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The concept of a living-place is deeply rooted in the narrative of Scripture, reflecting both physical and spiritual dimensions. Throughout the Bible, living-places range from temporary tents to permanent structures, each carrying significant theological and cultural implications.<br><br><b>Old Testament</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the concept of a living-place begins with the Garden of Eden, the first dwelling of humanity. <a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Genesis 2:8</a> states, "And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed." This initial living-place was a divine provision, symbolizing perfect communion with God.<br><br>As humanity expanded, living-places evolved. The patriarchs, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, often lived in tents, reflecting their nomadic lifestyle. <a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a> describes Abraham's journey: "From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east." The tent symbolized a temporary dwelling, pointing to the transient nature of life and the anticipation of a promised land.<br><br>The Israelites' journey from Egypt to the Promised Land further illustrates the significance of living-places. The Tabernacle, a portable sanctuary, served as God's dwelling among His people during their wilderness wanderings. <a href="/exodus/25-8.htm">Exodus 25:8</a> records God's command: "And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them." The Tabernacle was a sacred living-place, emphasizing God's presence and guidance.<br><br>Upon entering Canaan, the Israelites transitioned to more permanent living-places. The construction of the Temple in Jerusalem under Solomon marked a pivotal moment. <a href="/1_kings/6.htm">1 Kings 6:1</a> notes, "In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD." The Temple became the central place of worship and symbolized God's enduring presence with His people.<br><br><b>New Testament</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the concept of a living-place takes on a spiritual dimension. Jesus Christ, during His earthly ministry, had no permanent home, as noted in <a href="/matthew/8-20.htm">Matthew 8:20</a> : "Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.'" This highlights the transient nature of His mission and the call for His followers to prioritize spiritual over material concerns.<br><br>The early Christian community often met in homes, which became living-places for worship and fellowship. <a href="/acts/2-46.htm">Acts 2:46</a> describes the early believers: "With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart." These home gatherings reflect the intimate and communal nature of the early Church.<br><br>Theologically, the New Testament introduces the concept of believers as the living-place of the Holy Spirit. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a> states, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own." This profound truth emphasizes the indwelling presence of God within each believer, transforming them into a spiritual living-place.<br><br><b>Eschatological Perspective</b><br><br>The Bible concludes with a vision of the ultimate living-place in the book of Revelation. <a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3</a> declares, "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.'" This eschatological promise points to the New Jerusalem, where God and His people will dwell together eternally, fulfilling the divine purpose of creation and redemption.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2333.htm"><span class="l">2333. chavvah -- a tent village</span></a><br><b>...</b> small town. Properly, the same as Chavvah (life-giving, ie <b>Living</b>-<b>place</b>); by<br> implication, an encampment or village -- (small) town. see HEBREW Chavvah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2333.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/l/living-place.htm"><span class="l"><b>Living</b>-<b>place</b> (83 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Living</b>-<b>place</b>. Living, <b>Living</b>-<b>place</b>. Living-places . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Living</b>-<b>place</b> (83 Occurrences). Matthew <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/living-place.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unpeopled.htm"><span class="l">Unpeopled (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 27:10 For the strong town is without men, an unpeopled <b>living</b>-<b>place</b>; and<br> she has become a waste land: there the young ox will take his rest, and its <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unpeopled.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cracks.htm"><span class="l">Cracks (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your<br> place on the top of the hill: even if you made your <b>living</b>-<b>place</b> as high as <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cracks.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/worshipping.htm"><span class="l">Worshipping (49 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 8:43 Give ear in heaven your <b>living</b>-<b>place</b>, and give him his desire, whatever<br> it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/worshipping.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/living-places.htm"><span class="l">Living-places (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Living-places. <b>Living</b>-<b>place</b>, Living-places. Living-space . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>...</b> (BBE). <b>Living</b>-<b>place</b>, Living-places. Living-space . Reference Bible <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/living-places.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/forgiven.htm"><span class="l">Forgiven (61 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Chronicles 6:30 Then give ear from heaven your <b>living</b>-<b>place</b>, answering with<br> forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/forgiven.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/building.htm"><span class="l">Building (249 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Lord they gave him the town for which he made request, Timnath-serah in the<br> hill-country of Ephraim: there, after building the town, he made his <b>living</b>-<b>place</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/building.htm - 47k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/living.htm"><span class="l">Living (3112 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/living.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/safe.htm"><span class="l">Safe (388 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (BBE). Numbers 24:21 And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said,<br> Strong is your <b>living</b>-<b>place</b>, and your secret place is safe in the rock. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/safe.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/y/yoking.htm"><span class="l">Yoking (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Samuel 6:10 And the men did so; they took two cows, yoking them to the cart<br> and shutting up their young ones in their <b>living</b>-<b>place</b>: (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/y/yoking.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/living-cosmology.html">What is living cosmology? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Most-Holy-Place.html">What were the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place in the temple / tabernacle? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Living-Church-of-God.html">What is the Living Church of God, and what are their beliefs? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Living-place (83 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm">Matthew 4:13</a></span><br />And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-45.htm">Matthew 12:45</a></span><br />Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits worse than himself, and they go in and make it their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first. Even so will it be with this evil generation.