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Lexicon :: Strong's H6908 - qāḇaṣ

Aa
קָבַץ
Transliteration
qāḇaṣ
Pronunciation
kaw-bats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1983

Strong’s Definitions

קָבַץ qâbats, kaw-bats'; a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect:—assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, × surely, take up.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x

The KJV translates Strong's H6908 in the following manner: gather (70x), gather together (42x), assemble (6x), gather up (3x), heap (1x), gather out (1x), resort (1x), surely (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x
The KJV translates Strong's H6908 in the following manner: gather (70x), gather together (42x), assemble (6x), gather up (3x), heap (1x), gather out (1x), resort (1x), surely (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

  1. to gather, assemble

    1. (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to assemble, gather

      2. to be gathered

    3. (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away

    4. (Pual) to be gathered together

    5. (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָבַץ qâbats, kaw-bats'; a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect:—assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, × surely, take up.
STRONGS H6908: Abbreviations
קָבַץ 127 verb gather, collect (synonym אָסַף) (Arabic bdb086709 grasp, seize; Sabean קבץֿ harvest, in דֿק׳, attribute of 'Aṯtar, according to FellZMG liv (1900), 237 f.; Ethiopic bdb086710 is fail, despair; Late Hebrew קִבָּץ = Biblical Hebrew); —
† Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ק׳ 1 Kings 20:1; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקְבָּץֿ Psalm 41:7, וַיִּקְכֹּץ Genesis 41:48 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קְבֹץ 1 Kings 18:19, masculine plural קִבְצוּ 1 Samuel 7:5 +; Infinitive construct suffix לְקָבְצִי Zephaniah 3:8; Participle active קֹבֵץ Ezekiel 22:19; Proverbs 13:11; passive plural קְכוּצִים Nehemiah 5:16; — gather, collect:
1. with accusative of thing, grain Genesis 41:35, 48 (E), booty Deuteronomy 13:17 (+ אֶל location), money 2 Chronicles 24:5 (+ מִן person), so Ezekiel 16:31 (Gr Toy Krae, reading לִקְבֹּץ from לְקַלֵּס, compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version. Symm); accusative omitted קֹבֵץ Proverbs 13:11 one gathering by degrees; figurative אָֿוֶן לוֺ לִבּוֺ יִק׳ Psalm 41:7 his heart gathereth wickedness to itself.
2. usually with accusative of person gather, assemble, + ה locative 1 Samuel 7:5; 1 Samuel 29:1 (for battle); + אֶל location 1 Kings 18:20; Ezra 8:15; Esther 2:3; + אֶל person 2 Samuel 3:21; Habakkuk 2:5 (in figurative; || אָסַף); + עַל (= אֶל) person 1 Kings 11:24; + אֶל person and location 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Chronicles 32:6; + מִן local 2 Chronicles 23:2, compare Ezra 7:28; accusative of person alone 1 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 18:5; 2 Kings 10:18; Nehemiah 7:5 (+ infinitive purpose), Joel 2:16 (|| אָסַף), 2 Chronicles 15:9; 24:5; 25:5; passive with שָׁם + עַל of work Nehemiah 5:16; for י׳'s judgement Zephaniah 3:3 (|| אָסַף), Ezekiel 22:20 compare Ezekiel 22:19 (+ אֶלאתּוֺךְ; figurative of metals into furnace); specifically for war, battle, Judges 12:4; 1 Samuel 28:1; 2 Samuel 2:30; 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 6:24; + לַצָּבָא 1 Samuel 28:1 (1 Samuel 29:1 see above).
† Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נִקְבְּצוּ Joshua 10:6 +, etc.; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּקָּבֵץ Ezekiel 29:5; 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּקָּֽבְצוּ 1 Samuel 7:6 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הִקָּֽבְצוּ Genesis 49:2 +; Infinitive construct הִקָּבֵץ Ezra 10:7 +; Participle plural נִקְבָּצִים Jeremiah 40:15, suffix נִקְבָּצָיו Isaiah 56:8; —
