152 verses contain “Town” (in the KJV: 48, in the BSB: 116) — showing 1–100
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Behold now, this city is near to
flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Look, there is a
town nearby where I can
flee, and it is a small place. Please let me
flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not
demolish the
town you indicate.
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the
town was called Zoar.
And he made his camels to
kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
As evening approached, he made the camels
kneel down near the well outside the
town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
These are the sons of
Ishmael, and these are their names, by their
towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
These were the sons of
Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
And
Jair the son of
Manasseh went and took the small
towns thereof, and called them Havoth-
jair.
All these cities were
fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled
towns a great many.
All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
Thou mayest not sacrifice the
passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
You are not to sacrifice the
Passover animal in any of the
towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
You are to
appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every
town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in
transgressing his covenant,
If a man or woman among you in one of the
towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by
transgressing His covenant
And if a
Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he
sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
Now if a
Levite moves from any
town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not
oppress him.
Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the
town of his pleasing. Do not
oppress him.
Thou shalt not
oppress an
hired servant that is poor and
needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Do not
oppress a
hired hand who is poor and
needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your
towns.
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
Then
Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
Ekron, with her
towns and her villages:
Ekron, with its
towns and villages;
Ashdod with her
towns and her villages,
Gaza with her
towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
Ashdod, with its
towns and villages;
Gaza, with its
towns and villages, as far as the
Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
And
Manasseh had in
Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her
towns, and Ibleam and her
towns, and the inhabitants of
Dor and her
towns, and the inhabitants of
Endor and her
towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her
towns, and the inhabitants of
Megiddo and her
towns, even three countries.
Within
Issachar and Asher,
Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam,
Dor (that is, Naphath),
Endor, Taanach, and
Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the
Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have
chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her
towns, and they who are of the valley of
Jezreel.
“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the
Canaanites who live in the valley have iron
chariots, both in Beth-shean with its
towns and in the Valley of
Jezreel.”
Neither did
Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her
towns, nor Taanach and her
towns, nor the inhabitants of
Dor and her
towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her
towns, nor the inhabitants of
Megiddo and her
towns: but the
Canaanites would dwell in that land.
At that time
Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach,
Dor, Ibleam,
Megiddo, and their villages; for the
Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
And he had thirty sons that
rode on thirty
ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-
jair unto this day, which are in the land of
Gilead.
He had thirty sons who
rode on thirty
donkeys. And they had thirty
towns in the land of
Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-
jair.
While Israel dwelt in
Heshbon and her
towns, and in Aroer and her
towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of
Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
For three hundred years Israel has lived in
Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the
Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and
deployed themselves near the
town of Lehi.
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to
lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in
Ramah.
He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these
towns to
spend the night in Gibeah or
Ramah.”
And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had
gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
She
picked up the grain and went into the
town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had
gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to
Naomi.
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people
doth know that thou art a
virtuous woman.
And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to
Bethlehem. And the elders of the
town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou
peaceably?
So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to
Bethlehem. When the elders of the
town met him, they
trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has
trapped himself by entering a
town with gates and bars.”
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said,
Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto
Hebron.
Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the
towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To
Hebron,” replied the LORD.
And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of
Hebron.
David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the
towns near
Hebron.
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of
Gad, and toward Jazer:
They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the
town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward
Gad and Jazer.
(Now
Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with
cedar trees and
fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave
Hiram twenty cities in the land of
Galilee.
King Solomon gave twenty
towns in the land of
Galilee to
Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with
cedar and
cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
And
Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
So
Hiram went out from Tyre to
inspect the
towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.
And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of
Cabul unto this day.
“What are these
towns you have given me, my brother?” asked
Hiram, and he called them the Land of
Cabul, as they are called to this day.
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from
Ava, and from
Hamath, and from
Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva,
Hamath, and
Sepharvaim and settled them in the
towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its
towns.
And he took Geshur, and
Aram, with the
towns of
Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the
towns thereof, even
threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of
Gilead.
But Geshur and
Aram captured Havvoth-
jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of
Gilead.
And their villages were, Etam, and
Ain,
Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
And their villages were Etam,
Ain,
Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five
towns—
And they dwelt in
Gilead in
Bashan, and in her
towns, and in all the suburbs of
Sharon, upon their borders.
And their possessions and habitations were,
Bethel and the
towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward
Gezer, with the
towns thereof;
Shechem also and the
towns thereof, unto
Gaza and the
towns thereof:
Their holdings and settlements included
Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east,
Gezer and its villages to the west, and
Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
And by the borders of the children of
Manasseh, Beth-shean and her
towns, Taanach and her
towns,
Megiddo and her
towns,
Dor and her
towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
And along the borders of
Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach,
Megiddo, and
Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these
towns.
