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Studying the Bible


• Listening to the Word of God

ROMANS 10:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

• Memorizing the Bible "by Heart"

PSALM 119:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

• Reading the Bible

JOSHUA 1:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

NEHEMIAH 8:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

• Teaching from the Bible

2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17Verses in the Bible

  • 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
    2 Timothy 3:16 Meaning
  • 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
    2 Timothy 3:17 Meaning

Sharper Than a Two Edged Sword

HEBREWS 4:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Book of Life

EXODUS 32:32,33Verses in the Bible

  • 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
    Exodus 32:32 Meaning
  • 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
    Exodus 32:33 Meaning

PSALM 69:28In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

PSALM 87:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

DANIEL 12:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

LUKE 10:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

PHILIPPIANS 4:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

REVELATION 3:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

REVELATION 13:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

REVELATION 17:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

REVELATION 20:12,15Verses in the Bible

  • 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
    Revelation 20:12 Meaning

REVELATION 21:27In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

REVELATION 22:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Book of Remembrance

PSALM 56:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

PSALM 139:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

MALACHI 3:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

Genealogies Kept in

GENESIS 5:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Law of Moses contained in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy


• Given at Sinai

EXODUS 19Verses in the Bible

  • 1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
    Exodus 19:1 Meaning
  • 2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
    Exodus 19:2 Meaning
  • 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
    Exodus 19:3 Meaning
  • 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
    Exodus 19:4 Meaning
  • 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
    Exodus 19:5 Meaning
  • 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
    Exodus 19:6 Meaning
  • 7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.
    Exodus 19:7 Meaning
  • 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.
    Exodus 19:8 Meaning
  • 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.
    Exodus 19:9 Meaning
  • 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
    Exodus 19:10 Meaning
  • 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
    Exodus 19:11 Meaning
  • 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
    Exodus 19:12 Meaning
  • 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
    Exodus 19:13 Meaning
  • 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
    Exodus 19:14 Meaning
  • 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
    Exodus 19:15 Meaning
  • 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
    Exodus 19:16 Meaning
  • 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
    Exodus 19:17 Meaning
  • 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
    Exodus 19:18 Meaning
  • 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
    Exodus 19:19 Meaning
  • 20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
    Exodus 19:20 Meaning
  • 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
    Exodus 19:21 Meaning
  • 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.
    Exodus 19:22 Meaning
  • 23 And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
    Exodus 19:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.
    Exodus 19:24 Meaning
  • 25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
    Exodus 19:25 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 1:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

DEUTERONOMY 4:10-13Verses in the Bible

  • 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
    Deuteronomy 4:10 Meaning
  • 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
    Deuteronomy 4:11 Meaning
  • 12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
    Deuteronomy 4:12 Meaning
  • 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
    Deuteronomy 4:13 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 33:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

HABAKKUK 3:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

• Received by the Disposition of Angels

DEUTERONOMY 33:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

PSALM 68:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

ACTS 7:53In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

GALATIANS 3:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

HEBREWS 2:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

• Was Given Because of Transgressions Until the Messiah Arrived

GALATIANS 3:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

• Engraved on Stone

EXODUS 20:3-17Verses in the Bible

  • 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
    Exodus 20:3 Meaning
  • 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
    Exodus 20:4 Meaning
  • 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
    Exodus 20:5 Meaning
  • 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
    Exodus 20:6 Meaning
  • 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
    Exodus 20:7 Meaning
  • 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
    Exodus 20:8 Meaning
  • 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
    Exodus 20:9 Meaning
  • 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
    Exodus 20:10 Meaning
  • 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
    Exodus 20:11 Meaning
  • 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
    Exodus 20:12 Meaning
  • 13 Thou shalt not kill.
    Exodus 20:13 Meaning
  • 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
    Exodus 20:14 Meaning
  • 15 Thou shalt not steal.
    Exodus 20:15 Meaning
  • 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
    Exodus 20:16 Meaning
  • 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
    Exodus 20:17 Meaning