1. intransitive assemble, gather 1 Samuel 25:1; Genesis 49:2; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 48:14; Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 60:4; Joel 4:11 [Joel 3:11]; 2 Chronicles 20:4 (+ infinitive purpose) 2 Chronicles 32:4; for war 1 Samuel 28:4; Joshua 10:6 (with אֶל against); with ה locative 1 Samuel 7:6, accusative of location Ezra 10:7, 9; 2 Chronicles 15:10; with אֶל person unto Jeremiah 40:15; 1 Chronicles 13:2; Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 4:14, compare 2 Chronicles 13:7 (עַל for אֶל); אֶל person + ה locative 1 Chronicles 11:1; with יַחְדָּו Hosea 2:2; Isaiah 43:9 (|| אָסַף), Psalm 102:23; of birds and beasts Isaiah 34:15 (with שָׁם), Ezekiel 39:17.
2. passive be gathered Isaiah 60:7 (of flocks, + ל person), Esther 2:8 (+ אֶל location), Esther 2:19; participle with suffix person Isaiah 56:8; Ezekiel 29:5 (|| אסף) read תִּקָּבֵר Hi (not Sm) Co Berthol Toy Krae.
Pi.51 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וְקִכֶּצְךָ Deuteronomy 30:3 consecutive, קִבְּצָם Micah 4:12; Psalm 107:3, קִכְּצָן Isaiah 34:16; 3rd person feminine singular קִבָּ֑צָה Isaiah 1:7, etc.; Imperfect יְקַבֵּץ Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 40:11, etc.; Imperative, masculine singular suffix קַכְּצֵנוּ 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalm 106:47; Infinitive absolute קַכֵּץ Micah 2:12; construct קַכֵּץ Isaiah 66:13 etc.; Participleמְקַכֵּץ Nahum 3:18 +, etc.; — gather together:
1. usually of י׳ gathering his dispersed people (accusative), sometimes under figure of flock: Micah 2:12 + infinitive absolute (|| אָסַף), Micah 4:6; Zephaniah 3:19, 20; Jeremiah 31:10; Zechariah 10:8; Isaiah 54:7; Isaiah 56:8a, compare also Isaiah 40:11; with accusative + מִן local Deuteronomy 30:3, 4; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 31:8; Jeremiah 32:37; Ezekiel 11:17 + 6 times Ezekiel + Ezekiel 37:21 (מִסָּבִיב), Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 43:5; Zechariah 10:10; Nehemiah 1:9 Psalm + Neh 106:4, compare || 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalm 107:3; accusative + עַל person Isaiah 56:8b (compare Niph. Participle); = (gather and) restrain Hosea 8:10 (with accusative alone); of י׳ gathering dispersed Egyptians, accusative + מִן local Ezekiel 29:13; gathering the nations (accusative) for judgment Micah 4:12; Isaiah 66:18; Joel 4:2; gathering lovers of Jerusalem (under figure of harlot) Ezekiel 16:37 (twice in verse) (מִסָּבִיב + עַל person against); gathering beasts into Edom Isaiah 34:16.
2. men subject: מִצְרַיִם תְּקַבְּצֵם מֹף תְּקַבְּרֵם Hosea 9:6 (compare Ezekiel 29:5 Niph., above), Nehemiah 13:11; with accusative of thing Micah 1:7 (+ מִן), Isaiah 22:9; Isaiah 62:9; Proverbs 28:8; אֵין מְקַבֵּץ none that gathereth Isaiah 13:14 (accusative omitted), Nahum 3:18 (id.), Jeremiah 49:5 (followed byלַֹנּדֵד, compare ל 3 near the end).
3. perhaps (gather and so) take away (= אָסַף 4), Nahum 2:11; Joel 2:6 see פָּארוּר.
Pu. Participle מְקֻבֶּצֶת Ezekiel 38:8 (with מִן) of land (for people) of Israel
† Hithp. gather together (intransitive), be gathered together. Perfect 3rd person plural הִתְקַבְּצוּ Judges 9:47; 1 Samuel 7:7 (+ ה locative); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Samuel 22:2 (+ אֶל person), יִתְק׳ Isaiah 44:11; for battle, war, Imperative masculine plural הַתְקַבְּצוּ Jeremiah 49:14; Imperfect also Joshua 9: (with יִחְדָּו, + infinitive purpose), + אַחֲרֵי person 2 Samuel 2:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:35; 41:48; 41:48; 49:2; 49:2

