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Lexicon :: Strong's H5048 - neḡeḏ

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נֶגֶד
Transliteration
neḡeḏ
Pronunciation
neh'-ghed
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb (with a preposition), substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1289a

Strong’s Definitions

נֶגֶד neged, neh'-ghed; from H5046; a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before:—about, (over) against, × aloof, × far (off), × from, over, presence, × other side, sight, × to view.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H5048 in the following manner: before, against, in the presence, about.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H5048 in the following manner: before, against, in the presence, about.
substantive

  1. what is conspicuous, what is in front of

    adverb

  2. in front of, straight forward, before, in sight of

  3. in front of oneself, straightforward

  4. before your face, in your view or purpose

    with preposition

  5. what is in front of, corresponding to

  6. in front of, before

  7. in the sight or presence of

  8. parallel to

  9. over, for

  10. in front, opposite

  11. at a distance

    preposition

  12. from the front of, away from

  13. from before the eyes of, opposite to, at a distance from

  14. from before, in front of

  15. as far as the front of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶגֶד neged, neh'-ghed; from H5046; a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before:—about, (over) against, × aloof, × far (off), × from, over, presence, × other side, sight, × to view.
STRONGS H5048: Abbreviations
נֶ֫גֶד 151 substantive what is conspicuous or in front, always as adverb or preposition in front of, in sight of, opposite to, נֶ֑גֶד, construct נֶגֶד, suffix נֶגְדִּי Psalm 38:11 +, נֶגְדְּךָ Psalm 38:10 +, etc.; with ה locative נֶ֫גְדָּה Psalm 116:14; Psalm 116:18; —
1. as adverb accusative in front of,
a. locally (rather stronger and distincter than לִפְנֵי),
(a) Genesis 31:32 נֶגֶד אַחֵינוּ הַכֶּרנָֿא in front of our brethren own it, now, Genesis 31:37; Genesis 47:15 ולמה נמות נגדך why should we die in thy sight ? Exodus 19:2 Israel encamped נגד ההר in front of the mountain, Exodus 34:10 נגד כלעֿמך אעשׂה נִפְלָאֹת, before, in sight of, all thy people (compare Psalm 78:12), Joshua 3:16 the people passed over נגד ירחו in front of J., 1 Kings 20:27, etc.; Nehemiah 3:23 in front of their house, Nehemiah 3:29; נגד (כלׅ ישׂראל Deuteronomy 31:11; Joshua 8:35 = 1 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 12:12 +; 1 Kings 21:13 set Naboth נֶגֶד הָעָם; נגד י׳ 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 16:6 מְשִׁיחוֺ אַךְ נֶגֶד י׳, so נֶגְדִּי Psalm 89:37, נֶגְדּוֺ Psalm 18:13; נגד השׁמשׁ Numbers 25:4; 2 Samuel 12:12; Psalm 22:26 יראיו נ׳, Psalm 52:11 (so in poetry נֶגְדָּה לְ Psalm 116:14; Psalm 116:18); hostilely, Job 10:17; with collateral idea of to the mortification of, Psalm 23:5; Psalm 31:20, compare Joel 1:16; with collateral idea of being open or known to, Proverbs 15:11 שׁאול ואבדון נגד י׳, Job 26:6; Psalm 38:10 נגדך כלתֿאותי (|| נסתרה לא ממך), Psalm 69:20 (|| יָדַעְתָּ), Psalm 119:168; Isaiah 59:12; so הָיוּ פָּנַי נֶגֶד Hosea 7:2.
(b) with reflexive suffix, and verb of motion, to go in front of oneself, i.e. straightforward, Joshua 6:5 ועלו העם אישׁ נגדו each straightforward, Joshua 6:20; Amos 4:3; Jeremiah 31:29; Nehemiah 12:37, compare Proverbs 4:25.