EXODUS 24:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

EXODUS 31:18In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

EXODUS 32:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

EXODUS 34:29In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

EXODUS 40:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

DEUTERONOMY 4:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

DEUTERONOMY 5:4-22Verses in the Bible

  • 4 The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
    Deuteronomy 5:4 Meaning
  • 5 (I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
    Deuteronomy 5:5 Meaning
  • 6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
    Deuteronomy 5:6 Meaning
  • 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
    Deuteronomy 5:7 Meaning
  • 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
    Deuteronomy 5:8 Meaning
  • 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
    Deuteronomy 5:9 Meaning
  • 10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
    Deuteronomy 5:10 Meaning
  • 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
    Deuteronomy 5:11 Meaning
  • 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
    Deuteronomy 5:12 Meaning
  • 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
    Deuteronomy 5:13 Meaning
  • 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
    Deuteronomy 5:14 Meaning
  • 15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
    Deuteronomy 5:15 Meaning
  • 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
    Deuteronomy 5:16 Meaning
  • 17 Thou shalt not kill.
    Deuteronomy 5:17 Meaning
  • 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
    Deuteronomy 5:18 Meaning
  • 19 Neither shalt thou steal.
    Deuteronomy 5:19 Meaning
  • 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
    Deuteronomy 5:20 Meaning
  • 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
    Deuteronomy 5:21 Meaning
  • 22 These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
    Deuteronomy 5:22 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 9:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

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• Preserved in the Ark of the Covenant

EXODUS 25:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

DEUTERONOMY 31:9,26Verses in the Bible

  • 9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.
    Deuteronomy 31:9 Meaning
  • 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
    Deuteronomy 31:26 Meaning

• Found by Hilkiah in the House of the Lord

2 KINGS 22:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

• Engraved Upon Monuments

DEUTERONOMY 27:2-8Verses in the Bible

  • 2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
    Deuteronomy 27:2 Meaning
  • 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
    Deuteronomy 27:3 Meaning
  • 4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
    Deuteronomy 27:4 Meaning
  • 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
    Deuteronomy 27:5 Meaning
  • 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God:
    Deuteronomy 27:6 Meaning
  • 7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God.
    Deuteronomy 27:7 Meaning
  • 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
    Deuteronomy 27:8 Meaning

JOSHUA 8:30-35Verses in the Bible

  • 30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,
    Joshua 8:30 Meaning
  • 31 As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.
    Joshua 8:31 Meaning
  • 32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
    Joshua 8:32 Meaning
  • 33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
    Joshua 8:33 Meaning
  • 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
    Joshua 8:34 Meaning
  • 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
    Joshua 8:35 Meaning

• To Be Written on Door Posts

DEUTERONOMY 6:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

DEUTERONOMY 11:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

• On Frontlets for the Forehead, and Parchment for the Hand

EXODUS 13:9,16Verses in the Bible

  • 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
    Exodus 13:9 Meaning
  • 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.
    Exodus 13:16 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 6:4-9Verses in the Bible

  • 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
    Deuteronomy 6:4 Meaning
  • 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
    Deuteronomy 6:5 Meaning
  • 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
    Deuteronomy 6:6 Meaning
  • 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
    Deuteronomy 6:7 Meaning
  • 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
    Deuteronomy 6:8 Meaning
  • 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
    Deuteronomy 6:9 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 11:18-21Verses in the Bible

  • 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
    Deuteronomy 11:18 Meaning
  • 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
    Deuteronomy 11:19 Meaning
  • 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
    Deuteronomy 11:20 Meaning
  • 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
    Deuteronomy 11:21 Meaning

Children instructed in

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Expounded by


• The Priests and Levites

LEVITICUS 10:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

DEUTERONOMY 33:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

2 CHRONICLES 35:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel,

• Princes, Priests, and Levites Publicly Taught

EZRA 7:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

NEHEMIAH 8:1-18Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
    Nehemiah 8:1 Meaning
  • 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
    Nehemiah 8:2 Meaning
  • 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
    Nehemiah 8:3 Meaning
  • 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
    Nehemiah 8:4 Meaning
  • 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
    Nehemiah 8:5 Meaning
  • 6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
    Nehemiah 8:6 Meaning
  • 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
    Nehemiah 8:7 Meaning
  • 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
    Nehemiah 8:8 Meaning
  • 9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
    Nehemiah 8:9 Meaning
  • 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
    Nehemiah 8:10 Meaning
  • 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
    Nehemiah 8:11 Meaning
  • 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
    Nehemiah 8:12 Meaning
  • 13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
    Nehemiah 8:13 Meaning
  • 14 And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
    Nehemiah 8:14 Meaning
  • 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
    Nehemiah 8:15 Meaning
  • 16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
    Nehemiah 8:16 Meaning
  • 17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
    Nehemiah 8:17 Meaning
  • 18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
    Nehemiah 8:18 Meaning

