22 verses contain “threshold” (in the KJV: 15, in the BSB: 21) — showing 1–22
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And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his
concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the
threshold.
In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his
concubine,
collapsed in the
doorway of the house, with her hands on the
threshold.
And when they arose early on the
morrow morning, behold,
Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of
Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the
threshold; only the
stump of
Dagon was left to him.
But when they got up early the next morning, there was
Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the
threshold. Only the
torso remained.
Therefore neither the priests of
Dagon, nor any that come into
Dagon’s house,
tread on the
threshold of
Dagon in
Ashdod unto this day.
That is why, to this day, the priests of
Dagon and all who enter the temple of
Dagon in
Ashdod do not step on the
threshold.
And
Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the
threshold of the door, the child died;
Then
Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she
stepped over the
threshold of the house, the boy died.
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the
lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its
lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the
threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of
Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of
Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the
thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
All these which were chosen to be
porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their
genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the
seer did
ordain in their set office.
The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the
thresholds was 212. They were registered by
genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the
seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
He overlaid its beams,
thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved
cherubim on the walls.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah,
Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were
porters keeping the ward at the
thresholds of the gates.
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah,
Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that
cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and
thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the
cherub,
whereupon he was, to the
threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s
inkhorn by his side;
Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the
cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the
threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing
kit at his side.
Then the glory of the LORD went up from the
cherub, and stood over the
threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’S glory.
Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the
cherubim and stood over the
threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.
Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the
threshold of the temple and stood above the
cherubim.
Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
Then he came to the gate facing east and
climbed its steps. He measured the
threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the
threshold of the gate by the
porch of the gate within was one reed.
Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner
threshold of the gate by the
portico facing inward was one rod deep.
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the
galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
as well as the
thresholds and the
beveled windows and the
galleries all around with their three levels opposite the
threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were
paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.
In their setting of their
threshold by my
thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even
defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.
When they placed their
threshold next to My
threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they
defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
And the prince shall enter by the way of the
porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the
threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
The prince is to enter from the outside through the
portico of the
gateway and stand by the
gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the
threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the
threshold of the house eastward: for the
forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.
I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said,
Smite the
lintel of the door, that the posts may
shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will
slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not
flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the
thresholds shake.
Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who
flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
In the same day also will I
punish all those that
leap on the
threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and
deceit.
On that day I will
punish all who
leap over the
threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and
deceit.
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the
cormorant and the
bittern shall
lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows;
desolation shall be in the
thresholds: for he shall uncover the
cedar work.
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert
owl and
screech owl will
roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but
desolation will lie on the
threshold, for He will
expose the beams of
cedar.