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nkjv@Genesis:1:17 @ God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth,

nkjv@Genesis:4:15 @ And the LORD said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

nkjv@Genesis:4:25 @ And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, "For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed."

nkjv@Genesis:4:26 @ And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the LORD.

nkjv@Genesis:5:3 @ And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

nkjv@Genesis:5:4 @ After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.

nkjv@Genesis:5:6 @ Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.

nkjv@Genesis:5:7 @ After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.

nkjv@Genesis:5:8 @ So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

nkjv@Genesis:6:16 @ You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

nkjv@Genesis:9:13 @ I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

nkjv@Genesis:17:21 @ But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year."

nkjv@Genesis:18:8 @ So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.

nkjv@Genesis:19:16 @ And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

nkjv@Genesis:21:2 @ For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

nkjv@Genesis:21:28 @ And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

nkjv@Genesis:21:29 @ Then Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?"

nkjv@Genesis:24:33 @ Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told about my errand." And he said, "Speak on."

nkjv@Genesis:25:16 @ These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their nations.

nkjv@Genesis:28:11 @ So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.

nkjv@Genesis:28:12 @ Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

nkjv@Genesis:28:18 @ Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.

nkjv@Genesis:28:22 @ And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You."

nkjv@Genesis:30:38 @ And the rods which he had peeled, he set before the flocks in the gutters, in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so that they should conceive when they came to drink.

nkjv@Genesis:31:17 @ Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

nkjv@Genesis:31:37 @ Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household things have you found? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both!

nkjv@Genesis:31:45 @ So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

nkjv@Genesis:35:14 @ So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.

nkjv@Genesis:35:20 @ And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

nkjv@Genesis:41:33 @ "Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

nkjv@Genesis:41:41 @ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."

nkjv@Genesis:41:43 @ And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out before him, "Bow the knee!" So he set him over all the land of Egypt.

nkjv@Genesis:43:9 @ I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.

nkjv@Genesis:43:32 @ So they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians could not eat food with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

nkjv@Genesis:44:21 @ Then you said to your servants, "Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'

nkjv@Genesis:47:7 @ Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

nkjv@Genesis:48:20 @ So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will bless, saying, "May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!"' And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

nkjv@Exodus:1:11 @ Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses.

nkjv@Exodus:4:20 @ Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

nkjv@Exodus:5:14 @ Also the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as before?"

nkjv@Exodus:8:22 @ And in that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the land.

nkjv@Exodus:9:5 @ Then the LORD appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land."

nkjv@Exodus:13:12 @ that you shall set apart to the LORD all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the LORD's.

nkjv@Exodus:17:1 @ Then all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

nkjv@Exodus:19:12 @ You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, "Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

nkjv@Exodus:19:23 @ But Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, "Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it."'

nkjv@Exodus:21:1 @ "Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:

nkjv@Exodus:23:31 @ And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

nkjv@Exodus:25:7 @ onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

nkjv@Exodus:25:30 @ And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.

nkjv@Exodus:26:4 @ And you shall make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set, and likewise you shall do on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set.

nkjv@Exodus:26:5 @ Fifty loops you shall make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is on the end of the second set, that the loops may be clasped to one another.

nkjv@Exodus:26:10 @ You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second set.

nkjv@Exodus:26:35 @ You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

nkjv@Exodus:28:11 @ With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold.

nkjv@Exodus:28:13 @ You shall also make settings of gold,

nkjv@Exodus:28:14 @ and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.

nkjv@Exodus:28:17 @ And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row;

nkjv@Exodus:28:20 @ and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.

nkjv@Exodus:28:25 @ and the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.

nkjv@Exodus:31:5 @ in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship.

nkjv@Exodus:32:22 @ So Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord become hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

nkjv@Exodus:35:9 @ onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

nkjv@Exodus:35:27 @ The rulers brought onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate,

nkjv@Exodus:35:33 @ in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.

nkjv@Exodus:36:11 @ He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set; likewise he did on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set.

nkjv@Exodus:36:12 @ Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set; the loops held one curtain to another.

nkjv@Exodus:36:17 @ And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.

nkjv@Exodus:37:3 @ And he cast for it four rings of gold to be set in its four corners: two rings on one side, and two rings on the other side of it.

nkjv@Exodus:39:6 @ And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel.

nkjv@Exodus:39:10 @ And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row;

nkjv@Exodus:39:13 @ the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings.

nkjv@Exodus:39:16 @ They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

nkjv@Exodus:39:18 @ The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.

nkjv@Exodus:39:37 @ the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light;

nkjv@Exodus:40:2 @ "On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

nkjv@Exodus:40:4 @ You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps.

nkjv@Exodus:40:5 @ You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.

nkjv@Exodus:40:6 @ Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

nkjv@Exodus:40:7 @ And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

nkjv@Exodus:40:8 @ You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.