• From City to City

2 CHRONICLES 17:7-10Verses in the Bible

  • 7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
    2 Chronicles 17:7 Meaning
  • 8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
    2 Chronicles 17:8 Meaning
  • 9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
    2 Chronicles 17:9 Meaning
  • 10 And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
    2 Chronicles 17:10 Meaning

• In Synagogues

LUKE 4:16,32Verses in the Bible

  • 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
    Luke 4:16 Meaning
  • 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
    Luke 4:32 Meaning

ACTS 13:14-52Verses in the Bible

  • 14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
    Acts 13:14 Meaning
  • 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
    Acts 13:15 Meaning
  • 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
    Acts 13:16 Meaning
  • 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
    Acts 13:17 Meaning
  • 18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
    Acts 13:18 Meaning
  • 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
    Acts 13:19 Meaning
  • 20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
    Acts 13:20 Meaning
  • 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
    Acts 13:21 Meaning
  • 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
    Acts 13:22 Meaning
  • 23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
    Acts 13:23 Meaning
  • 24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
    Acts 13:24 Meaning
  • 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
    Acts 13:25 Meaning
  • 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
    Acts 13:26 Meaning
  • 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
    Acts 13:27 Meaning
  • 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
    Acts 13:28 Meaning
  • 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
    Acts 13:29 Meaning
  • 30 But God raised him from the dead:
    Acts 13:30 Meaning
  • 31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
    Acts 13:31 Meaning
  • 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
    Acts 13:32 Meaning
  • 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
    Acts 13:33 Meaning
  • 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
    Acts 13:34 Meaning
  • 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
    Acts 13:35 Meaning
  • 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
    Acts 13:36 Meaning
  • 37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
    Acts 13:37 Meaning
  • 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
    Acts 13:38 Meaning
  • 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
    Acts 13:39 Meaning
  • 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
    Acts 13:40 Meaning
  • 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
    Acts 13:41 Meaning
  • 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
    Acts 13:42 Meaning
  • 43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
    Acts 13:43 Meaning
  • 44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
    Acts 13:44 Meaning
  • 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
    Acts 13:45 Meaning
  • 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
    Acts 13:46 Meaning
  • 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
    Acts 13:47 Meaning
  • 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
    Acts 13:48 Meaning
  • 49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
    Acts 13:49 Meaning
  • 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
    Acts 13:50 Meaning
  • 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
    Acts 13:51 Meaning
  • 52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
    Acts 13:52 Meaning

ACTS 15:21In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

ACTS 9:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

ACTS 14:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

ACTS 17:1-3Verses in the Bible

  • 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
    Acts 17:1 Meaning
  • 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
    Acts 17:2 Meaning
  • 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
    Acts 17:3 Meaning

ACTS 18:4,26Verses in the Bible

  • 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
    Acts 18:4 Meaning
  • 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
    Acts 18:26 Meaning

• Expounded to the Assembled Nation at the Feast of Tabernacles in the Sabbatic Year

DEUTERONOMY 31:10-13Verses in the Bible

  • 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
    Deuteronomy 31:10 Meaning
  • 11 When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
    Deuteronomy 31:11 Meaning
  • 12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
    Deuteronomy 31:12 Meaning
  • 13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
    Deuteronomy 31:13 Meaning

• Renewed by Moses

DEUTERONOMY 4:44-46Verses in the Bible

  • 44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
    Deuteronomy 4:44 Meaning
  • 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
    Deuteronomy 4:45 Meaning
  • 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
    Deuteronomy 4:46 Meaning

Curses Of, Responsively Read by Levites and People at Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim

