Tents

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.

May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.

Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.

And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.

How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!

You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.

Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’

…and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.

Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.

For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.

So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.

Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.

So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,

They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

…if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.

He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

…the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.

Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.

Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’

…therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.

For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.

As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.