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Lexicon :: Strong's H7971 - šālaḥ

Aa
שָׁלַח
Transliteration
šālaḥ
Pronunciation
shaw-lakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2394

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַח shâlach, shaw-lakh'; a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications):—× any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, × earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 847x

The KJV translates Strong's H7971 in the following manner: send (566x), go (73x), (send, put, ...) forth (54x), send away (48x), lay (14x), send out (12x), put (10x), put away (7x), cast out (7x), stretch out (5x), cast (5x), set (5x), put out (4x), depart (4x), soweth (3x), loose (3x), miscellaneous (22x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 847x
The KJV translates Strong's H7971 in the following manner: send (566x), go (73x), (send, put, ...) forth (54x), send away (48x), lay (14x), send out (12x), put (10x), put away (7x), cast out (7x), stretch out (5x), cast (5x), set (5x), put out (4x), depart (4x), soweth (3x), loose (3x), miscellaneous (22x).

  1. to send, send away, let go, stretch out

    1. (Qal)

      1. to send

      2. to stretch out, extend, direct

      3. to send away

      4. to let loose

    2. (Niphal) to be sent

    3. (Piel)

      1. to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out

      2. to let go, set free

      3. to shoot forth (of branches)

      4. to let down

      5. to shoot

    4. (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled

    5. (Hiphil) to send

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַח shâlach, shaw-lakh'; a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications):—× any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, × earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
STRONGS H7971: Abbreviations
I. שָׁלַח 844 verb send (Late Hebrew id.; Ecclus 48:18 +; Aramaic שְׁלַךְ, OFlw, SoBuhl BaEs 41 compare Arabic سَرَحَ (r = l), send forth, drive cattle to pasture, send messenger, etc., but then different √ for I. שֶׁלַךְ, Arabic سِلاَحً, سِلَعً weapon; Assyrian probably šalû (send, hurl?), whence tešlitu, command); —
Qal 562 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Genesis 42:4 2nd person masculine singular suffix שְׁלַחְתָּ֑נִי Exodus 5:22, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁלַח Genesis 3:22 +, 2nd person feminine plural תִּשְׁלַ֫חְנָה Ezekiel 23:40 (Judges 5:26 read תִּשְׁלָחֶנָּה ? Ges § 47 k); Imperative masculine singular שְׁלַךְ 1 Samuel 20:31 +, masculine plural שְׁלָ֑חוּ 2 Kings 2:17; Infinitive absolute שָׁל(וֺ)ךְַ Numbers 22:37 +; construct שְׁלֹתַ Numbers 22:15 +, שְׁלַךְ Isaiah 58:9, suffix שָׁלְחֶ֑ךָ Genesis 38:17 etc.; Participle act. שֹׁלֵךְַ Exodus 9:14 +, etc.; שָׁלוּחַ 1 Kings 14:6 +, etc., —
1. send: human subject, especially
a. accusative of person Genesis 42:4; Genesis 43:8 (both J; with אֵת with, person) Numbers 22:15 (E) + often, with ל of thing for which Jeremiah 14:3; followed by אֶל person Genesis 37:13(J), 2 Samuel 11:6; Nehemiah 6:5 +; rarely with ל person Genesis 32:19 (J; pass.), אֶל, of location 2 Chronicles 16:4, ב of location 1 Samuel 11:3, ל of location 1 Kings 5:28, accusative of location 2 Kings 22:3, ה- locative + מֵעַל person 2 Samuel 13:17, מִן local Genesis 37:14 (J), Numbers 13:3 (P), etc.; followed by infinitive purpose 1 Samuel 25:14)+ מִן local), 2 Kings 1:16; Jeremiah 40:14 +, אֶל person with infinitive purpose 2 Samuel 10:3; Jeremiah 42:9 +, with ו subordinate 2 Kings 5:6, with finite verb actionis Exodus 2:5 (E), sent her maid and took, +, etc. (many combinations); accusative of person alone Exodus 24:5 (E), Joshua 7:22(E), 2 Samuel 10:7 —
b. less often accusative of thing (sometimes with בְּיַד of agent), with אֶל person 1 Samuel 16:20; 2 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 20:12 +, 1 Kings 5:23 [1 Kings 5:9] (= designate by sending unto), ל person Judges 3:15; 1 Kings 5:22 [1 Kings 5:8] +, אֶל location Esther 1:22, שָׁ֫מָּה 2 Kings 6:14; + infinitive purpose 1 Chronicles 19:4; Esther 4:4; + finite verb action. Psalm 105:28; accusative of kid, alone, Genesis 38:23 also (accusative omitted) Genesis 38:17, etc.
