Lexicon :: Strong's H7227 - raḇ

When the LORD saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the vast watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,

But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,

Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.

And Abraham lived as an alien in the land of the Philistines for many days.

She also said to him, “We have plenty of straw and feed and a place to spend the night.”

And the LORD said to her:

Two nations are in your womb;

two peoples will come from you and be separated.

One people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.

He had flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, and many slaves, and the Philistines were envious of him.

And the man became very rich.[fn] He had many flocks, female and male slaves, and camels and donkeys.

“I have enough, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what you have.”

For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”

“You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result ​— ​the survival of many people.

He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, they cried out, and their cry for help because of the difficult labor ascended to God.

Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are so numerous, and you would stop them from their labor.”

“Make an appeal to the LORD. There has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t need to stay any longer.”

A mixed crowd also went up with them, along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds.

The LORD directed Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD; otherwise many of them will die.

“You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.

“I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.

The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed:

The LORD ​— ​the LORD is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,

“When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, though it is not the time of her menstruation, or if she has a discharge beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

“If many years are still left, he must pay his redemption price in proportion to them based on his purchase price.

Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the LORD’s requirement and did not set out.

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the LORD’s anger burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a very severe plague.

“See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

“The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.

They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have gone too far! Everyone in the entire community is holy, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the LORD’s assembly? ”

“place fire in them and put incense on them before the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is set apart. It is you Levites who have gone too far! ”

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that abundant water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

“Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many years, but the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.

Then the LORD sent poisonous[fn] snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.

Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous, and Moab dreaded the Israelites.

Balak sent officials again who were more numerous and higher in rank than the others.

Water will flow from his buckets,

and his seed will be by abundant water.

His king will be greater than Agag,

and his kingdom will be exalted.

“Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.

“Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”

The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock.

“You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.

“Of the cities that you give from the Israelites’ territory, you should take more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one. Each tribe is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives.”

“The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb: ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

“For this reason you stayed in Kadesh as long as you did.[fn]

“Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had told me, and we traveled around the hill country of Seir for many days.

“‘You’ve been traveling around this hill country long enough; turn north.

The Emim, a great and numerous people as tall as the Anakim, had previously lived there.

a great and numerous people, tall as the Anakim. The LORD destroyed the Rephaim at the advance of the Ammonites, so that they drove them out and settled in their place.

“But your wives, dependents, and livestock ​— ​I know that you have a lot of livestock ​— ​will remain in the cities I have given you

“But the LORD was angry with me because of you[fn] and would not listen to me. The LORD said to me, ‘That’s enough! Do not speak to me again about this matter.