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This concept is evident throughout the Scriptures, where God, leaders, or individuals assign tasks, territories, or duties to others according to divine or human authority.<br><br><b>Divine Assignments</b><br><br>God frequently assigns roles and responsibilities to individuals and nations according to His sovereign will. One of the most notable examples is the assignment of the Promised Land to the Israelites. In <a href="/deuteronomy/32-8.htm">Deuteronomy 32:8</a> , it is written, "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God." This passage highlights God's authority in assigning territories to nations.<br><br>Another significant divine assignment is seen in the calling of prophets. For instance, Jeremiah was assigned as a prophet to the nations before his birth. <a href="/jeremiah/1-5.htm">Jeremiah 1:5</a> states, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations."<br><br><b>Human Assignments</b><br><br>In addition to divine assignments, the Bible also records instances where human leaders assign tasks or roles to others. Moses, under God's direction, assigned the Levites to specific duties related to the tabernacle. <a href="/numbers/3-6.htm">Numbers 3:6-8</a> describes this assignment: "Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle."<br><br>Similarly, in the New Testament, the apostles assigned roles within the early church to ensure the effective functioning of the community. In <a href="/acts/6-3.htm">Acts 6:3</a> , the apostles instructed, "Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them."<br><br><b>Personal Assignments</b><br><br>The Bible also speaks to personal assignments, where individuals recognize and embrace their God-given roles. The Apostle Paul often referred to his assignment as a preacher and apostle to the Gentiles. In <a href="/romans/1.htm">Romans 1:1</a> , Paul introduces himself as "a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God."<br><br><b>Inheritance and Property Assignments</b><br><br>The concept of assigns extends to the distribution of inheritance and property. In the Old Testament, the division of the land among the tribes of Israel was a significant event. <a href="/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2</a> notes, "Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses."<br><br>Furthermore, the laws concerning inheritance, such as those found in <a href="/numbers/27-8.htm">Numbers 27:8-11</a>, outline how property should be assigned to family members, ensuring the continuation of family lineage and the preservation of tribal lands.<br><br><b>Spiritual Assignments</b><br><br>Believers are also assigned spiritual gifts and roles within the body of Christ. In <a href="/1_corinthians/12-7.htm">1 Corinthians 12:7</a> , Paul writes, "Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good." This passage emphasizes that spiritual gifts are assigned by the Holy Spirit for the edification of the church.<br><br>In summary, the concept of "assigns" in the Bible encompasses a wide range of applications, from divine appointments and human delegations to personal callings and the distribution of inheritance. Each assignment reflects God's order and purpose, whether in the governance of His people, the organization of His church, or the stewardship of His creation.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4704.htm"><span class="l">4704. spoudazo -- to make haste, hence to give diligence</span></a> <br><b>...</b> be swift (go fast, be ); (figuratively) to move speedily by showing ( applying oneself);<br> acting ( commitment) to accomplish all that God <b>assigns</b> through faith <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4704.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/422.htm"><span class="l">422. anepaischuntos -- not to be put to shame</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 422 (from 1 "not" and 1870, "ashamed") -- properly, not ashamed, because having<br> discharged responsibility which accomplishes what God <b>assigns</b> (note the prefix <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/422.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2004.htm"><span class="l">2004. epitasso -- to arrange upon, ie to command</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 2004 (from 1909 , ", fitting," which intensifies 5021 , "to place, arrange") --<br> properly, to which "orders" things, ie <b>assigns</b> them where they so the parts ".". <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2004.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_philosopher_suitably_assigns.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Philosopher Suitably <b>Assigns</b> the Species of Anger?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF ANGER (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the Philosopher suitably <b>assigns</b> the species<br> of anger? Objection 1: It would seem that the species <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the philosopher suitably assigns.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_9_when_the_city_of.htm"><span class="l">When the City of Athens was Founded, and what Reason Varro <b>Assigns</b> <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book XVIII. Chapter 9."When the City of Athens Was Founded, and What Reason<br> Varro <b>Assigns</b> for Its Name. Athens certainly derived <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 9 when the city of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_operation_of_contemplation.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Operation of Contemplation is Fittingly Divided into a <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> iv) that the "circular" movement in the angel is "according to his enlightenment<br> by the beautiful and the good." On the other hand, he <b>assigns</b> the circular <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the operation of contemplation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_image_of_god_6.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Image of God is to be Found in the Acts of the Soul?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Objection 2: Further, Augustine (De Trin. ix, 4) <b>assigns</b> God's image in<br> the soul to these three things"-mind, knowledge, and love. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the image of god 6.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_parts_of_temperance.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Parts of Temperance are Rightly Assigned?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ii, 54) unbecomingly <b>assigns</b> the parts of temperance, when he asserts them to be<br> "continence, mildness, and modesty." For continence is reckoned to be distinct <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the parts of temperance.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_prophecy_is_fittingly_divided.htm"><span class="l">Whether Prophecy is Fittingly Divided into the Prophecy of Divine <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> And since predestination is comprised under foreknowledge, the gloss in the beginning<br> of the Psalter <b>assigns</b> only two species to prophecy, namely of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether prophecy is fittingly divided.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/47_nor_let_this_promise.htm"><span class="l">Nor Let this Promise Seem to You Contrary to the Natural Structure <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> There will be given to sinners also, as we said above, a condition of incorruption<br> and immortality at the resurrection, that, as God <b>assigns</b> this state to the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../47 nor let this promise.