c. very often without object: + finite verb action, send and do so and so, Genesis 27:45(E), 2 Kings 11:14; Job 1:5 +; with אֶל person Hosea 5:13; 2 Samuel 11:6 +, especially + לֵאמֹר Genesis 38:25(J), 1 Kings 20:5 (often in Samuel Kings), Jeremiah 29:28 +; with infinitive purpose Genesis 32:6 (J), Numbers 21:32 (J), 1 Samuel 22:11 +, etc. (and so 1 Samuel 31:9 reading וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ, for Pi., Th We Dr Now, not HPS Bu); absolute 2 Kings 2:16, 17; 2 Samuel 14:29; = send to inquire 1 Kings 20:17, etc.
2. send: subject י׳ (God),
a. accusative of person Genesis 45:5; (E; לִפְנֵי person), 1 Samuel 15:18 (בְּדָ֑רֶךְ), + אֶל person 2 Samuel 12:1; accusative of angel, לִפְנֵי person Genesis 24:7; Exodus 33:2 (both J), אֵת with Genesis 24:40(J), etc.; with accusative of person = commission Exodus 3:12 (E), Judges 6:14; Isaiah 6:8; Jeremiah 14:14, 15 — Jeremiah; Zechariah 2:13 +; also (with אֶל person) Exodus 3:13 (E), Jeremiah 25:4; Ezekiel 3:6 +, etc.; especially of sending prophet, (שָׁלַךְ), הַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלוֺחַ Jeremiah 7:25 + (see [שָׁרַם]); accusative of person + infinitive purpose 1 Samuel 15:1; Jeremiah 19:14 +; + עַד location 2 Kings 2:2, accusative of location 2 Kings 2:4, ָ  ה locative 2 Kings 2:6, etc.
b. with accusative of thing, plagues Exodus 9:14 (with אֶל־לֵב, ב person), figurative arrows 2 Samuel 22:15 = Psalm 18:15)+ verb finite action.), Psalm 144:6, compare Jeremiah 25:16 and elsewhere; his word Isaiah 9:7 (ב of a people), Isaiah 55:11 (אשׁר to which), Zechariah 7:12 (ב agent.), Psalm 107:20 (+ finite verb action.), Psalm 147:15 (+ accusative אֶרֶץ); accusative help Psalm 20:3 (מִן local), light and truth Psalm 43:3 (+ finite verb action.), compare Psalm 57:4
3. stretch out, especially accusative hand:
a. human subject, with ב person against, Genesis 37:22(E), 1 Samuel 24:11; Esther 2:21+; with ב of thing (property of others) Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:10 (E), Esther 9:10 +, בַּחַלָּמִישׁ Job 28:9; with אֶל person against Genesis 22:12 (E), 2 Samuel 18:12, עַל person 1 Kings 13:4, etc.; אֶל of thing (for good) 2 Samuel 6:6 (יָד omitted); from outside; inward, Songs 5:4 (מִן local); absolute Job 30:24 (read טֹבֵעַ for בְּעִי Di Bi Bu). + infinitive purpose 1 Samuel 22:17, 17; 2 Samuel 1:14; 1 Chronicles 13:9; + verb finite active Genesis 3:22 (J) Deuteronomy 25:11; Judges 15:15; +; אֶצְבַּע שׁ׳ Isaiah 58:9, in token of scorn; with accusative of rod 1 Samuel 14:27; שִׁלְחוּ מַגָּל Joel 4:13 stretch out (the) sickle.
b. י׳ subject, accusative hand, + אֶל person against Exodus 24: (E), compare (עַל) Psalm 138:7; + finite verb active Exodus 3:20 (JE), Exodus 9:15(J), Job 1:11; Job 2:5; in favour, Jeremiah 1:9, absolute Psalm 144:7 (מִן local), also (passive) Ezekiel 2:9 and accusative תַּבְנִית יָד), Ezekiel 8:3.
† c. accusative hand, subject angel, + accusative of location, infinitive purpose 2 Samuel 24:16, cherub, אֶל of thing, מִן local Ezekiel 10:7; adversary, אֶל person Job 1:12; subject angel, accusative rod Judges 6:21.
d. stretched out, slender, of tree Genesis 49:21 (poem in J), see I. אֵלָה above.
e. perhaps extend, direct, accusative of thing Ezekiel 8:17 (see זְמוֺרָה above, also conjectures in Toy Krae).
4. rarely send away (see Pi.): human subject, accusative of person Judges 11:38)+ accusative temporal), Genesis 28:5 (P).
5. let loose (see Pi.), perhaps only Psalm 50:19 (figurative) thy mouth hast thou let loose in evil.
† Niph. Infinitive absolute. וְנִשְׁלוֺחַ סְפָרִים = letters were sent (Ges§ 113 z gg) Esther 3:13)+ אֶל person, בְּיַד agent., infinitive purpose).
Pi. 266 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁלַּח Exodus 8:28 +, suffix שִׁלַּחֲךָ 1 Samuel 20:22, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשַׁלַּח Jeremiah 3:1 +, יְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ Isaiah 45:13; Proverbs 6:14; 1st person singular suffix אֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ Genesis 32:27, אֲשַׁלְּחֶךָּ 2 Samuel 11:12; 1 Kings 20:34, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שַׁלַּךְ Exodus 4:23, +, etc.; Infinitive absolute Deuteronomy 22:7; 1 Kings 11:22; construct שַׁלַּךְ Genesis 8:10 +, שַׁלֵּ֑ךְַ Exodus 7:27; +, etc.; Participle מְשַׁלֵחַ Genesis 43:4 +, etc.; —
1. send off, away, human subject:
a. accusative of person + ל location Joshua 24:28 (E), Judges 7:8; 1 Samuel 10:23 +; + ל person Jeremiah 48:12; + הּ — Judges 12:9 and (with infinitive purpose) Genesis 28:6 (P); accusative of goat, לַעֲזָאזֵל Leviticus 16:10 (ה - locative), Leviticus 16:26; send out, different ways, accusative of person, ב location Judges 19:29; Judges 20:6; send into exile, י׳ subject, with מִן local Jeremiah 24:5, ה — Jeremiah 29:20.
