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Lexicon :: Strong's H1129 - bānâ

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בָּנָה
Transliteration
bānâ
Pronunciation
baw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 255

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בנה

Strong’s Definitions

בָּנָה bânâh, baw-naw'; a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):—(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), × surely.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 376x

The KJV translates Strong's H1129 in the following manner: build (340x), build up (14x), builder (10x), made (3x), built again (2x), repair (2x), set up (2x), have children (1x), obtain children (1x), surely 1 (inf. for emphasis).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 376x
The KJV translates Strong's H1129 in the following manner: build (340x), build up (14x), builder (10x), made (3x), built again (2x), repair (2x), set up (2x), have children (1x), obtain children (1x), surely 1 (inf. for emphasis).
  1. to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue

    1. (Qal)

      1. to build, rebuild

      2. to build a house (ie, establish a family)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be built

      2. to be rebuilt

      3. established (of restored exiles) (fig.)

      4. established (made permanent)

      5. to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּנָה bânâh, baw-naw'; a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):—(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), × surely.
STRONGS H1129: Abbreviations
בָּנָה 373 verb build (MI, Nabatean EutNo. 1 בנה, Phoenician בן, Arabic بَنَا, Assyrian banû COTGlossary compare BaZMG 1887, 640, Sabean בני CISiv, 1, No, 56, Aramaic H1124 בְּנָא, axnb, Palmyrene בנא VogNo. 31) —
Qal Perfect ב׳ Deuteronomy 20:5 +, בָּֽנְתָה Proverbs 9:1; Proverbs 14:1, בָּנִיתָ Deuteronomy 6:10, בָּנִתָה 1 Kings 9:3; וּבָנִ֫יתָ consecutive Deuteronomy 20:20 +; בָּנִיתְ Ezekiel 16:25; בָּנִתִי 1 Kings 8:13 +; plural בָּנוּ Genesis 11:5 +, etc.; Imperfect יִבְּנֶה Deuteronomy 25:9 +; jussive וְיִבֶן Ezra 1:3, וַיִּבְנֶה Joshua 19:50 + 2 times, וַיִּ֫בֶן Genesis 2:22 +; suffix יִבְנֵ֫הוּ Job 20:19; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּ֫בֶן 1 Chronicles 7:24; Zechariah 9:3; אֶבְנֶה 2 Samuel 7:27 +; plural יִבְנוּ Isaiah 65:22 +, etc.; Imperative בְּנֵה Numbers 23:1 +; plural בְּנוּ Numbers 32:24 +; Infinitive absolute בָּנֹה 1 Kings 8:13; construct בְּנוֺת 1 Chronicles 6:17 +, etc.; Participle active בֹּנֶה (בּוֺנֶה) Genesis 4:17 +; construct בֹּנֵה Psalm 147:2; plural (מֹּנִים) בּוֺנִים Ezra 4:1 +; construct בֹּנֵי 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse), etc.; passive בָּנוּי Songs 4:4; Judges 6:28; feminine בְּנוּיָה Psalm 122:3; plural בְּנוּיִם Nehemiah 7:4; — build, 1 (literal).
a. with accusative
(α) of city (Hexateuch only J E) Genesis 4:17; Genesis 10:11; Genesis 11:4, 5 (+ tower) Genesis 11:8 (all J & his sources); Exodus 1:11; Numbers 32:24; Joshua 24:13 (all E) Judges 1:26; Judges 18:28 + 22 times Kings Chronicles + Jeremiah 32:31; Psalm 122:3 (passive participle) compare Habakkuk 2:12; of village (חָצֵר) Nehemiah 12:29; see also below rebuild, i. below;
