Judges 13:25

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“And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.”

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BSBPD

“And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the Spirit of Jehovah beginneth to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 13:25 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 15:33These were in the foothills:
  2. Joshua 19:41The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
  3. Judges 3:10The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
  4. Judges 6:34So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
  5. Judges 11:29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
  6. Judges 16:31Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
  7. Judges 18:2So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
  8. Judges 18:11So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
  9. Judges 18:12They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
  10. 1 Samuel 11:6When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
  11. Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
  12. John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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