b. mentally, = vividly present to, Psalm 38:18 ומכאובי נגדי תמיד, Psalm 44:16; Psalm 51:5 וחטאתי נגדי תמיד, Psalm 109:15 י׳ נ׳ (remembered by): nearly = בְּעֵינָיו, כְּאַיִן נֶגְדּוֺ Isaiah 40:17; Psalm 39:6; so וְנ׳ נְבוֺנִים פְּנֵיהֶם Isaiah 5:21. But Exodus 10:10 כי רעה נגד פניכם before your face is = in your view, or purpose (compare לא אשׁית לְנֶגֶד עֵינַי דברבֿליעל Psalm 101:3).
2. With prepositions:
a. † כְּנֶגֶד according to what is in front of = corresponding to, Genesis 2:18 I will make him עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֺ a help corresponding to him i.e. equal and adequate to himself, Genesis 2:20 among the animals there was no עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֺ. **Note that in Late Hebrew מכנגד = in front of, Ber 4:5; 9:5; Ab 2:10, מכנגד פני Git 7:7 and elsewhere.
b. לְנֶגֶד in front of, before, Genesis 33:12 וְֵֽֽֽאלְכָה לְנֶנְדֶּ֑ךָ, Numbers 22:32; 2 Kings 1:13 fell on his knees לנגד אליהו, Isaiah 1:7 your ground לנגדכם זרים אֹכלים אותהּ; with עָמַד Joshua 5:13; Daniel 8:15; Daniel 10:16, in a hostile sense Daniel 10:13, compare Proverbs 21:30; in the sight or presence of, Habakkuk 1:3 וְשֹׁד וְחָמָס לְנֶגְדִּי, Psalm 39:2 בעוד רשׁע לנגדי, Psalm 50:8 ועולֹתיך לנגדי תמיד, Nehemiah 3:37; opposite to (probably of opposite choirs), Nehemiah 12:9, 24; = parallel to, 1 Chronicles 5:11; = over, for, a business (peculiar) Nehemiah 11:22; figurative of what is visible morally, Psalm 18:23 כי כל משׁפטיו לנגדי (|| לֹא אָסִיר מֶנִּי), with to set or place Psalm 16:8; Psalm 54:5 לא שׂמו אלהים לנגדם (compare Psalm 86:14,), Psalm 90:8; often in the phrase לְנֶגֶד עֵינֵי ֗֗֗, both literal, as Job 4:16 תְּמוּנָה עֵינָ֑י לנ׳, Psalm 5:6 עיניך לא יתיצבו הוללים לנ׳ (compare Psalm 101:7); and in a moral sense, Psalm 18:25 עיניו כְּבֹר ידי לנ׳, Psalm 26:3 עיני כי חסדך לנ׳ i.e. is ever present to my mind, Psalm 36:2 עיניו אין פחד אלהים לנ׳ i.e. he has no eye to discern God's awe-inspiring judgments (compare Psalm 10:5); with לא אשׁית i.e. have in view, purpose (|| שׂנאתי) Psalm 101:3.
c. † מִנֶּגֶד
(a) adverb off (מִן 1c) the front, in front, opposite, ex adverso, Genesis 21:16 ותשׁב להּ מנגד sat her down opposite, Genesis 21:16, 2 Kings 2:7; Deuteronomy 28:66 והיו חייך תלואים לך מנגד shall be hung up for thee in front (i.e. suspended, as by a thread, in front of thee); Judges 9:17 וישׁלך נפשׁו מנגד and flung away his life in front or straight away (i.e. hazarded it); = some way off, from or at a distance, Numbers 2:2; Deuteronomy 32:52 כי מִנֶּגֶד תראה את הארץ, 2 Kings 2:15 וַיִּרְאֻהוּ מנ׳ at a distance, 2 Kings 3:22; 2 Kings 4:25; aloof, 2 Samuel 18:13 ואתה תתיצב מנגד, Obadiah 11.
(b) as a preposition
(α) from the front of, away from, Songs 6:5 הָסֵבִּי עֵינַיִךְ מִנֶּגְדִּי, 1 Samuel 26:20 אליֿפֹל פני י׳ דמי ארצה מנ׳; מנגד עיני from before the eyes of, with verbs of removing Isaiah 1:16, cutting off Psalm 31:23; Jonah 2:5, hiding Amos 9:3; Jeremiah 16:17.
(β) opposite to, Nehemiah 3:19, 25, 27; at a distance from, Psalm 10:5 מרום משׁפטיך מנגדו, Psalm 38:12 מנגד נגעי יעמדו.
(γ) מִנֶּגֶד לְ from before, Proverbs 14:7, in front of Judges 20:34.
d. † עַד נֶגֶד as far as the front of, Nehemiah 3:16, 26.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:18; 2:20; 21:16; 21:16; 31:32; 31:37; 33:12; 47:15