DEUTERONOMY 27:12-26Verses in the Bible

  • 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
    Deuteronomy 27:12 Meaning
  • 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
    Deuteronomy 27:13 Meaning
  • 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
    Deuteronomy 27:14 Meaning
  • 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:15 Meaning
  • 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:16 Meaning
  • 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:17 Meaning
  • 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:18 Meaning
  • 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:19 Meaning
  • 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:20 Meaning
  • 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:21 Meaning
  • 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:22 Meaning
  • 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:23 Meaning
  • 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:24 Meaning
  • 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:25 Meaning
  • 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
    Deuteronomy 27:26 Meaning

JOSHUA 8:33-35Verses in the Bible

  • 33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
    Joshua 8:33 Meaning
  • 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
    Joshua 8:34 Meaning
  • 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
    Joshua 8:35 Meaning

Formed a Constitution on Which the Civil Government of the Israelites Was Founded, and According to Which Rulers Were Required to Rule

DEUTERONOMY 17:18-20Verses in the Bible

  • 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
    Deuteronomy 17:18 Meaning
  • 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
    Deuteronomy 17:19 Meaning
  • 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
    Deuteronomy 17:20 Meaning

2 KINGS 11:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

2 CHRONICLES 23:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

• See Government,Constitutional

Divine Authority for

EXODUS 19:16-24Verses in the Bible

  • 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
    Exodus 19:16 Meaning
  • 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
    Exodus 19:17 Meaning
  • 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
    Exodus 19:18 Meaning
  • 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
    Exodus 19:19 Meaning
  • 20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
    Exodus 19:20 Meaning
  • 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
    Exodus 19:21 Meaning
  • 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.
    Exodus 19:22 Meaning
  • 23 And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
    Exodus 19:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.
    Exodus 19:24 Meaning

EXODUS 20:1-17Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And God spake all these words, saying,
    Exodus 20:1 Meaning
  • 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
    Exodus 20:2 Meaning
  • 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
    Exodus 20:3 Meaning
  • 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
    Exodus 20:4 Meaning
  • 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
    Exodus 20:5 Meaning
  • 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
    Exodus 20:6 Meaning
  • 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
    Exodus 20:7 Meaning
  • 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
    Exodus 20:8 Meaning
  • 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
    Exodus 20:9 Meaning
  • 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
    Exodus 20:10 Meaning
  • 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
    Exodus 20:11 Meaning
  • 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
    Exodus 20:12 Meaning
  • 13 Thou shalt not kill.
    Exodus 20:13 Meaning
  • 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
    Exodus 20:14 Meaning
  • 15 Thou shalt not steal.
    Exodus 20:15 Meaning
  • 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
    Exodus 20:16 Meaning
  • 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
    Exodus 20:17 Meaning

EXODUS 24:12-18Verses in the Bible

  • 12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
    Exodus 24:12 Meaning
  • 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
    Exodus 24:13 Meaning
  • 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
    Exodus 24:14 Meaning
  • 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
    Exodus 24:15 Meaning
  • 16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
    Exodus 24:16 Meaning
  • 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
    Exodus 24:17 Meaning
  • 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
    Exodus 24:18 Meaning

EXODUS 31:18In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

EXODUS 32:15,16Verses in the Bible

  • 15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
    Exodus 32:15 Meaning
  • 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
    Exodus 32:16 Meaning

EXODUS 34:1-4,27,28Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
    Exodus 34:1 Meaning
  • 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
    Exodus 34:2 Meaning
  • 3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
    Exodus 34:3 Meaning
  • 4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
    Exodus 34:4 Meaning
  • 27 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
    Exodus 34:27 Meaning
  • 28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
    Exodus 34:28 Meaning