nkjv@Exodus:40:18 @ So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.

nkjv@Exodus:40:23 @ and he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

nkjv@Exodus:40:30 @ He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing;

nkjv@Leviticus:15:19 @ "If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.

nkjv@Leviticus:17:10 @ "And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

nkjv@Leviticus:20:3 @ I will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.

nkjv@Leviticus:20:5 @ then I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut him off from his people, and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit harlotry with Molech.

nkjv@Leviticus:20:6 @ "And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

nkjv@Leviticus:24:6 @ You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the LORD.

nkjv@Leviticus:24:8 @ Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

nkjv@Leviticus:26:1 @ "You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.

nkjv@Leviticus:26:11 @ I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.

nkjv@Leviticus:26:17 @ I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. 1 Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you.

nkjv@Leviticus:27:8 @ "But if he is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall set a value for him; according to the ability of him who vowed, the priest shall value him.

nkjv@Leviticus:27:12 @ and the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.

nkjv@Leviticus:27:14 @ "And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

nkjv@Numbers:1:51 @ And when the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

nkjv@Numbers:4:15 @ And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. "These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

nkjv@Numbers:5:16 @ "And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.

nkjv@Numbers:7:1 @ Now it came to pass, when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, that he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils; so he anointed them and consecrated them.

nkjv@Numbers:9:17 @ Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, after that the children of Israel would journey; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel would pitch their tents.

nkjv@Numbers:10:12 @ And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys; then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran.

nkjv@Numbers:10:14 @ The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their armies; over their army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

nkjv@Numbers:10:17 @ Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.

nkjv@Numbers:10:18 @ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their armies; over their army was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

nkjv@Numbers:10:21 @ Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. (The tabernacle would be prepared for their arrival.)

nkjv@Numbers:10:22 @ And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set out according to their armies; over their army was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

nkjv@Numbers:10:25 @ Then the standard of the camp of the children of Dan (the rear guard of all the camps) set out according to their armies; over their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

nkjv@Numbers:10:29 @ Now Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said, "I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well; for the LORD has promised good things to Israel."

nkjv@Numbers:10:35 @ So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: "Rise up, O LORD! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You."

nkjv@Numbers:13:13 @ from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

nkjv@Numbers:21:8 @ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live."

nkjv@Numbers:22:5 @ Then he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying: "Look, a people has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me!

nkjv@Numbers:24:1 @ Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times, to seek to use sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

nkjv@Numbers:24:21 @ Then he looked on the Kenites, and he took up his oracle and said: "Firm is your dwelling place, And your nest is set in the rock;

nkjv@Numbers:27:16 @ "Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

nkjv@Numbers:27:19 @ set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and inaugurate him in their sight.

nkjv@Numbers:27:22 @ So Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:1:8 @ See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers--to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob--to give to them and their descendants after them.'

nkjv@Deuteronomy:1:21 @ Look, the LORD your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the LORD God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.'

nkjv@Deuteronomy:4:8 @ And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?

nkjv@Deuteronomy:4:41 @ Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun,

nkjv@Deuteronomy:4:44 @ Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:7:7 @ The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;

nkjv@Deuteronomy:11:26 @ "Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:

nkjv@Deuteronomy:11:30 @ Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, toward the setting sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the terebinth trees of Moreh?

nkjv@Deuteronomy:11:32 @ And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:16:22 @ You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:17:14 @ "When you come to the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, "I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,'

nkjv@Deuteronomy:17:15 @ you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:19:14 @ "You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:21:5 @ Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of the LORD; by their word every controversy and every assault shall be settled.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:21:14 @ And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall set her free, but you certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not treat her brutally, because you have humbled her.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:23:11 @ But it shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:23:20 @ To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:24:15 @ Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:26:4 @ "Then the priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:26:10 @ and now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O LORD, have given me.' "Then you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:26:19 @ and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, just as He has spoken."

nkjv@Deuteronomy:27:2 @ And it shall be, on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the LORD your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with lime.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:27:4 @ Therefore it shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that on Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, and you shall whitewash them with lime.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:27:15 @ "Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' "And all the people shall answer and say, "Amen!'

nkjv@Deuteronomy:28:1 @ "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:28:8 @ "The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:28:20 @ "The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:28:36 @ "The LORD will bring you and the king whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods--wood and stone.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:28:56 @ The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, will refuse to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter,

nkjv@Deuteronomy:29:20 @ "The LORD would not spare him; for then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the LORD would blot out his name from under heaven.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:30:1 @ "Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God drives you,

nkjv@Deuteronomy:30:15 @ "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil,

nkjv@Deuteronomy:30:19 @ I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

nkjv@Deuteronomy:32:8 @ When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:32:22 @ For a fire is kindled in My anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; It shall consume the earth with her increase, And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

nkjv@Deuteronomy:32:46 @ and he said to them: "Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe--all the words of this law.