Lexicon :: Strong's H1397 - geḇer

“No, go ​— ​just able-bodied men ​— ​worship the LORD, since that’s what you want.” And they were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand able-bodied men on foot, besides their families.

and he proclaimed his poem:

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,

the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened,

Then he proclaimed his poem:

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,

the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;

“A woman is not to wear male clothing, and a man is not to put on a woman’s garment, for everyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

“In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the LORD selects is to come forward clan by clan. The clan the LORD selects is to come forward family by family. The family the LORD selects is to come forward man by man.

He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the Zerahite clan was selected. He had the Zerahite clan come forward by heads of families,[fn] and Zabdi was selected.

“Are they not finding and dividing the spoil —

a girl or two[fn] for each warrior,

the spoil of colored garments for Sisera,

the spoil of an embroidered garment or two for my neck? ”[fn]

These are the last words of David:

The declaration of David son of Jesse,

the declaration of the man raised on high,[fn]

the one anointed by the God of Jacob.

This is the most delightful of Israel’s songs.

The Levites thirty years old or more were counted; the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand by headcount.

Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of ancestral families[fn] were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral families were from Ithamar’s.

These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in the LORD’s temple, just as their relatives did.

May the day I was born perish,

and the night that said,

“A boy is conceived.”

Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,

whom God has hedged in?

“Can a mortal be righteous before God?

Can a man be more pure than his Maker? ”

“Are your days like those of a human,

or your years like those of a man,

But a person dies and fades away;

he breathes his last ​— ​where is he?

When a person dies, will he come back to life?

If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle

until my relief comes.

I wish that someone might argue for a man with God

just as anyone[fn] would for a friend.

Can a man be of any use to God?

Can even a wise man be of use to him?

in order to turn a person from his actions

and suppress the pride of a person.

God certainly does all these things

two or three times to a person

What man is like Job?

He drinks derision like water.

For he has said, “A man gains nothing

when he becomes God’s friend.”

Reasonable men will say to me,

along with the wise men who hear me,

Get ready to answer me like a man;

when I question you, you will inform me.

Get ready to answer me like a man;

when I question you, you will inform me.

Taste and see that the LORD is good.

How happy is the person who takes refuge in him!

A person’s steps are established by the LORD,

and he takes pleasure in his way.

How happy is anyone

who has put his trust in the LORD

and has not turned to the proud

or to those who run after lies!

“Here is the man

who would not make God his refuge,

but trusted in the abundance of his riches,

taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

I am counted among those going down to the Pit.

I am like a man without strength,

What courageous person can live and never see death?

Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah

LORD, how happy is anyone you discipline

and teach from your law

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.

They will never be put to shame

when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

In this very way

the man who fears the LORD

will be blessed.

For jealousy enrages a husband,

and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

Even a courageous person’s steps are determined by the LORD,

so how can anyone understand his own way?

A wise warrior is better than a strong one,[fn]

and a man of knowledge than one of strength;[fn]

A destitute leader[fn] who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

It is not good to show partiality —

yet even a courageous person may sin for a piece of bread.

A person who flatters his neighbor

spreads a net for his feet.

The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The pronouncement.[fn]

The man’s oration to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:[fn]

the way of an eagle in the sky,

the way of a snake on a rock,

the way of a ship at sea,

and the way of a man with a young woman.

“Look, you strong man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

This is what the LORD says:

Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind.

He makes human flesh his strength,

and his heart turns from the LORD.

The person who trusts in the LORD,

whose confidence indeed is the LORD, is blessed.

This is what the LORD says:

Record this man as childless,

a man who will not be successful in his lifetime.

None of his descendants will succeed

in sitting on the throne of David

or ruling again in Judah.

Concerning the prophets:

My heart is broken within me,

and all my bones tremble.

I have become like a drunkard,

like a man overcome by wine,

because of the LORD,

because of his holy words.