473 verses

Gen 4:20

(NIV)
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
(ESV)
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

Gen 9:21

(NIV)
When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.
(ESV)
He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.

Gen 9:27

(NIV)
May God extend Japheth’s territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.’
(ESV)
May God enlarge Japheth
and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,
and let Canaan be his servant.”

Gen 12:8

(NIV)
From there he went on towards the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

(ESV)
From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

Gen 13:3

(NIV)
From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier
(ESV)
And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

Gen 13:5

(NIV)
Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
(ESV)
And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,

Gen 18:1

(NIV)
The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
(ESV)
And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.

Gen 18:2

(NIV)
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

(ESV)
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth

Gen 18:6

(NIV)
So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. ‘Quick,’ he said, ‘get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.’

(ESV)
And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.”

Gen 18:9

(NIV)
‘Where is your wife Sarah?’ they asked him.

‘There, in the tent,’ he said.

(ESV)
They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.”

Gen 18:10

(NIV)
Then one of them said, ‘I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.’

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
(ESV)
The Lord said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

Gen 24:67

(NIV)
Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

(ESV)
Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Gen 25:27

(NIV)
The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.
(ESV)
When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

Gen 26:25

(NIV)
Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

(ESV)
So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

Gen 31:25

(NIV)
Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there too.
(ESV)
And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen pitched tents in the hill country of Gilead.

Gen 31:33

(NIV)
So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.
(ESV)
So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find them. And he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.

Gen 31:34

(NIV)
Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel’s saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing.

(ESV)
Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel’s saddle and sat on them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.

Gen 33:17

(NIV)
Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.

(ESV)
But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

Gen 33:19

(NIV)
For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.
(ESV)
And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.

Gen 35:21

(NIV)
Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
(ESV)
Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Exod 16:16

(NIV)
This is what the Lord has commanded: “Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.”’

(ESV)
This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’”

Exod 18:7

(NIV)
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent.
(ESV)
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.

Exod 25:9

(NIV)
Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.

(ESV)
Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

Exod 26:1

(NIV)
‘Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.
(ESV)
“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

Exod 26:6

(NIV)
Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.

(ESV)
And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole.

Exod 26:7

(NIV)
‘Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle – eleven altogether.
(ESV)
“You shall also make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.

Exod 26:9

(NIV)
Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.
(ESV)
You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent.

Exod 26:11

(NIV)
Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit.
(ESV)
“You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be a single whole.

Exod 26:12

(NIV)
As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle.
(ESV)
And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.

Exod 26:13

(NIV)
The tent curtains will be a cubit longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.
(ESV)
And the extra that remains in the length of the curtains, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it.

Exod 26:14

(NIV)
Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of other durable leather.

(ESV)
And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned ramsskins and a covering of goatskins on top.

Exod 26:15

(NIV)
‘Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
(ESV)
“You shall make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.

Exod 26:17

(NIV)
with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
(ESV)
There shall be two tenons in each frame, for fitting together. So shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle.

Exod 26:18

(NIV)
Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
(ESV)
You shall make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side;

Exod 26:20

(NIV)
For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames
(ESV)
and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames,

Exod 26:22

(NIV)
Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
(ESV)
And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames.

Exod 26:23

(NIV)
and make two frames for the corners at the far end.
(ESV)
And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear;

Exod 26:26

(NIV)
‘Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
(ESV)
“You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

Exod 26:27

(NIV)
five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
(ESV)
and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward.

Exod 26:30

(NIV)
‘Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.

(ESV)
Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.

Exod 26:35

(NIV)
Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.

(ESV)
And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.

Exod 26:36

(NIV)
‘For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen – the work of an embroiderer.
(ESV)
“You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.

Exod 27:9

(NIV)
‘Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,
(ESV)
“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.

Exod 27:19

(NIV)
All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.

(ESV)
All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

Exod 27:21

(NIV)
In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.

(ESV)
In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.

Exod 28:43

(NIV)
Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die.

‘This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants.

(ESV)
and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they bear guilt and die. This shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him.

Exod 29:4

(NIV)
Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
(ESV)
You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

Exod 29:10

(NIV)
‘Bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
(ESV)
“Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

Exod 29:11

(NIV)
Slaughter it in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
(ESV)
Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting,

Exod 29:30

(NIV)
The son who succeeds him as priest and comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place is to wear them seven days.

(ESV)
The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them seven days.

Exod 29:32

(NIV)
At the entrance to the tent of meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.
(ESV)
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Exod 29:42

(NIV)
‘For the generations to come this burnt offering is to be made regularly at the entrance to the tent of meeting, before the Lord. There I will meet you and speak to you;
(ESV)
It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.

Exod 29:44

(NIV)
‘So I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.
(ESV)
I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.

Exod 30:16

(NIV)
Receive the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord, making atonement for your lives.’

(ESV)
You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the Lord, so as to make atonement for your lives.”

Exod 30:18

(NIV)
‘Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
(ESV)
“You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,

Exod 30:20

(NIV)
Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the Lord,
(ESV)
When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.

Exod 30:26

(NIV)
Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,
(ESV)
With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

Exod 30:36

(NIV)
Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
(ESV)
You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you. It shall be most holy for you.

Exod 31:7

(NIV)
the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent –
(ESV)
the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,

Exod 33:7

(NIV)
Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the ‘tent of meeting’. Anyone enquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.
(ESV)
Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
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