Topic
Land
48 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 1:9Nave Appeared on the third creative day
¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- Genesis 13:10ISBE
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
- Genesis 13:14–17Nave Original title to, from God
¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to…
- Genesis 15:7Nave Original title to, from God
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- Genesis 23:3–18Nave Bought and sold
¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. And the children of Heth answered…
- Genesis 23:3–20Nave Conveyance of, by written deeds and other forms
¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. And the children of Heth answered…
- Genesis 23:10Nave Witnessed
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
- Genesis 23:11Nave Witnessed
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
- Genesis 33:19Nave Bought and sold
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
- Genesis 47:20ISBE
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.
- Genesis 47:20–26Nave Monopoly of
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s. And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt…
- Genesis 47:22Nave Priests' part in
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
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- Exodus 23:11 Nave To rest every seventh year for the benefit of the poor people
- Exodus 23:31 Nave Original title to, from God
- Leviticus 14:16 ISBE
- Leviticus 19:34 ISBE
- Leviticus 25:15 Nave Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
- Leviticus 25:16 Nave Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
- Leviticus 25:23 Nave Original title to, from God
- Leviticus 25:23–33 Nave Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
- Leviticus 27:17–24 Nave Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
- Numbers 15:30 ISBE
- Numbers 27:1–11 Nave Unmarried woman's rights in
- Numbers 36:1–11 Nave Unmarried woman's rights in
- Numbers 36:4 Nave Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
- Ruth 4:3–8 Nave Conveyance of, by written deeds and other forms
- Ruth 4:3–9 Nave Widow's dower in
- Ruth 4:9–11 Nave Witnessed
- Ruth 4:11 Nave Conveyance of, by written deeds and other forms
- 2 Kings 8:1–6 Nave Rights in, alienated
- Nehemiah 5:3–5 Nave Sold for debt
- Psalms 37:35 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 5:9 Nave Products of, for all
- Isaiah 5:8 Nave Monopoly of
- Jeremiah 32:7–16 Nave Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
- Jeremiah 32:9–14 Nave Conveyance of, by written deeds and other forms
- Jeremiah 32:25 Nave Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
- Jeremiah 32:44 Nave Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
- Ezekiel 46:18 Nave Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
- Ezekiel 47:22 Nave See also
- Ezekiel 48:10 Nave Priests' part in
- Ezekiel 48:21 Nave King's part in
- Micah 2:1 Nave Monopoly of
- Micah 2:2 Nave Monopoly of
- Matthew 21:33–41 Nave Leased
- Luke 20:9–16 Nave Leased
- Acts 4:34 Nave Bought and sold
- Acts 5:1–8 Nave Bought and sold
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
((1) 'erets;
(2) 'adhamah;
(3) sadheh,
"a piece of land";
(4) ge, "earth";
(5) agros, "field";
(6) chora, "region";
(7) chorion, diminutive of chora;
(8) xeros, "dry land";
(9) 'ezrach, "native" the King James Version "born in the land," "born among you," the Revised Version (British and American) "home-born" (Le 19:34; 14:16; Nu 15:30); "like a green tree in its native soil" (Ps 37:35)):
'Erets occurs hundreds of times and is used in much the same way as 'adhamah, which also occurs often: e.g. "land of Egypt," 'erets mitsrayim (Ge 13:10), and 'adhmath mitsrayim (Ge 47:20). The other words occur less often, and are used in the senses indicated above.
Alfred Ely Day
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 43 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Appeared on the third creative day Ge 1:9
- → Original title to, from God Ge 13:14-17; 15:7; Ex 23:31; Le 25:23
- → Bought and sold Ge 23:3-18; 33:19; Ac 4:34; 5:1-8
- → Sale and redemption of, laws concerning Le 25:15,16,23-33; 27:17-24; Nu 36:4; Jer 32:7-16,25,44; Eze 46:18
- → Conveyance of, by written deeds and other forms Ge 23:3-20; Ru 4:3-8,11; Jer 32:9-14
- → Witnessed Ge 23:10,11; Ru 4:9-11; Jer 32:9-14
- → Sold for debt Ne 5:3-5
- → Rights in, alienated 2Ki 8:1-6
- → Leased Lu 20:9-16; Mt 21:33-41
- → Priests' part in Ge 47:22; Eze 48:10
- → King's part in Eze 48:21
- → Widow's dower in Ru 4:3-9
- → Unmarried woman's rights in Nu 27:1-11; 36:1-11
- → To rest every seventh year for the benefit of the poor people Ex 23:11
- → Products of, for all Ec 5:9
- → Monopoly of Ge 47:20-26; Isa 5:8; Mic 2:1,2
- → See MORTGAGE
- → Rules for apportioning Canaan among the tribes
- → See CANAAN
- → See also Eze 47:22
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.