Deuteronomy

13:17; 30:3; 30:3; 30:4

Joshua

9; 10:6; 10:6

Judges

9:47; 12:4

1 Samuel

7:5; 7:5; 7:6; 7:6; 7:7; 8:2; 22:2; 25:1; 28:1; 28:1; 28:4; 29:1; 29:1

2 Samuel

2:25; 2:30; 3:21

1 Kings

11:24; 18:19; 18:19; 18:20; 20:1; 20:1; 22:6

2 Kings

6:24; 10:18

1 Chronicles

11:1; 13:2; 16:35; 16:35

2 Chronicles

13:7; 15:9; 15:10; 18:5; 20:4; 23:2; 24:5; 24:5; 25:5; 32:4; 32:6

Ezra

7:28; 8:15; 10:1; 10:7; 10:7; 10:9

Nehemiah

1:9; 4:14; 5:16; 5:16; 7:5; 13:11

Esther

2:3; 2:8; 2:19

Psalms

41:7; 41:7; 102:23; 106:47; 107:3; 107:3

Proverbs

13:11; 13:11; 28:8

Isaiah

1:7; 11:12; 11:12; 13:14; 22:9; 34:15; 34:16; 34:16; 40:11; 40:11; 43:5; 43:9; 44:11; 45:20; 48:14; 49:18; 54:7; 56:8; 56:8; 56:8; 56:8; 60:4; 60:7; 62:9; 66:13; 66:18

Jeremiah

23:5; 29:14; 31:8; 31:10; 32:37; 40:15; 40:15; 49:5; 49:14

Ezekiel

11:17; 16:31; 16:37; 22:19; 22:19; 22:20; 29:5; 29:5; 29:5; 29:13; 37:21; 38:8; 39:17