LEVITICUS 26:46In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

DEUTERONOMY 4:10-13,36Verses in the Bible

  • 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
    Deuteronomy 4:10 Meaning
  • 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
    Deuteronomy 4:11 Meaning
  • 12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
    Deuteronomy 4:12 Meaning
  • 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
    Deuteronomy 4:13 Meaning
  • 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
    Deuteronomy 4:36 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 5:1-22Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
    Deuteronomy 5:1 Meaning
  • 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
    Deuteronomy 5:2 Meaning
  • 3 The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
    Deuteronomy 5:3 Meaning
  • 4 The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
    Deuteronomy 5:4 Meaning
  • 5 (I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
    Deuteronomy 5:5 Meaning
  • 6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
    Deuteronomy 5:6 Meaning
  • 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
    Deuteronomy 5:7 Meaning
  • 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
    Deuteronomy 5:8 Meaning
  • 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
    Deuteronomy 5:9 Meaning
  • 10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
    Deuteronomy 5:10 Meaning
  • 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
    Deuteronomy 5:11 Meaning
  • 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
    Deuteronomy 5:12 Meaning
  • 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
    Deuteronomy 5:13 Meaning
  • 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
    Deuteronomy 5:14 Meaning
  • 15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
    Deuteronomy 5:15 Meaning
  • 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
    Deuteronomy 5:16 Meaning
  • 17 Thou shalt not kill.
    Deuteronomy 5:17 Meaning
  • 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
    Deuteronomy 5:18 Meaning
  • 19 Neither shalt thou steal.
    Deuteronomy 5:19 Meaning
  • 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
    Deuteronomy 5:20 Meaning
  • 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
    Deuteronomy 5:21 Meaning
  • 22 These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
    Deuteronomy 5:22 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 9:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

DEUTERONOMY 10:1-5Verses in the Bible

  • 1 At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
    Deuteronomy 10:1 Meaning
  • 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
    Deuteronomy 10:2 Meaning
  • 3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
    Deuteronomy 10:3 Meaning
  • 4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.
    Deuteronomy 10:4 Meaning
  • 5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me.
    Deuteronomy 10:5 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 33:2-4Verses in the Bible

  • 2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
    Deuteronomy 33:2 Meaning
  • 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
    Deuteronomy 33:3 Meaning
  • 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
    Deuteronomy 33:4 Meaning

1 KINGS 8:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

EZRA 7:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

NEHEMIAH 1:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

NEHEMIAH 8:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

NEHEMIAH 9:14In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

PSALM 78:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

PSALM 103:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

ISAIAH 33:22In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

MALACHI 4:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

ACTS 7:38,53Verses in the Bible

  • 38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
    Acts 7:38 Meaning
  • 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
    Acts 7:53 Meaning

GALATIANS 3:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

HEBREWS 9:18-21Verses in the Bible

  • 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
    Hebrews 9:18 Meaning
  • 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
    Hebrews 9:19 Meaning
  • 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
    Hebrews 9:20 Meaning
  • 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
    Hebrews 9:21 Meaning

Prophecies In, of the Messiah

LUKE 24:44In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

JOHN 1:45In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

JOHN 5:46In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

JOHN 12:34In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

ACTS 26:22,23Verses in the Bible

  • 22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
    Acts 26:22 Meaning
  • 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
    Acts 26:23 Meaning

ACTS 28:23In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

ROMANS 3:21,22Verses in the Bible

  • 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
    Romans 3:21 Meaning
  • 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
    Romans 3:22 Meaning

• See Jesus,Prophecies Concerning

Epitomized by Jesus

MATTHEW 22:40In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

MARK 12:29-33Verses in the Bible

  • 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
    Mark 12:29 Meaning
  • 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
    Mark 12:30 Meaning
  • 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
    Mark 12:31 Meaning
  • 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
    Mark 12:32 Meaning
  • 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
    Mark 12:33 Meaning