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
The sons of Elpaal:
Now after this it came to pass, that David
smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took
Gath and her
towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took
Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
And
Abijah pursued after
Jeroboam, and took cities from him,
Bethel with the
towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the
towns thereof, and Ephrain with the
towns thereof.
Abijah pursued
Jeroboam and captured some cities from him:
Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by
Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own
town,
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the
porters, and the
Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let
everyone in our
towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each
town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by
Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own
town,
So the priests, and the Levites, and the
porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the
Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.
And that they should
publish and
proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and
fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and
myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
So they proclaimed this message and spread it throughout their
towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive,
myrtle, palm, and other
leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
And that we should bring the firstfruits of our
dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the
tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the
tithes in all the cities of our
tillage.
Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our
dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive
tithes in all the
towns where we labor.
And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.
Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the
Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.
These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled
towns, made the
fourteenth day of the month
Adar a day of
gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the
fourteenth day of the month of
Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a
holiday for sending gifts to one another.
Zion heard, and was
glad; and the daughters of Judah
rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
Zion hears and rejoices, and the
towns of Judah
exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
Thou that art full of stirs, a
tumultuous city, a
joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
O city of
commotion, O
town of
revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
For thou hast made of a city an
heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Indeed, You have made the city a
heap of
rubble, the fortified
town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
For death has
climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the
town squares.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her
towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have
hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every
disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have
stiffened their necks so as not to
heed My words.’”
And the
spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
Moab is
spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
And upon Kerioth, and upon
Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
upon Kerioth,
Bozrah, and all the
towns of Moab, those far and near.
O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the
dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
Abandon the
towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a
dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
How is the city of praise not
forsaken, the
town that brings Me joy?
And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
“I
beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your
towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Woe to him that buildeth a
town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Woe to him who builds a city with
bloodshed and establishes a
town by iniquity!
And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and
livestock within it.
Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath
cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding
towns were
populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
And he came and dwelt in a city called
Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a
Nazarene.
and he went and lived in a
town called
Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a
Nazarene.”
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was
befallen to the possessed of the devils.
Those tending the pigs ran off into the
town and reported all this, including the account of the
demon-possessed men.
And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they
besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
Then the whole
town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they
begged Him to leave their region.
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and
healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Jesus went through all the
towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and
healing every disease and sickness.
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the
Samaritans enter ye not:
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go
onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any
town of the
Samaritans.
And into
whatsoever city or
town ye shall enter,
enquire who in it is worthy; and there
abide till ye go thence.
Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
And
whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city,
shake off the dust of your feet.
And if
anyone will not
welcome you or
heed your words,
shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or
town.
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more
tolerable for the land of
Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for
Sodom and
Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that
town.
But when they
persecute you in this city,
flee ye into another: for
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
When they
persecute you in one
town,
flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the
towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and
crucify; and some of them shall ye
scourge in your synagogues, and
persecute them from city to city:
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and
crucify, and others you will
flog in your synagogues and
persecute in
town after
town.
And all the city was gathered together at the door.
and the whole town gathered at the door.
And he said unto them, Let us go into the next
towns, that I may
preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
But Jesus answered, “Let us go on to the
neighboring towns so I can
preach there as well, for that is why I have come.”
But he went out, and began to
publish it much, and to
blaze abroad the matter,
insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
But the man went out and openly began to
proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a
town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
And they that fed the
swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the
town and
countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran
afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
But many people saw them leaving and recognized them. They ran together on foot from all the towns and arrived before them.
And
whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and
besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
And wherever He went—villages and
towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and
begged Him just to let them touch the
fringe of His
cloak. And all who touched Him were
healed.
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the
town; and when he had
spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He
spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.
And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the
towns of Caesarea
Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea
Philippi. On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?”
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Juda;
In those days Mary got ready and
hurried to a
town in the hill country of Judah,
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And
everyone went to his own
town to register.
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into
Galilee, to their own city
Nazareth.
When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to
Galilee, to their own
town of
Nazareth.
And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the
brow of the hill
whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down
headlong.
They got up, drove Him out of the
town, and led Him to the
brow of the hill on which the
town was built, in order to throw Him over the
cliff.
And came down to
Capernaum, a city of
Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Then He went down to
Capernaum, a
town in
Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.