b. send away, dismiss, accusative of person Genesis 21:14 (E), Genesis 25:6 (J; מֵעַל person), 2 Samuel 13:16 +; specifically, with accusative of wife (= divorce), Deuteronomy 22:19, 29; Deuteronomy 24:1, 3; Jeremiah 3:1 +, absolute Malachi 2:16.
c. send away empty (-handed) רֵיקָם, + accusative of person Genesis 31:42 (E), Deuteronomy 15:13; Job 22:9.
d. send off, give a 'send-off' (sometimes escort part way), accusative of person, Genesis 18:16; Genesis 24:59; Genesis 31:27 (all J), 1 Samuel 9:26; 2 Kings 5:24; 2 Kings 6:23.
e. accusative of thing 1 Samuel 6:8; Nehemiah 8:12 +, with accusative of location 1 Samuel 5:10; 1 Samuel 6:3, אֶל person Jeremiah 27:3, etc.
2.
a. send away, subject י׳, accusative of person Genesis 19:29 (J; מִתּוֺךְ), 1 Kings 9:7 (פְּנֵי מֵעַל).
b. give over, accusative of person Psalm 81:13 (ב of evil).
c. cast out, accusative of person Jeremiah 28:16 (מֵעַל־פְּנֵי), Leviticus 18:24; Leviticus 20:23 (both מִפְּנֵי מִמְּנֵי).
d. send out, forth, send on a mission, especially of י׳, with accusative of hornet Deuteronomy 7:20, compare Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 32:24 (all ב person), serpents Numbers 21:6 (E; ב person), lions 2 Kings 17:25, 26 (both id.), foes 2 Kings 24:2 (twice in verse) (+ infinitive purpose); pestilence Amos 4:10; Ezekiel 28:23 (ב person), etc.; also springs into (ב) channel Psalm 104:10.
3. let go, set free (sometimes with חָפְשִׁי) Exodus 4:23; Exodus 5:2 (twice in verse) (all J E), 2 Samuel 3:21, 23, 24 +; = cease to abuse Judges 19:25; + infinitive purpose Genesis 24:56 (J), Exodus 5:1 (E; + 10 times Exodus), 1 Samuel 5:11; with accusative of bird Genesis 8:7, 8 (+ מֵאִתּוֺ) +; + הַשָּׂדֶה על־פְּנֵי Leviticus 14:7, compare Leviticus 14:53 (both P); = let loose, accusative of beast, Exodus 22:4 (E), Leviticus 16:22 (ב location); accusative of bridle Job 30:11 (figurative); metaphor of strife Proverbs 6:14, 19; Proverbs 16:28; let loose waters, subject י׳, Job 12:15.
4. shoot forth branches, Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 80:12; Ezekiel 31:5 (but see I. שֶׁלַךְ 2); compare of locks (פֶּרַע) Ezekiel 44:20 = let grow long.
5. let down, accusative of person Jeremiah 38:6 (ב instrumental), accusative of thing Jeremiah 38:11 (id. + אֶל person and location).
6. shoot (accusative of arrow omitted), לִי לְשַׁ׳ לְמַטָּרָה 1 Samuel 20:20.
7. phrases: שִׁלַּח (אֶת־)הָעִיר בָאֵשׁ † Judges 1:8; Judges 20:48, compare 2 Kings 8:12; Psalm 74:7; but also אֵשׁ בְּ שׁ׳ † Amos 1:4, 7, 10, 12; Amos 2:2, 5; Hosea 8:14; Ezekiel 39:6; rare expressions are: בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָם וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם Job 8:4 (God subject); stretch out hand, ב of thing (for use) Proverbs 31:19, ל person (charity) Proverbs 31:20; חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּחְנָה Job 39:3 (of hinds, bearing); הַמָּ֑יִם עַל־פְּנֵי לַחְמְךָ שַׁלַּח Ecclesiastes 11:1. — רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ Job 30:12 is corrupt; Theod Ew Di רַגְלָם שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ; Me Bu Be and others dittograph from Job 30:11b.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שֻׁלַּךְ Judges 5:15; Job 18:8, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשֻׁלַּח Proverbs 17:11; Participle מְשֻׁלָח Isaiah 16:2 +; — be sent off (started on journey) Genesis 44:3 (J); with commission, ב person Obadiah; Proverbs 17:11, אֶל person Daniel 10:11; be put away, divorced, of wife Isaiah 50:1 (figurative); be impelled (?), בְּרַגְלָיו (= at his heels ?), with ב location Judges 5:15 (verb dubious), compare שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו Job 18:8 he is hurried into the net with his feet (? Greek Version of the LXX Du שֻׁלְּחָה רַגְלוֺ); קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח Isaiah 16:2 a driven (scattered) nest (|| עוֺף נוֺדֵד), compare וְנֶעֱזָב כַּמִּדְבָּר נָוֶה מְשׁ׳ Isaiah 27:10; נַעַר מְשׁ׳ Proverbs 29:15 a boy let loose (unrestrained).
†Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֫י and I (י׳) will send famine, בָּאָרֶץ Amos 8:11, compare Ezekiel 14:13, wild beasts; ב person Leviticus 26:22 (H); Participle מַשְׁלִיחַ, accusative of flies, ב person Exodus 8:17 (J); Infinitive construct לְהַשְׁלִיחַ accusative of foe, ב of a people 2 Kings 15:37.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7972.
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Genesis

