over edom	1
over her	1
over me is	1
over that	1
over the boy again	1
over to	1
over whom	1
over you and said	1
part of	1
pot on	1
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prepared on	1
reaches to	1
regard	1
regulating	1
rest on	1
rests on	1
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
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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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Exodus 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”
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Exodus 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
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Exodus 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
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Exodus 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
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Exodus 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
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Exodus 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
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Exodus 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
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Exodus 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall have no other gods before Me.
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Exodus 20:5 · BSB · 3 occurrences
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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Exodus 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
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Exodus 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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Exodus 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
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Exodus 20:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
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Exodus 20:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
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Exodus 20:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
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Exodus 21:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
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Exodus 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
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Exodus 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
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Exodus 21:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
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Exodus 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
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Source alternate reference: 22.2
Exodus 22:9 · BSB · 6 occurrences
In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
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Source alternate reference: 22.8
Exodus 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
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Source alternate reference: 22.24
Exodus 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
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Exodus 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
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Exodus 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
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Exodus 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
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Exodus 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.
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Exodus 24:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
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Exodus 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
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Exodus 25:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
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Exodus 25:12 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
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Exodus 25:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.
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Exodus 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
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Exodus 25:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
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Exodus 25:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
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Exodus 25:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
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Exodus 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.
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Exodus 25:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
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Exodus 25:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
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Exodus 26:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.
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Exodus 26:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.
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Exodus 26:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
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Exodus 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.
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Exodus 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.
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Exodus 26:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.
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Exodus 26:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
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Exodus 26:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
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Exodus 26:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
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Exodus 27:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
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Exodus 27:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
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We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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