Hosea

2:2; 8:10; 9:6

Joel

2:6; 2:16; 3:11

Micah

1:7; 2:12; 2:12; 4:6; 4:12; 4:12

Nahum

2:11; 3:18; 3:18

Habakkuk

2:5

Zephaniah

3:3; 3:8; 3:19; 3:20

Zechariah

10:8; 10:10

H6908

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Strong's Number H6908 matches the Hebrew קָבַץ (qāḇaṣ),
which occurs 127 times in 121 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Neh 7:5–Eze 38:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:5 - So my God gave me the idea to call together all the nobles and leaders of the city, along with the ordinary citizens, for registration. I had found the genealogical record of those who had first returned to Judah. This is what was written there:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - I immediately confronted the leaders and demanded, “Why has the Temple of God been neglected?” Then I called all the Levites back again and restored them to their proper duties.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at the fortress of Susa. Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the harem, will see that they are all given beauty treatments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - As a result of the king’s decree, Esther, along with many other young women, was brought to the king’s harem at the fortress of Susa and placed in Hegai’s care.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:19 - Even after all the young women had been transferred to the second harem[fn] and Mordecai had become a palace official,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - They visit me as if they were my friends,
but all the while they gather gossip,
and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:22 - when multitudes gather together
and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47 - Save us, O LORD our God!
Gather us back from among the nations,
so we can thank your holy name
and rejoice and praise you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 - For he has gathered the exiles from many lands,
from east and west,
from north and south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
wealth from hard work grows over time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:8 - Income from charging high interest rates
will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:12 - He will raise a flag among the nations
and assemble the exiles of Israel.
He will gather the scattered people of Judah
from the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:14 - Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd.
They will try to find their own people
and flee to their own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:9 - You inspect the breaks in the walls of Jerusalem.[fn]
You store up water in the lower pool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 - There the owl will make her nest and lay her eggs.
She will hatch her young and cover them with her wings.
And the buzzards will come,
each one with its mate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:16 - Search the book of the LORD,
and see what he will do.
Not one of these birds and animals will be missing,
and none will lack a mate,
for the LORD has promised this.
His Spirit will make it all come true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 - He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will carry the lambs in his arms,
holding them close to his heart.
He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:5 - “Do not be afraid, for I am with you.
I will gather you and your children from east and west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9 - Gather the nations together!
Assemble the peoples of the world!
Which of their idols has ever foretold such things?
Which can predict what will happen tomorrow?
Where are the witnesses of such predictions?
Who can verify that they spoke the truth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - All who worship idols will be disgraced
along with all these craftsmen—mere humans—
who claim they can make a god.
They may all stand together,
but they will stand in terror and shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 - “Gather together and come,
you fugitives from surrounding nations.
What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols
and pray to gods that cannot save!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - Have any of your idols ever told you this?
Come, all of you, and listen:
The LORD has chosen Cyrus as his ally.
He will use him to put an end to the empire of Babylon
and to destroy the Babylonian[fn] armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:18 - Look around you and see,
for all your children will come back to you.
As surely as I live,” says the LORD,
“they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7 - “For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with great compassion I will take you back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:8 - For the Sovereign LORD,
who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says:
I will bring others, too,
besides my people Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:4 - “Look and see, for everyone is coming home!
Your sons are coming from distant lands;
your little daughters will be carried home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:7 - The flocks of Kedar will be given to you,
and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars.
I will accept their offerings,
and I will make my Temple glorious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:9 - You raised the grain, and you will eat it,
praising the LORD.
Within the courtyards of the Temple,
you yourselves will drink the wine you have pressed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - “I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their own sheepfold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:14 - I will be found by you,” says the LORD. “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - For I will bring them from the north
and from the distant corners of the earth.
I will not forget the blind and lame,
the expectant mothers and women in labor.
A great company will return!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - “Listen to this message from the LORD,
you nations of the world;
proclaim it in distant coastlands:
The LORD, who scattered his people,
will gather them and watch over them
as a shepherd does his flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:37 - I will certainly bring my people back again from all the countries where I will scatter them in my fury. I will bring them back to this very city and let them live in peace and safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Later Johanan had a private conference with Gedaliah and volunteered to kill Ishmael secretly. “Why should we let him come and murder you?” Johanan asked. “What will happen then to the Judeans who have returned? Why should the few of us who are still left be scattered and lost?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5 - But look! I will bring terror upon you,”
says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
“Your neighbors will chase you from your land,
and no one will help your exiles as they flee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14 - I have heard a message from the LORD
that an ambassador was sent to the nations to say,
“Form a coalition against Edom,
and prepare for battle!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:17 - I, the Sovereign LORD, will gather you back from the nations where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel once again.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 - this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies—the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:34 - And in anger I will reach out with my strong hand and powerful arm, and I will bring you back[fn] from the lands where you are scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41 - When I bring you home from exile, you will be like a pleasing sacrifice to me. And I will display my holiness through you as all the nations watch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - So tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - Just as copper, iron, lead, and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will melt you down in the heat of my fury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - I will leave you and all your fish
stranded in the wilderness to die.
You will lie unburied on the open ground,
for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:13 - “But this is what the Sovereign LORD also says: At the end of the forty years I will bring the Egyptians home again from the nations to which they have been scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:13 - I will bring them back home to their own land of Israel from among the peoples and nations. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel and by the rivers and in all the places where people live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:24 - For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:21 - And give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:8 - A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel.

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