(β) house Genesis 33:17 (J), elsewhere in Hexateuch only Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 20:25; Deuteronomy 22:8; Deuteronomy 28:30; also 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 22:39; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 2:2; Proverbs 24:27; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13; Isaiah 65:21; Jeremiah 35:7, 9 compare Zechariah 5:11; as sign of security Ezekiel 28:26; compare Ezekiel 11:3; of luxury Ecclesiastes 2:4 compare Jeremiah 22:14; of permanent residence 1 Kings 2:36; Jeremiah 29:5, 28; especially of temple 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:32; 1 Kings 6:2 + often Samuel Kings Chronicles; figurative of wisdom's house Proverbs 9:1; especially build temple ליהוה etc. 2 Samuel 7:5, 7; 1 Kings 6:1 (= began to build) + + 13 times Chronicles + Isaiah 66:1; לְשֵׁם י׳ etc. 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 5:17 + 8 times Kings; + 13 times Chronicles; לְךָ לְשִׁמְךָ 2 Chronicles 20:8; לִהְיוֺת שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 8:16; 2 Chronicles 6:5; לָשׂוּם שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 9:3; object chambers, or stories 1 Kings 6:5, 10, court 1 Kings 6:36; Hosea 8:14 perhaps of idol-temples; compare 1 Kings 16:32; Psalm 78:69 of Yahweh's building his sanctuary, Psalm 147:2 Jerusalem, Psalm 127:1 a house; also Amos 9:6 his chambers in the heavens; of Solomon's palace 1 Kings 7:1-2; 1 Kings 9:1-10 +;
(γ) of a fortress 2 Chronicles 17:12; 27:4 compare of Tyre Zechariah 9:3 (מָצוֺר);
(ζ) tower Isaiah 5:2; 2 Chronicles 26:9, 10; 27:4 compare figurative Songs 8:9 & passive participle Songs 4:4 (in simile);
† (η) siege-works against (עַל־) a city Deuteronomy 20:2 (מָצוֺר), Ecclesiastes 9:14 (מְצוֺדִים), 2 Kings 25:1 = Jeremiah 52:4; Ezekiel 4:2 (all דָּיֵק), & so (without עַל־) Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 21:27; compare בנה עָלַי, absolute Lamentations 3:5 (in figurative);
† (θ) altar Genesis 22:9; Genesis 35:7; Exodus 17:15; Exodus 20:25; Exodus 24:4; Numbers 23:1, 14, 29 (all E), Genesis 26:25; Exodus 32:5 (both J), Joshua 22:11 + 6 times Joshua 22 (all P) Judges 6:28 (passive participle) Judges 21:4 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; often followed by ליהוה etc. Genesis 8:20; Genesis 12:7, 8; Genesis 13:18 (all J), Deuteronomy 27:5, 6; Joshua 8:30 (E) Judges 6:24, 26 + 8 times Samuel Kings Chronicles;
† (ι) high places (בָּמָה) 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Chronicles 33:8, 19; Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35; compare גַּב Ezekiel 16:24, 31 (both || רָמָה) & רָמָה Ezekiel 16:25;
† (κ) צִיּוּן Ezekiel 39:15; also
† (λ) גִּדְרֹת צאֹן Numbers 32:16 (E);
† (μ) מיּ֯סַךְ הַשַּׁבָּת 2 Kings 16:18.
†b. with accusative of material Exodus 20:25 (E) 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 18:32; 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:6; Ezekiel 27:5; with בְּ of material 1 Kings 6:15, 16; 1 Kings 15:17; 2 Chronicles 16:6; compare
†c. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הַצֵּלָע לְאִשָּׁה Genesis 2:22 and he (Yahweh) fashioned the rib into a woman.
e. Participle active = builder 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse) + 6 times Chronicles + Ezekiel 27:4; Psalm 118:22; Psalm 127:1.
†f. with indefinite object 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6.
†g. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הָהָר = and he built on the hill 1 Kings 16:24.
†h. followed by בְּ build at Zechariah 6:15; Nehemiah 4:11 (compare בְּ 12b).