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/14-23.htm">John 14:23</a></span><br />Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> with him.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22</a></span><br />In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> of God in the Spirit.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/2-13.htm">Revelation 2:13</a></span><br />I have knowledge that your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> is where Satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3</a></span><br />And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/4-16.htm">Genesis 4:16</a></span><br />And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/9-27.htm">Genesis 9:27</a></span><br />May God make Japheth great, and let his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/11-2.htm">Genesis 11:2</a></span><br />And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/13-18.htm">Genesis 13:18</a></span><br />And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/19-30.htm">Genesis 19:30</a></span><br />Then Lot went up out of Zoar to the mountain, and was living there with his two daughters, for fear kept him from living in Zoar: and he and his daughters made their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> in a hole in the rock.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/26-17.htm">Genesis 26:17</a></span><br />So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> there.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/27-39.htm">Genesis 27:39</a></span><br />Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> be:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/35-1.htm">Genesis 35:1</a></span><br />And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-8.htm">Genesis 36:8</a></span><br />So Esau made his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom). <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10</a></span><br />The land of Goshen will be your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/29-45.htm">Exodus 29:45</a></span><br />Among the children of Israel I will make my <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, and I will be their God.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/24-21.htm">Numbers 24:21</a></span><br />And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said, Strong is your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, and your secret place is safe in the rock.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/32-40.htm">Numbers 32:40</a></span><br />And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/6-25.htm">Joshua 6:25</a></span><br />But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/19-50.htm">Joshua 19:50</a></span><br />By the orders of the Lord they gave him the town for which he made request, Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim: there, after building the town, he made his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/21-43.htm">Joshua 21:43</a></span><br />So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/17-8.htm">Judges 17:8</a></span><br />And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/17-9.htm">Judges 17:9</a></span><br />And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/17-10.htm">Judges 17:10</a></span><br />Then Micah said to him, Make your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/17-11.htm">Judges 17:11</a></span><br />And the Levite said he would make his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/18-1.htm">Judges 18:1</a></span><br />In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/18-28.htm">Judges 18:28</a></span><br />And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ruth/1-1.htm">Ruth 1:1</a></span><br />Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> in the country of Moab.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/6-10.htm">1 Samuel 6:10</a></span><br />And the men did so; they took two cows, yoking them to the cart and shutting up their young ones in their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-3.htm">1 Samuel 22:3</a></span><br />And from there David went to Mizpeh in the land of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and mother come and make their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> with you till it is clear to me what God will do for me.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/27-5.htm">1 Samuel 27:5</a></span><br />Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-9.htm">2 Samuel 5:9</a></span><br />So David took the strong tower for his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-5.htm">2 Samuel 7:5</a></span><br />Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> for me?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/7-8.htm">1 Kings 7:8</a></span><br />And the house for his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, the other open square in the covered room, was made in the same way. And then he made a house like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken as his wife.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">1 Kings 8:12</a></span><br />Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, but your living-place was not seen by men;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/8-13.htm">1 Kings 8:13</a></span><br />So I have made for you a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, a house in which you may be for ever present.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/8-30.htm">1 Kings 8:30</a></span><br />Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, and hearing, have mercy.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/8-39.htm">1 Kings 8:39</a></span><br />Give ear in heaven your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/8-43.htm">1 Kings 8:43</a></span><br />Give ear in heaven your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/8-49.htm">1 Kings 8:49</a></span><br />Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, and see right done to them;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9</a></span><br />Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/6-2.htm">2 Kings 6:2</a></span><br />So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">2 Kings 8:1</a></span><br />Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-43.htm">1 Chronicles 4:43</a></span><br />And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> to this day.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-7.htm">1 Chronicles 11:7</a></span><br />And David took the strong tower for his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, so it was named the town of David.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-4.htm">1 Chronicles 17:4</a></span><br />Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-5.htm">1 Chronicles 17:5</a></span><br />For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> to living-place.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-1.htm">2 Chronicles 6:1</a></span><br />Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, but your living-place was not seen by men,<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-2.htm">2 Chronicles 6:2</a></span><br />So I have made for you a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, a house in which you may be for ever present.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-21.htm">2 Chronicles 6:21</a></span><br />And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>; and hearing have mercy.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-30.htm">2 Chronicles 6:30</a></span><br />Then give ear from heaven your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-33.htm">2 Chronicles 6:33</a></span><br />Then give ear from heaven your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-39.htm">2 Chronicles 6:39</a></span><br />Then give ear from heaven your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-8.htm">2 Chronicles 20:8</a></span><br />And they made it their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15</a></span><br />And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/18-19.htm">Job 18:19</a></span><br />He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> there is no one of his name.