3:22; 3:22; 8:7; 8:8; 8:10; 18:16; 19:29; 21:14; 22:12; 24:7; 24:40; 24:56; 24:59; 25:6; 27:45; 28:5; 28:6; 31:27; 31:42; 32:6; 32:19; 32:27; 37:13; 37:14; 37:22; 38:17; 38:17; 38:23; 38:25; 42:4; 42:4; 43:4; 43:8; 44:3; 45:5; 49:21

Exodus

2:5; 3:12; 3:13; 3:20; 4:23; 4:23; 5:1; 5:2; 5:22; 8:17; 8:28; 9:14; 9:14; 9:15; 22:4; 22:7; 22:10; 24; 24:5; 33:2

Leviticus

14:7; 14:53; 16:10; 16:22; 16:26; 18:24; 20:23; 26:22

Numbers

13:3; 21:6; 21:32; 22:15; 22:15; 22:37

Deuteronomy

7:20; 15:13; 22:7; 22:19; 22:29; 24:1; 24:3; 25:11; 28:20; 32:24

Joshua

7:22; 24:28

Judges

1:8; 3:15; 5:15; 5:15; 5:26; 6:14; 6:21; 7:8; 11:38; 12:9; 15:15; 19:25; 19:29; 20:6; 20:48

1 Samuel

5:10; 5:11; 6:3; 6:8; 9:26; 10:23; 11:3; 14:27; 15:1; 15:18; 16:20; 20:20; 20:22; 20:31; 22:11; 22:17; 22:17; 24:11; 25:14; 31:9