LUKE 10:27In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

Book Of, Found by Hilkiah in the Temple

2 KINGS 22:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

2 CHRONICLES 34:14In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.

Temporary

JEREMIAH 3:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

DANIEL 9:27In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

MATTHEW 5:17-45Verses in the Bible

  • 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
    Matthew 5:17 Meaning
  • 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
    Matthew 5:18 Meaning
  • 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
    Matthew 5:19 Meaning
  • 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
    Matthew 5:20 Meaning
  • 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
    Matthew 5:21 Meaning
  • 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
    Matthew 5:22 Meaning
  • 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
    Matthew 5:23 Meaning
  • 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
    Matthew 5:24 Meaning
  • 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
    Matthew 5:25 Meaning
  • 26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
    Matthew 5:26 Meaning
  • 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
    Matthew 5:27 Meaning
  • 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
    Matthew 5:28 Meaning
  • 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
    Matthew 5:29 Meaning
  • 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
    Matthew 5:30 Meaning
  • 31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
    Matthew 5:31 Meaning
  • 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
    Matthew 5:32 Meaning
  • 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
    Matthew 5:33 Meaning
  • 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
    Matthew 5:34 Meaning
  • 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
    Matthew 5:35 Meaning
  • 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
    Matthew 5:36 Meaning
  • 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
    Matthew 5:37 Meaning
  • 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
    Matthew 5:38 Meaning
  • 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
    Matthew 5:39 Meaning
  • 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
    Matthew 5:40 Meaning
  • 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
    Matthew 5:41 Meaning
  • 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
    Matthew 5:42 Meaning
  • 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
    Matthew 5:43 Meaning
  • 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
    Matthew 5:44 Meaning
  • 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
    Matthew 5:45 Meaning

LUKE 16:16,17Verses in the Bible

  • 16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
    Luke 16:16 Meaning
  • 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
    Luke 16:17 Meaning

JOHN 1:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

JOHN 4:20-24Verses in the Bible

  • 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
    John 4:20 Meaning
  • 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
    John 4:21 Meaning
  • 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
    John 4:22 Meaning
  • 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
    John 4:23 Meaning
  • 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
    John 4:24 Meaning

JOHN 8:35In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

ACTS 6:14In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

ACTS 10:28In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

ACTS 13:39In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

ACTS 15:1-29Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
    Acts 15:1 Meaning
  • 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
    Acts 15:2 Meaning
  • 3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
    Acts 15:3 Meaning
  • 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
    Acts 15:4 Meaning
  • 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
    Acts 15:5 Meaning
  • 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
    Acts 15:6 Meaning
  • 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
    Acts 15:7 Meaning
  • 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
    Acts 15:8 Meaning
  • 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
    Acts 15:9 Meaning
  • 10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
    Acts 15:10 Meaning
  • 11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
    Acts 15:11 Meaning
  • 12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
    Acts 15:12 Meaning
  • 13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
    Acts 15:13 Meaning
  • 14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
    Acts 15:14 Meaning
  • 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
    Acts 15:15 Meaning
  • 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
    Acts 15:16 Meaning
  • 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
    Acts 15:17 Meaning
  • 18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
    Acts 15:18 Meaning
  • 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
    Acts 15:19 Meaning
  • 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
    Acts 15:20 Meaning
  • 21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
    Acts 15:21 Meaning
  • 22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
    Acts 15:22 Meaning
  • 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
    Acts 15:23 Meaning
  • 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
    Acts 15:24 Meaning
  • 25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
    Acts 15:25 Meaning
  • 26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    Acts 15:26 Meaning
  • 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
    Acts 15:27 Meaning
  • 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
    Acts 15:28 Meaning
  • 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
    Acts 15:29 Meaning

ACTS 21:20-25Verses in the Bible

  • 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
    Acts 21:20 Meaning
  • 21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
    Acts 21:21 Meaning
  • 22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
    Acts 21:22 Meaning
  • 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
    Acts 21:23 Meaning
  • 24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
    Acts 21:24 Meaning
  • 25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
    Acts 21:25 Meaning

ROMANS 3:1,2Verses in the Bible

  • 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
    Romans 3:1 Meaning
  • 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
    Romans 3:2 Meaning

ROMANS 7:1-6Verses in the Bible

  • 1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
    Romans 7:1 Meaning
  • 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
    Romans 7:2 Meaning
  • 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
    Romans 7:3 Meaning
  • 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
    Romans 7:4 Meaning
  • 5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
    Romans 7:5 Meaning
  • 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
    Romans 7:6 Meaning

ROMANS 8:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

ROMANS 10:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

2 CORINTHIANS 3:7-14Verses in the Bible

  • 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
    2 Corinthians 3:7 Meaning
  • 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
    2 Corinthians 3:8 Meaning
  • 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
    2 Corinthians 3:9 Meaning
  • 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
    2 Corinthians 3:10 Meaning
  • 11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
    2 Corinthians 3:11 Meaning
  • 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
    2 Corinthians 3:12 Meaning
  • 13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
    2 Corinthians 3:13 Meaning
  • 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
    2 Corinthians 3:14 Meaning