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_apocalypse_of_the_virgin/introduction.htm"><span class="l">Introduction.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> in the Bodleian Library, which he <b>assigns</b> to the eleventh century. The original<br> he conjecturally <b>assigns</b> to the ninth century, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the apocalypse of the virgin/introduction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/beveridge/private_thoughts_upon_a_christian_life/title_page.htm"><span class="l">Private Thoughts Upon a Christian Life</span></a> <br><b>...</b> d to condescend to his Request: And do therefore, by these Presents, grant to him<br> the said Richard Smith, his Executors, Administrators, and <b>Assigns</b>, Our Royal <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../beveridge/private thoughts upon a christian life/title page.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/on_the_priesthood/chapter_xiv_chrysostom_as_a_preacher.htm"><span class="l">Chrysostom as a Preacher.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He praises "the polish of Isocrates, the gravity of Demosthenes, the dignity of<br> Thucydides, and the sublimity of Plato." He <b>assigns</b> to Plato the first rank <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/chapter xiv chrysostom as a preacher.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/assigns.htm"><span class="l"><b>Assigns</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Assigns</b> (2 Occurrences). Deuteronomy <b>...</b> up. Indeed he takes<br> it from me and <b>assigns</b> our fields to traitors!'" (WEB NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/assigns.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jabneh.htm"><span class="l">Jabneh (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> mentioned as belonging to Judah's inheritance. Josephus (Ant., V, i, 22)<br><b>assigns</b> it to the tribe of Dan. We have no mention of its <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jabneh.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jabneel.htm"><span class="l">Jabneel (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> mentioned as belonging to Judah's inheritance. Josephus (Ant., V, i, 22)<br><b>assigns</b> it to the tribe of Dan. We have no mention of its <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jabneel.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/exchanges.htm"><span class="l">Exchanges (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it<br> from me and <b>assigns</b> our fields to traitors!'" (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/exchanges.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/doleful.htm"><span class="l">Doleful (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me<br> and <b>assigns</b> our fields to traitors!'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/doleful.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mournful.htm"><span class="l">Mournful (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it<br> from me and <b>assigns</b> our fields to traitors!'" (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mournful.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/persians.htm"><span class="l">Persians (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 13, 14). Tradition <b>assigns</b> as their earliest known habitat the so-called Airyanem<br> Vaejo ("Aryan germ"), a district between the Jaxartes and the Oxus (Vendidad I <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/persians.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/captors.htm"><span class="l">Captors (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it<br> from me and <b>assigns</b> our fields to traitors!'" (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/captors.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/assignments.htm"><span class="l">Assignments (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/assignments.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/assign.htm"><span class="l">Assign (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (n.) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a<br> man and his heirs and <b>assigns</b>. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ASSIGN. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/assign.htm - 14k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/praying-rosary.html">Is praying the rosary scriptural? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/fear-is-a-liar.html">Is it true that fear is a liar? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sexual-ethics.html">What is sexual ethics? | 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">Assigns (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/21-16.htm">Deuteronomy 21:16</a></span><br />then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn:<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/2-4.htm">Micah 2:4</a></span><br />In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying,'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and <span class="boldtext">assigns</span> our fields to traitors!'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/assigns.htm">Assigns</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/assir.htm">Assir (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/ivvah.htm">Ivvah (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/food.htm">Food (2953 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/times.htm">Times (1875 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/time.htm">Time (7245 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/taanach.htm">Taanach (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/melzar.htm">Melzar (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mamre.htm">Mamre (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pergamum.htm">Pergamum (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/chaldees.htm">Chaldees (13 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/assigns.htm">Assigns (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/abides.htm">Abides (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sign.htm">Sign (181 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/foreknow.htm">Foreknow (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/targum.htm">Targum</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/foreknowledge.htm">Foreknowledge (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pergamos.htm">Pergamos (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/last.htm">Last (1087 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gnosticism.htm">Gnosticism</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/roman.htm">Roman (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/empire.htm">Empire (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/libraries.htm">Libraries</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hare.htm">Hare (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/apostles.htm">Apostles (79 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/christianity.htm">Christianity</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/army.htm">Army (401 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/acts.htm">Acts (271 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/a/assignments_by_lot.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Assignments by Lot"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Assignments by Lot" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/a/assimilated.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Assimilated"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Assimilated" /></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>