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/39-6.htm">Job 39:6</a></span><br />To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/15-1.htm">Psalms 15:1</a></span><br /><A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> on your holy hill?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm">Isaiah 4:5</a></span><br />And over every <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/27-10.htm">Isaiah 27:10</a></span><br />For the strong town is without men, an unpeopled <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>; and she has become a waste land: there the young ox will take his rest, and its branches will be food for him.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a></span><br />It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/45-18.htm">Isaiah 45:18</a></span><br />For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Jeremiah 9:11</a></span><br />And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/10-22.htm">Jeremiah 10:22</a></span><br />News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that the towns of Judah may be made waste and become the <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> of jackals.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Jeremiah 17:6</a></span><br />For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23</a></span><br />O you who are living in Lebanon, making your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied will you be when pains come on you, as on a woman in childbirth!<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/40-5.htm">Jeremiah 40:5</a></span><br />Then go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made ruler over the towns of Judah, and make your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the armed men gave him food and some money and let him go.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/42-14.htm">Jeremiah 42:14</a></span><br />Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, or be hearing the sound of the horn, or be in need of food; there we will make our <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/42-22.htm">Jeremiah 42:22</a></span><br />And now be certain that you will come to your end by the sword and by being short of food and by disease, in the place to which you are pleased to go for a <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/43-2.htm">Jeremiah 43:2</a></span><br />Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> there:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Jeremiah 48:28</a></span><br />O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> in holes.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/49-16.htm">Jeremiah 49:16</a></span><br />... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-13.htm">Jeremiah 51:13</a></span><br />O you whose <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil profit is ended.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-43.htm">Jeremiah 51:43</a></span><br />Her towns have become a waste, a dry and unwatered land, where no man has his <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> and no son of man goes by.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3</a></span><br />Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> is among the nations, there is no rest for her: all her attackers have overtaken her in a narrow place.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Ezekiel 17:23</a></span><br />It will be planted on the high mountain of Israel: it will put out branches and have fruit and be a fair cedar: under it all birds of every sort will make their <span class="boldtext">living-place</span>, resting in the shade of its branches.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20</a></span><br />Then I will make you go down with those who go down into the underworld, to the people of the past, causing your <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> to be in the deepest parts of the earth, in places long unpeopled, with those who go down into the deep, so that there will be no one living in you; and you will have no glory in the land of the living.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/2-11.htm">Daniel 2:11</a></span><br />The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods, whose <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> is not with flesh.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/2-22.htm">Daniel 2:22</a></span><br />He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> with him.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/4-30.htm">Daniel 4:30</a></span><br />The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Obadiah 1:3</a></span><br />You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm">Zechariah 8:3</a></span><br />This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my <span class="boldtext">living-place</span> in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/l/living-place.htm">Living-place</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tents.htm">Tents (284 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/towns.htm">Towns (450 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/q/quick-moving.htm">Quick-moving (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lists.htm">Lists (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/living-space.htm">Living-space (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/walled.htm">Walled (63 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tent-circles.htm">Tent-circles (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/represent.htm">Represent (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rousing.htm">Rousing (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rubbed.htm">Rubbed (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/doorstep.htm">Doorstep (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/daughter-towns.htm">Daughter-towns (17 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/baalath-beer.htm">Baalath-beer (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/baalath.htm">Baalath (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spaces.htm">Spaces (15 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/unpeopled.htm">Unpeopled (38 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/letting.htm">Letting (41 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/changing.htm">Changing (31 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/doorways.htm">Doorways (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/riblah.htm">Riblah (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tops.htm">Tops (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/living-place.htm">Living-place (83 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/future.htm">Future (88 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/limits.htm">Limits (69 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/width.htm">Width (58 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/selection.htm">Selection (71 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/chaldaeans.htm">Chaldaeans (65 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sort.htm">Sort (143 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fate.htm">Fate (138 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/space.htm">Space (98 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/generations.htm">Generations (148 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/south.htm">South (170 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/l/living_worthy_of_the_saints.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Living Worthy of the Saints"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Living Worthy of the Saints" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/l/living-places.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Living-places"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Living-places" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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