GALATIANS 2:3-9Verses in the Bible

  • 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
    Galatians 2:3 Meaning
  • 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
    Galatians 2:4 Meaning
  • 5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
    Galatians 2:5 Meaning
  • 6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
    Galatians 2:6 Meaning
  • 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
    Galatians 2:7 Meaning
  • 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
    Galatians 2:8 Meaning
  • 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
    Galatians 2:9 Meaning

GALATIANS 4:30,31Verses in the Bible

  • 30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
    Galatians 4:30 Meaning
  • 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
    Galatians 4:31 Meaning

EPHESIANS 2:15In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

COLOSSIANS 2:14-23Verses in the Bible

  • 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
    Colossians 2:14 Meaning
  • 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
    Colossians 2:15 Meaning
  • 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
    Colossians 2:16 Meaning
  • 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
    Colossians 2:17 Meaning
  • 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
    Colossians 2:18 Meaning
  • 19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
    Colossians 2:19 Meaning
  • 20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
    Colossians 2:20 Meaning
  • 21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
    Colossians 2:21 Meaning
  • 22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
    Colossians 2:22 Meaning
  • 23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
    Colossians 2:23 Meaning

HEBREWS 8:4-13Verses in the Bible

  • 4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
    Hebrews 8:4 Meaning
  • 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
    Hebrews 8:5 Meaning
  • 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
    Hebrews 8:6 Meaning
  • 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
    Hebrews 8:7 Meaning
  • 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
    Hebrews 8:8 Meaning
  • 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
    Hebrews 8:9 Meaning
  • 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
    Hebrews 8:10 Meaning
  • 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
    Hebrews 8:11 Meaning
  • 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
    Hebrews 8:12 Meaning
  • 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
    Hebrews 8:13 Meaning

HEBREWS 9:8-24Verses in the Bible

  • 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
    Hebrews 9:8 Meaning
  • 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
    Hebrews 9:9 Meaning
  • 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
    Hebrews 9:10 Meaning
  • 11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
    Hebrews 9:11 Meaning
  • 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
    Hebrews 9:12 Meaning
  • 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
    Hebrews 9:13 Meaning
  • 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
    Hebrews 9:14 Meaning
  • 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
    Hebrews 9:15 Meaning
  • 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
    Hebrews 9:16 Meaning
  • 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
    Hebrews 9:17 Meaning
  • 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
    Hebrews 9:18 Meaning
  • 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
    Hebrews 9:19 Meaning
  • 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
    Hebrews 9:20 Meaning
  • 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
    Hebrews 9:21 Meaning
  • 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
    Hebrews 9:22 Meaning
  • 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
    Hebrews 9:23 Meaning
  • 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
    Hebrews 9:24 Meaning

HEBREWS 10:1-18Verses in the Bible

  • 1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
    Hebrews 10:1 Meaning
  • 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
    Hebrews 10:2 Meaning
  • 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
    Hebrews 10:3 Meaning
  • 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
    Hebrews 10:4 Meaning
  • 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
    Hebrews 10:5 Meaning
  • 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
    Hebrews 10:6 Meaning
  • 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
    Hebrews 10:7 Meaning
  • 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
    Hebrews 10:8 Meaning
  • 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
    Hebrews 10:9 Meaning
  • 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
    Hebrews 10:10 Meaning
  • 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
    Hebrews 10:11 Meaning
  • 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
    Hebrews 10:12 Meaning
  • 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
    Hebrews 10:13 Meaning
  • 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
    Hebrews 10:14 Meaning
  • 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
    Hebrews 10:15 Meaning
  • 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
    Hebrews 10:16 Meaning
  • 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
    Hebrews 10:17 Meaning
  • 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
    Hebrews 10:18 Meaning

HEBREWS 11:40In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

HEBREWS 12:18,19,27Verses in the Bible

  • 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
    Hebrews 12:18 Meaning
  • 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
    Hebrews 12:19 Meaning
  • 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
    Hebrews 12:27 Meaning

Scriptures


• The Word of God

JEREMIAH 30:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

• Interpreted by Doctors (Religious "Experts")

JOHN 3:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

JOHN 7:52In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

• Inspired by God ("God-Breathed"; Greek: Theopneustos)

2 TIMOTHY 3:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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