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Lexicon :: Strong's H168 - 'ōhel

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אֹהֶל
Transliteration
'ōhel
Pronunciation
o'-hel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 32a

Strong’s Definitions

אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x

The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x
The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

  1. tent

    1. nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience

    2. dwelling, home, habitation

    3. the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
STRONGS H168: Abbreviations
אֹ֫הֶל 343 noun masculineGenesis 13:3 tent (compare Assyrian âlu, above, Arabic اٌَهْل, fellow-dwellers, family, Sabean אהל DHMZMG 1883, 341 and others, also in proper names Sabean & Phoenician see H171 אהליאב) — absolute א׳ Genesis 4:20 +; construct id. Exodus 28:43 +; אֹ֫הֱלָה (ה locative) Genesis 18:6 +; suffix אָהֳלִי Job 29:4 +; אָֽהָלִךָ Psalm 61:5; אָֽהֳלֹה Genesis 9:21 + 3 times (see DrSm xxxv); plural אֹהָלִים Genesis 13:5 + (Ges§ 23. 3); בָֽאֳהָלִים Judges 8:11 +; construct אָהֳלֵי Numbers 16:26 +; suffix אֹהָלַי Jeremiah 4:20; אֹהָלֶיךָ Numbers 24:5 +; אָהֳלֵיכֶם Joshua 22:8 +, etc. —
1. tent of nomad Songs 1:5; Jeremiah 6:3; Jeremiah 49:29; ישֵׁב א׳ dweller in tents Genesis 4:20; Genesis 25:27 (J); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2 Chronicles 14:14; of soldier 1 Samuel 17:54 compare Dr, Jeremiah 37:10; 1 Kings 8:66 לְאֹהָלֶיךָ, ישׂראל, exclamation, to thy tents, Israel ! 1 Kings 12:16 (twice in verse) compare 2 Chronicles 10:16; 2 Samuel 20:1 (but compare Dr, 1 Samuel 17:54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2 Samuel 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, compare חֻפָּה Psalm 19:5; Joel 2:16 see RSKinship 168).
2. dwelling, habitation; Psalm 91:10 לְאֹהָלֶ֑ךָ home (literally to thy tents, plural) Judges 19:9 (after הלך); א׳ בֵּיתִי habitation of my house Psalm 132:3 compare Daniel 11:45; דוד א׳ habitation or palace of David where throne erected Isaiah 16:5; בַת צִיּוֺן א׳ house of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) Lamentations 2:4; אָהֲלֵי יַעֲקֹב Jeremiah 30:18; Malachi 2:12 (|| מִשְׁכָּן); יְהוּדָה א׳ Zechariah 12:7 (|| בית דוד); רְשָׁעִים א׳ h. of wicked Job 8:22, compare רֶשַׁע א׳ Psalm 84:11, יְשָׁרִים א׳ Proverbs 14:11; שֹׁחַד א׳ Job 15:34; צַדִּיקִים א׳ Psalm 118:15; אֱדוֺם א׳ = Edom itself, Psalm 83:7 compare קְדָר א׳ Psalm 120:5 כוּשָׁן א׳ Habakkuk 3:7.
3. the sacred tent used in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; מוֺעֵד א׳ tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV and others) According to E Moses so called the tent which he used to pitch without the camp, afar off, into which he used to enter, & where God spake with him face to face, Exodus 33:7-11 Numbers 12:5, 10; Deuteronomy 31:14, 15; J seems to have same conception of an מ׳ א׳ outside the camp, Numbers 11:24, 26; D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it + 131 times as מ׳ א׳; + 19 times as הָאֹהֶל (compare Ezekiel 41:1) & הָעֵדוּת א׳, tent of the testimony Numbers 9:15; Numbers 17:22; Numbers 17:23; Numbers 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) compare 2 Chronicles 24:6; this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in מ׳ מִשְׁכַּן א׳ Exodus 39:32; Exodus 40:2, 6, 29, compare 1 Chronicles 6:17; הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל Numbers 3:25; אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת־אָהֳלוֺ Exodus 35:11; tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins, each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covering & protecting the מִשְׁכָּן, which was in form of parallelopip. (Exodus 26). An אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד was at Shilo 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted Greek Version of the LXX; see Dr) compare Psalm 78:60, called יוֺסֵף א׳ Psalm 78:67. The Mosaic מ׳ א׳ was later at Gibeon 2 Chronicles 1:3, 6, 13; courses of ministry arranged for service at מ׳ א׳ 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 23:32 compare 1 Chronicles 9:19 (הָא׳), 1 Chronicles 9:21; 1 Chronicles 9:23 (בֵּית הָא׳); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2 Samuel 6:17; 1 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 2 Chronicles 1:4; Joab fled for refuge to יהוה א׳ 1 Kings 2:28-30; sacred oil brought from הָא׳ 1 Kings 1:39; the מוֺעֵד א׳ was taken up into temple 1 Kings 8:4 2 Chronicles 5:5; י׳ had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone מֵאֹהֶל אֶל־אֹהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1 Chronicles 17:5, compare 2 Samuel 7:6; יהוה א׳ (|| בַּיִת & הַר קֹדֶשׁ) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, Psalm 15:1; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 61:5 (compare Psalm 90:1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:20; 4:20; 9:21; 13:3; 13:5; 18:6; 25:27

Exodus

26; 28:43; 33:7; 33:8; 33:9; 33:10; 33:11; 35:11; 39:32; 40:2; 40:6; 40:29

Numbers

3:25; 9:15; 11:24; 11:26; 12:5; 12:10; 16:26; 18:2; 24:5

Deuteronomy

31:14; 31:15

Joshua

22:8

Judges

8:11; 19:9

1 Samuel

2:22; 17:54; 17:54

2 Samuel

6:17; 7:6; 16:22; 20:1

1 Kings

1:39; 2:28; 2:29; 2:30; 8:4; 8:66; 12:16

1 Chronicles

6:17; 6:17; 9:19; 9:21; 9:23; 15:1; 16:1; 17:5; 23:32

2 Chronicles

1:3; 1:4; 1:6; 1:13; 5:5; 10:16; 14:14; 24:6

Job

8:22; 15:34; 29:4

Psalms

15:1; 19:5; 27:5; 27:6; 61:5; 61:5; 78:60; 78:67; 83:7; 84:11; 90:1; 91:10; 118:15; 120:5; 132:3

Proverbs

14:11

Song of Songs

1:5

Isaiah

16:5

Jeremiah

4:20; 6:3; 30:18; 37:10; 49:29

Lamentations

2:4

Ezekiel

41:1

Daniel

11:45

Joel

2:16

Habakkuk

3:7

Zechariah

12:7

Malachi

2:12

H168

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Strong's Number H168 matches the Hebrew אֹהֶל ('ōhel),
which occurs 345 times in 314 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 7 (Num 10:3–Jos 22:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:3 - And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: H168 and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24 - And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 - But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: H168 and they prophesied in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4 - And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle H168 of the congregation. And they three came out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, H168 and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; H168 and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:10 - But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18 - And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:19 - And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents H168 of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, H168 and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42 - And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle H168 of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:43 - And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle H168 of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:4 - And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:7 - And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle H168 of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle H168 of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle H168 of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:3 - And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: H168 only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: H168 and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:22 - Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:4 - And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle H168 of the congregation seven times:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:14 - This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: H168 all that come into the tent, H168 and all that is in the tent, H168 shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, H168 and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:6 - And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:5 - How goodly are thy tents, H168 O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6 - And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2 - And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:27 - And ye murmured in your tents, H168 and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30 - Go say to them, Get you into your tents H168 again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:6 - And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, H168 and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:15 - And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle H168 in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:18 - And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, H168 to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, H168 and the silver under it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:22 - So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; H168 and, behold, it was hid in his tent, H168 and the silver under it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:23 - And they took them out of the midst of the tent, H168 and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, H168 and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 - And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle H168 of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, H168 and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

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