'Within' in the Bible

Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?

So the Lord said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account.”

So Ephron’s field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were within all the confines of its border, were deeded over

But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why then am I this way?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office; and you will put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer.

within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.”

Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”

You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies.

and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means.

But if it is not bought back for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not revert in the jubilee.

This is what the Lord has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.’

Now the time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.

Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from within the camp until they all perished.

Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

“However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.

You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand.

But you shall eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all your undertakings.

If the place which the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter of your herd and flock which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates whatever you desire.

You shall eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as a gazelle or a deer.

your little ones, your wives, and the alien who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

“Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to cross this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, to possess it.’”

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?”

It came about at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were neighbors and that they were living within their land.

Then Joshua called for them and spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you are living within our land?

Now it came about when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed it (just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were within their land,

While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?

Then Samson said to them, “Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.

So the Philistines were subdued and they did not come anymore within the border of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

But Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about twenty men within about half a furrow in an acre of land.

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light.

But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone.

that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”

Then the king said to Amasa, “Call out the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself.”

So they said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel,

There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.

Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

The gatekeepers called and told it within the king’s household.

Then you shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within the ranks shall be put to death. And be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.”

so that a search may be made in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and damaging to kings and provinces, and that they have incited revolt within it in past days; therefore that city was laid waste.

and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the leaders and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited and he himself excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.

At that time I also said to the people, “Let each man with his servant spend the night within Jerusalem so that they may be a guard for us by night and a laborer by day.”

When I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night.”

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. Then the king became very angry and his wrath burned within him.

‘Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?They die, yet without wisdom.’

“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,Their poison my spirit drinks;The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“Is it that my help is not within me,And that deliverance is driven from me?

‘Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart;I know that this is within You:

Whom I myself shall behold,And whom my eyes will see and not another.My heart faints within me!

Yet his food in his stomach is changedTo the venom of cobras within him.

“Because he knew no quiet within him,He does not retain anything he desires.

“Within the walls they produce oil;They tread wine presses but thirst.

“And now my soul is poured out within me;Days of affliction have seized me.

“At night it pierces my bones within me,And my gnawing pains take no rest.

“I am seething within and cannot relax;Days of affliction confront me.

“For I am full of words;The spirit within me constrains me.

“Who can strip off his outer armor?Who can come within his double mail?

I am poured out like water,And all my bones are out of joint;My heart is like wax;It is melted within me.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart;There is no fear of God before his eyes.

My heart was hot within me,While I was musing the fire burned;Then I spoke with my tongue:

I delight to do Your will, O my God;Your Law is within my heart.”

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God,With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?And why have you become disturbed within me?Hope in God, for I shall again praise HimFor the help of His presence.

O my God, my soul is in despair within me;Therefore I remember You from the land of the JordanAnd the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?And why have you become disturbed within me?Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,The help of my countenance and my God.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?And why are you disturbed within me?Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,The help of my countenance and my God.

The King’s daughter is all glorious within;Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

Create in me a clean heart, O God,And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

My heart is in anguish within me,And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

When my heart was embitteredAnd I was pierced within,

Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?From within Your bosom, destroy them!

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,Your consolations delight my soul.

I will give heed to the blameless way.When will You come to me?I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

A Psalm of David.Bless the Lord, O my soul,And all that is within me, bless His holy name.

They were hungry and thirsty;Their soul fainted within them.

For I am afflicted and needy,And my heart is wounded within me.

Our feet are standingWithin your gates, O Jerusalem,

“May peace be within your walls,And prosperity within your palaces.”

For the sake of my brothers and my friends,I will now say, “May peace be within you.”

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vineWithin your house,Your children like olive plantsAround your table.

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;Like a weaned child rests against his mother,My soul is like a weaned child within me.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,You knew my path.In the way where I walkThey have hidden a trap for me.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;My heart is appalled within me.

For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;He has blessed your sons within you.

My son, if you will receive my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you,

My son, keep my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you.

For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,That they may be ready on your lips.

For as he thinks within himself, so he is.He says to you, “Eat and drink!”But his heart is not with you.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure;And Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

For the head of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people),

and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat curds and honey.

For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,Only a remnant within them will return;A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;His soul trembles within him.