†i. = rebuild Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 16:34; Amos 9:14; Isaiah 45:13; Psalm 69:36; Nehemiah 2:5; Daniel 9:25 all of city; compare phrase בנה חָרְבוֺת עוֺלָם Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:4 & Ezekiel 36:36; Malachi 1:4; Job 3:14; of walls Micah 7:11; 2 Chronicles 32:5; Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 3:33; Nehemiah 3:35; Nehemiah 3:38; Nehemiah 6:6; Psalm 51:20 [Psalm 51:18] (active of י׳); of gate Nehemiah 3:1, 13, 14, 15; temple Zechariah 6:12, 13; Ezra 1:3; altar 2 Chronicles 33:16 (Qr וַיִּבֶן so Bö < Kt ויכן, from כון, so Öttli), Ezra 3:2; high places 2 Kings 21:3 2 Chronicles 33:3; in some of these apparently an idea of merely repairing; so, sometimes with added notion of enlarging etc., city Numbers 32:34, 37, 38 (E) Joshua 19:50 (P) Judges 21:23; 2 Kings 14:22 2 Chronicles 26:2; 1 Chronicles 11:8; 2 Chronicles 8:2; 11:6 compare Micah 3:10; Millo 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:27; compare house Job 20:19.
2. figurative.
a. build a house (בית) = perpetuate and establish a family; subject Leah & Rachel Ruth 4:11; subject a brother Deuteronomy 25:9; subject י׳ (promise to David) 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Chronicles 17:10; and 1 Chronicles 17:25; (to Solomon) 1 Kings 11:38; compare further סֻכַּת דָּוִד Amos 9:11 (rebuild, restore); = cause a household to flourish Proverbs 14:1 compare opposed to Proverbs 27:18; also of establishing David's throne Psalm 89:5.
b. build up Israel (after exile) subject י׳ Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:4; Jeremiah 33:7; Jeremiah 42:10; compare Jeremiah 45:4 & Psalm 28:5; object Zion Psalm 102:17.
Niph. Perfect נִבְנָה 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 6:7, נִבְנְתָה Numbers 13:22; Nehemiah 7:1, וְנִבְנְתָה consecutive Jeremiah 30:18 + 2 times; 2nd person feminine singular וְנִבְּנֵית consecutive Jeremiah 31:4; 3rd person plural נִבְנוּ Malachi 3:15; וְנִבְנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 12:16; Ezekiel 36:33; Imperfect יִבָּנֶה Job 12:14 + 4 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּבָּנֶה Numbers 21:27 + 3 times; 2nd person masculine singular תִּבָּנֶה Job 22:33, אִבָּנֶה Genesis 16:2, וְאִבָּנֶה Genesis 30:3; 3rd person feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Ezekiel 36:10; 2nd person feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Isaiah 44:26; Infinitive לְהִבָּנוֺת Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 8:9, בְּהִבָּנֹתוֺ 1 Kings 6:7 (twice in verse);Participle נִבְנֶה 1 Chronicles 22:19; —
1.
a. be built, (literal) of city Numbers 13:22; of temple 1 Kings 3:2 (לְשֵׁם י׳) 1 Kings 6:7 (+ 3 times in verse); (with accusative mater.); Participle = to be built (gerundive) 1 Chronicles 22:19.
b. be rebuilt: of city of Sihon Numbers 21:27 compare Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 44:26, of wall of Jerusalem Nehemiah 7:1, of Jerusalem Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:4, 38; Isaiah 44:28 compare Daniel 9:25 תָּשׁוּב וְנִבְנְתָה, & Ezekiel 26:14 (with עוֺד), of ruinous places (הֶחֳרָבוֺת) Ezekiel 36:10, 33, of a devoted city Deuteronomy 13:17 (with עוֺד), of temple Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 1:16; Zechariah 8:9, indefinite subject Job 12:14.
2.
a. (figurative) of restored exiles, = established Jeremiah 12:16, of prosperous wicked Malachi 3:15, of repentant offender Job 22:23.
b. established, made permanent, subject חֶסֶד Psalm 89:3 (with עוֺלָם), subject בַּיִת Proverbs 24:3 (by wisdom).
c. of childless wife, by means of concubine אִבָּנֶה מִמֶּגָּה Genesis 16:2; Genesis 30:3 I shall be built up, i.e. become the mother of a family, from or through her; compare Qal 2 a.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:22; 2:22; 4:17; 4:17; 8:20; 10:11; 11:4; 11:5; 11:5; 11:8; 12:7; 12:8; 13:18; 16:2; 16:2; 22:9; 26:25; 30:3; 30:3; 33:17; 35:7

