12 occurrences

'Mound' in the Bible

Then Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound.

Verse ConceptsStones As Monuments

Laban named the mound Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob named it Galeed.

Then Laban said, “This mound is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore the place was called Galeed

Verse ConceptsThings As Witnesses

Laban also said to Jacob, “Look at this mound and the marker I have set up between you and me.

Verse ConceptsObelisksCairns

This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByObelisksCairnsThings As Witnesses

You are to gather all its spoil in the middle of the city square and completely burn up the city and all its spoil for the Lord your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever; it is not to be rebuilt.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingRuinsBuilding CitiesArchaeologySpoils Of WarBurning Citiesgenocide

They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.

Verse ConceptsPitsRetributionIsrael FleeingCairnsHoles In The Ground

Your navel is a rounded bowl;it never lacks mixed wine.Your waist is a mound of wheatsurrounded by lilies.

This is what the Lord says:I will certainly restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tentsand show compassion on his dwellings.Every city will be rebuilt on its mound;every citadel will stand on its proper site.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfJacob, The PatriarchArchaeologyRebuilding JerusalemEzekiel InvasionRebirth Of IsraelLand Permanently Restored To Israelrebuilding

Therefore look, the days are coming—this is the Lord’s declaration—when I will make the shout of battle heardagainst Rabbah of the Ammonites.It will become a desolate mound,and its villages will be burned down.Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBurning CitiesTrumpets For Battle

“you built yourself a mound and made yourself an elevated place in every square.

Verse ConceptsCity Squares

building your mound at the head of every street and making your elevated place in every square. But you were unlike a prostitute because you scorned payment.

Verse ConceptsCity SquaresUsing RoadsNot Like Peoplewhores

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