2 Samuel

1:14; 3:21; 3:23; 3:24; 6:6; 10:3; 10:7; 11:6; 11:6; 11:12; 12:1; 13:16; 13:17; 14:29; 18:12; 22:15; 24:16

1 Kings

5:8; 5:9; 9:7; 11:22; 13:4; 14:6; 20:5; 20:17; 20:34

2 Kings

1:16; 2:2; 2:4; 2:6; 2:16; 2:17; 2:17; 5:5; 5:6; 5:24; 6:14; 6:23; 8:12; 11:14; 15:37; 17:25; 17:26; 20:12; 22:3; 24:2

1 Chronicles

13:9; 19:4

2 Chronicles

16:4

Nehemiah

6:5; 8:12

Esther

1:22; 2:21; 3:13; 4:4; 9:10

Job

1:5; 1:11; 1:12; 2:5; 8:4; 12:15; 18:8; 18:8; 22:9; 28:9; 30:11; 30:11; 30:12; 30:24; 39:3

Psalms

18:15; 20:3; 43:3; 50:19; 57:4; 74:7; 80:12; 81:13; 104:10; 105:28; 107:20; 138:7; 144:6; 144:7; 147:15

Proverbs

6:14; 6:14; 6:19; 16:28; 17:11; 17:11; 29:15; 31:19; 31:20

Ecclesiastes

11:1

Song of Songs

5:4

Isaiah

6:8; 9:7; 16:2; 16:2; 27:10; 45:13; 50:1; 55:11; 58:9; 58:9

Jeremiah

1:9; 3:1; 3:1; 7:25; 14:3; 14:14; 14:15; 17:8; 19:14; 24:5; 25:4; 25:16; 27:3; 28:16; 29:20; 29:28; 38:6; 38:11; 40:14; 42:9; 48:12

Ezekiel

2:9; 3:6; 8:3; 8:17; 10:7; 14:13; 23:40; 28:23; 31:5; 39:6; 44:20

Daniel

10:11

Hosea

5:13; 8:14

Amos

1:4; 1:7; 1:10; 1:12; 2:2; 2:5; 4:10; 8:11

Zechariah

2:13; 7:12

Malachi

2:16

H7971

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Strong's Number H7971 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַח (šālaḥ),
which occurs 847 times in 790 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 16 (Jos 18:4–1Sa 6:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:4 - Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:6 - Then Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:7 - (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half of the tribe Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan along with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:13 - So the Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:5 - “ ‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - When Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, prepared to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam son of Beor to put a curse on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - I sent the hornet ahead of you, which drove them out before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:28 - Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man and his whole family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:6 - After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - Again the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:18 - After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8 - he sent them a prophet, who said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel of the LORD touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of the staff that was in his hand. Fire flared from the rock, consuming the meat and the bread. And the angel of the LORD disappeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35 - He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, calling them to arms, and also into Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, so that they too went up to meet them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites home but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others. Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - God stirred up animosity between Abimelek and the citizens of Shechem so that they acted treacherously against Abimelek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - Under cover he sent messengers to Abimelek, saying, “Gaal son of Ebed and his clan have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - Then Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king with the question: “What do you have against me that you have attacked my country?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14 - Jephthah sent back messengers to the Ammonite king,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Give us permission to go through your country,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They sent also to the king of Moab, and he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - “Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Let us pass through your country to our own place.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:28 - The king of Ammon, however, paid no attention to the message Jephthah sent him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:38 - “You may go,” he said. And he let her go for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:9 - He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - Then Manoah prayed to the LORD: “Pardon your servant, Lord. I beg you to let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 - lit the torches and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15 - Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:18 - When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2 - So the Danites sent five of their leading men from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, “Go, explore the land.” So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he reached home, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel’s inheritance, because they committed this lewd and outrageous act in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:12 - The tribes of Israel sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What about this awful crime that was committed among you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48 - The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put all the towns to the sword, including the animals and everything else they found. All the towns they came across they set on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - So the assembly sent twelve thousand fighting men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and put to the sword those living there, including the women and children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13 - Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:8 - So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked them, “What shall we do with the ark of the god of Israel?” They answered, “Have the ark of the god of Israel moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. As the ark of God was entering Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought the ark of the god of Israel around to us to kill us and our people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it[fn] will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:2 - the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it back to its place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - They answered, “If you return the ark of the god of Israel, do not send it back to him without a gift; by all means send a guilt offering to him. Then you will be healed, and you will know why his hand has not been lifted from you.”

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