Exodus

1:11; 17:15; 20:25; 20:25; 24:4; 32:5

Numbers

13:22; 13:22; 21:27; 21:27; 23:1; 23:1; 23:14; 23:29; 32:16; 32:24; 32:24; 32:34; 32:37; 32:38

Deuteronomy

6:10; 6:10; 8:12; 13:17; 20:2; 20:5; 20:20; 22:8; 25:9; 25:9; 27:5; 27:6; 28:30

Joshua

6:26; 8:30; 19:50; 19:50; 22; 22:11; 24:13

Judges

1:26; 6:24; 6:26; 6:28; 6:28; 18:28; 21:4; 21:23

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

2:35

2 Samuel

5:9; 5:11; 7:5; 7:7; 7:13; 7:27; 7:27

1 Kings

2:36; 3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:2; 5:17; 6:1; 6:2; 6:5; 6:7; 6:7; 6:7; 6:10; 6:15; 6:16; 6:16; 6:36; 6:36; 7:1; 7:2; 8:13; 8:13; 8:16; 9:1; 9:2; 9:3; 9:3; 9:3; 9:4; 9:5; 9:6; 9:7; 9:8; 9:9; 9:10; 9:19; 9:24; 11:7; 11:27; 11:38; 11:38; 14:23; 15:17; 15:22; 16:24; 16:32; 16:34; 18:32; 22:39

2 Kings

14:22; 15:35; 16:18; 17:9; 21:3; 21:3; 23:13; 25:1

1 Chronicles

6:17; 7:24; 11:8; 14:1; 17:10; 17:25; 22:19; 22:19

2 Chronicles

2:2; 6:5; 8:2; 8:6; 11:6; 16:6; 16:6; 17:12; 20:8; 26:2; 26:9; 26:10; 27:3; 27:4; 27:4; 27:8; 32:5; 33:3; 33:8; 33:14; 33:16; 33:19

Ezra

1:3; 1:3; 3:2; 4:1

Nehemiah

2:5; 2:17; 3:1; 3:13; 3:14; 3:15; 4:4; 4:11; 6:1; 6:6; 7:1; 7:1; 7:4; 12:29

Job

3:14; 12:14; 12:14; 20:19; 20:19; 22:23

Psalms

28:5; 51:18; 69:36; 78:69; 89:3; 89:5; 102:17; 118:22; 122:3; 122:3; 127:1; 127:1; 147:2; 147:2

Proverbs

9:1; 9:1; 14:1; 14:1; 24:3; 24:27; 27:18

Ecclesiastes

2:4; 3:3; 9:14

Song of Songs

4:4; 4:4; 8:9

Isaiah

5:2; 9:9; 25:2; 44:26; 44:26; 44:28; 45:13; 58:12; 60:10; 61:4; 65:21; 65:22; 65:22; 66:1

Jeremiah

1:10; 7:31; 12:16; 12:16; 18:9; 19:5; 22:14; 22:18; 24:6; 29:5; 29:28; 30:18; 30:18; 31:4; 31:4; 31:4; 31:28; 31:38; 32:31; 32:35; 33:7; 35:7; 35:9; 42:10; 45:4; 52:4

Lamentations

3:5

Ezekiel

4:2; 11:3; 13:10; 16:24; 16:25; 16:25; 16:31; 17:17; 21:27; 26:14; 27:4; 27:5; 28:26; 36:10; 36:10; 36:33; 36:33; 36:36; 39:15

Daniel

9:25; 9:25

Hosea

8:14

Amos

5:11; 9:6; 9:11; 9:14

Micah

3:10; 7:11

Habakkuk

2:12

Zephaniah

1:13

Haggai

1:2; 1:2

Zechariah

1:16; 5:11; 6:12; 6:13; 6:15; 8:9; 8:9; 9:3; 9:3

Malachi

1:4; 1:4; 3:15; 3:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1129 matches the Hebrew בָּנָה (bānâ),
which occurs 377 times in 345 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 2:22–Jos 22:26)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:22 - Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib[fn] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 - Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir,[fn] Calah
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring[fn] I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:17 - Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel,[fn] because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:22 - They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27 - That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt; let Sihon’s city be restored.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:1 - Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:14 - So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:29 - Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 - Then they came up to him and said, “We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24 - Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:34 - The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh and Kiriathaim,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:38 - as well as Nebo and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10 - When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:12 - Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:16 - You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - The officers shall say to the army: “Has anyone built a new house and not yet begun to live in it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else may begin to live in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - However, you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege works until the city at war with you falls.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, “This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family line.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:5 - Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:6 - Build the altar of the LORD your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:30 - You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: “At the cost of his firstborn son he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:30 - Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah[fn] in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 - When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - And when the Israelites heard that they had built the altar on the border of Canaan at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - “The whole assembly of the LORD says: ‘How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the LORD and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the LORD’s land, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar for yourselves, other than the altar of the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:23 - If we have built our own altar to turn away from the LORD and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD himself call us to account.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:26 - “That is why we said, ‘Let us get ready and build an altar—but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.’

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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan