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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

  1. Israel = "God prevails"

    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 65 times in 59 verses in 'Lev' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel H3478 and say to them, ‘When any man of you brings an [fn]offering to the LORD, you shall bring your [fn]offering of animals from the herd or the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, H3478 saying, ‘If a person sins unintentionally in any of the [fn]things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and commits any of them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - ‘Now if the whole congregation of Israel H3478 commits error and the matter [fn]escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the [fn]things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:23 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, H3478 saying, ‘You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep or a goat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:29 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, H3478 saying, ‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:34 - ‘For I have taken the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the [fn]contribution from the sons of Israel H3478 from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their due forever from the sons of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - ‘[fn]These the LORD had commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel H3478 in the day that He anointed them. It is their due forever throughout their generations.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:38 - which the LORD commanded Moses at Mount Sinai in the day that He commanded the sons of Israel H3478 to [fn]present their offerings to the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:1 - Now it came about on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel; H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:3 - “Then to the sons of Israel H3478 you shall speak, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old, without defect, for a burnt offering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not [fn]uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your [fn]kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, H3478 shall bewail the burning which the LORD has [fn]brought about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:11 - and so as to teach the sons of Israel H3478 all the statutes which the LORD has spoken to them through Moses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:14 - “The breast of the wave offering, however, and the thigh of the offering you may eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they have been given as your due and your sons’ due out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, H3478 saying, ‘These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, H3478 saying: ‘When a woman [fn]gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, as in the days of [fn]her menstruation she shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, H3478 and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his [fn]body, [fn]his discharge is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 - “Thus you shall keep the sons of Israel H3478 separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My [fn]tabernacle that is among them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:5 - “He shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478 two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:16 - “He shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel H3478 and because of their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and thus he shall do for the tent of meeting which abides with them in the midst of their impurities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:17 - “When he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household and for all the assembly of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:19 - “With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and from the impurities of the sons of Israel H3478 consecrate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:21 - “Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel H3478 and all their transgressions [fn]in regard to all their sins; and he shall lay them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who stands in readiness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - “Now you shall have this as a permanent statute, to make atonement for the sons of Israel H3478 for all their sins once every year.” And just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so he did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:2 - “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel H3478 and say to them, ‘This is what the LORD has commanded, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3 - “Any man from the house of Israel H3478 who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - “[fn]The reason is so that the sons of Israel H3478 may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to the LORD, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8 - “Then you shall say to them, ‘Any man from the house of Israel, H3478 or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - ‘And any man from the house of Israel, H3478 or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12 - “Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, H3478 ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - “So when any man from the sons of Israel, H3478 or from the aliens who sojourn among them, [fn]in hunting catches a beast or a bird which may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:14 - “For as for the [fn]life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its [fn]life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, H3478 ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the [fn]life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel H3478 and say to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:2 - “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel H3478 and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “You shall also say to the sons of Israel: H3478 ‘Any man from the sons of Israel H3478 or from the aliens sojourning in Israel H3478 who gives any of his [fn]offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:24 - So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:2 - “Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, H3478 which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:3 - “Say to them, ‘If any man among all your [fn]descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel H3478 dedicate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:15 - ‘They shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel H3478 which they offer to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18 - “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel H3478 and say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel H3478 or of the aliens in Israel H3478 who presents his offering, whether it is any of their [fn]votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the LORD for a burnt offering—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:32 - “You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; H3478 I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel H3478 and say to them, ‘The LORD’S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - “Speak to the sons of Israel H3478 and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, H3478 saying, ‘In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a [fn]rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, H3478 saying, ‘On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:42 - ‘You shall [fn]live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel H3478 shall [fn]live in booths,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:43 - so that your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel H3478 live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:44 - So Moses declared to the sons of Israel H3478 the appointed times of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - “Command the sons of Israel H3478 that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the [fn]light, to make a lamp [fn]burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:8 - “Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is an everlasting covenant [fn]for the sons of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:10 - Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the sons of Israel; H3478 and the Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel struggled with each other in the camp.

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