Exodus

10:10; 19:2; 34:10

Numbers

2:2; 22:32; 25:4

Deuteronomy

28:66; 31:11; 32:52

Joshua

3:16; 5:13; 6:5; 6:20; 8:35

Judges

9:17; 20:34

1 Samuel

12:3; 15:30; 16:6; 26:20

2 Samuel

12:12; 12:12; 18:13

1 Kings

20:27; 21:13

2 Kings

1:13; 2:7; 2:15; 3:22; 4:25

1 Chronicles

5:11

Nehemiah

3:16; 3:19; 3:23; 3:25; 3:26; 3:27; 3:29; 11:22; 12:9; 12:24; 12:37

Job

4:16; 10:17; 26:6

Psalms

5:6; 10:5; 10:5; 16:8; 18:13; 18:23; 18:25; 22:26; 23:5; 26:3; 31:20; 31:23; 36:2; 38:10; 38:10; 38:11; 38:12; 38:18; 39:2; 39:6; 44:16; 50:8; 51:5; 54:5; 69:20; 78:12; 86:14; 89:37; 90:8; 101:3; 101:3; 101:7; 109:15; 116:14; 116:14; 116:18; 116:18; 119:168

Proverbs

4:25; 14:7; 15:11; 21:30

Song of Songs

6:5

Isaiah

1:7; 1:16; 5:21; 40:17; 59:12

Jeremiah

16:17; 31:29

Daniel

8:15; 10:13; 10:16

Hosea

7:2

Joel

1:16

Amos

4:3; 9:3

Obadiah

1:11

Jonah

2:5

Habakkuk

1:3

H5048

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Strong's Number H5048 matches the Hebrew נֶגֶד (neḡeḏ),
which occurs 151 times in 143 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 2:18–2Ch 7:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:18 - Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards[fn] away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - But as for your gods, see if you can find them, and let the person who has taken them die! And if you find anything else that belongs to you, identify it before all these relatives of ours, and I will give it back!” But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - You have rummaged through everything I own. Now show me what you found that belongs to you! Set it out here in front of us, before our relatives, for all to see. Let them judge between us!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:12 - “Well,” Esau said, “let’s be going. I will lead the way.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:15 - When the people of Egypt and Canaan ran out of money, all the Egyptians came to Joseph. “Our money is gone!” they cried. “But please give us food, or we will die before your very eyes!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:10 - Pharaoh retorted, “The LORD will certainly need to be with you if I let you take your little ones! I can see through your evil plan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - The LORD replied, “Listen, I am making a covenant with you in the presence of all your people. I will perform miracles that have never been performed anywhere in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people around you will see the power of the LORD—the awesome power I will display for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - “When the Israelites set up camp, each tribe will be assigned its own area. The tribal divisions will camp beneath their family banners on all four sides of the Tabernacle,[fn] but at some distance from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - “Why did you beat your donkey those three times?” the angel of the LORD demanded. “Look, I have come to block your way because you are stubbornly resisting me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - The LORD issued the following command to Moses: “Seize all the ringleaders and execute them before the LORD in broad daylight, so his fierce anger will turn away from the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:66 - Your life will constantly hang in the balance. You will live night and day in fear, unsure if you will survive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - you must read this Book of Instruction to all the people of Israel when they assemble before the LORD your God at the place he chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:52 - So you will see the land from a distance, but you may not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea[fn] until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 - When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:5 - When you hear the priests give one long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people shout as loud as they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse, and the people can charge straight into the town.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:20 - When the people heard the sound of the rams’ horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 - All the fighting men who were with Joshua marched in front of the town and camped on the north side of Ai, with a valley between them and the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - Then all the Israelites—foreigners and native-born alike—along with the elders, officers, and judges, were divided into two groups. One group stood in front of Mount Gerizim, the other in front of Mount Ebal. Each group faced the other, and between them stood the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant. This was all done according to the commands that Moses, the servant of the LORD, had previously given for blessing the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:35 - Every word of every command that Moses had ever given was read to the entire assembly of Israel, including the women and children and the foreigners who lived among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - For he fought for you and risked his life when he rescued you from the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - There were 10,000 elite Israelite troops who advanced against Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that Benjamin didn’t realize the impending disaster.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4 - I thought I should speak to you about it so that you can redeem it if you wish. If you want the land, then buy it here in the presence of these witnesses. But if you don’t want it, let me know right away, because I am next in line to redeem it after you.”
The man replied, “All right, I’ll redeem it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - Now testify against me in the presence of the LORD and before his anointed one. Whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe and perverted justice? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:30 - Then Saul pleaded again, “I know I have sinned. But please, at least honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel by coming back with me so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:6 - When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the LORD’s anointed!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:20 - Must I die on foreign soil, far from the presence of the LORD? Why has the king of Israel come out to search for a single flea? Why does he hunt me down like a partridge on the mountains?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:13 - And if I had betrayed the king by killing his son—and the king would certainly find out who did it—you yourself would be the first to abandon me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 - A great brightness shone around him,
and burning coals[fn] blazed forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:23 - I have followed all his regulations;
I have never abandoned his decrees.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:25 - The LORD rewarded me for doing right.
He has seen my innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22 - Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire community of Israel. He lifted his hands toward heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 - Israel then mustered its army, set up supply lines, and marched out for battle. But the Israelite army looked like two little flocks of goats in comparison to the vast Aramean forces that filled the countryside!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:10 - And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:13 - Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused Naboth before all the people, saying, “He cursed God and the king.” So he was dragged outside the town and stoned to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - Once more the king sent a third captain with fifty men. But this time the captain went up the hill and fell to his knees before Elijah. He pleaded with him, “O man of God, please spare my life and the lives of these, your fifty servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:7 - Fifty men from the group of prophets also went and watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped beside the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:15 - When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what happened, they exclaimed, “Elijah’s spirit rests upon Elisha!” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it appear red to the Moabites—like blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - As she approached the man of God at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:11 - Next to the Reubenites, the descendants of Gad lived in the land of Bashan as far east as Salecah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32 - and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeam.[fn] All these families lived near each other in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38 - Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. All these families lived near each other in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:12 - Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire community of Israel, and he lifted his hands in prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high[fn] and had placed it at the center of the Temple’s outer courtyard. He stood on the platform, and then he knelt in front of the entire community of Israel and lifted his hands toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests took their assigned positions, and so did the Levites who were singing, “His faithful love endures forever!” They accompanied the singing with music from the instruments King David had made for praising the LORD. Across from the Levites, the priests blew the trumpets, while all Israel stood.

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