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Thieves Scripture - Obediah 1:5

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave [some] grapes?...

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Thieves Scripture - Jeremiah 48:27

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy....

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Thieves Scripture - Mark 11:17

And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves....

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Thief in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

thef: In the Old Testament the uniform translation (17 times) of gannabh, from ganabh, "steal," but gannabh is rather broader than the English "thief," and may even include a kidnapper (Dt 24:7). In Apocrypha and the New Testament, the King James Version uses "thief" indifferently for kleptes, and lestes, but the Revised Version (British and ...

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Robber in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

rob'-er, rob'-er-i: "Robber" represents no particular Hebrew word in the Old Testament, but in the Apocrypha and the New Testament is always a translation of lestes (see THIEF). In the King James Version Job 5:5; 18:9, "robber" stands for the doubtful word tsammim, the Revised Version (British and American) "hungry" in JOb 5:5 and "snare" in 1...

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Robbers in Naves Topical Bible

General scriptures concerning Pr 1:11-16 -Dens of Jer 7:11 -Bands of Ho 6:9; 7:1...

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Robbery in Naves Topical Bible

Forbidden Le 19:13; Isa 61:8 -Punished with death Eze 18:10,13 -Forgiven Eze 33:15 -INSTANCES OF Jud 9:25; Lu 10:30...

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Robbery in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Robbery has ever been one of the principal employments of the nomad tribes of the East. From the time of Ishmael to the present day the Bedouin has been a "wild man," and a robber by trade. Ge 16:12 The Mosaic law on the subject of theft is contained in Ex 2:2 There seems no reason to suppose that the law underwent any alteration in Solomon's ...

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Theft and Thieves in Naves Topical Bible

General scriptures concerning Ex 20:15; 21:16; 22:1-4,10-15; Le 6:2-7; 19:11,13; De 5:19; 23:24,25; Ps 50:18; 62:10; 119:61; Pr 6:30,31; 21:7; Isa 61:8; Jer 2:26; 7:9,10; Eze 22:29; Ho 4:1,2; Na 3:1; Zec 5:3; Mt 6:19,20; 15:19; 19:18; 21:13; 27:38,44; Mr 7:21,22; 11:17; 15:27; Lu 18:20; 19:45,46; Joh 10:1; Ro 2:21; 13:9; 1Co 6:8,10; Eph ...

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Children of the East

Practice in Old Testament days. In the book of Judges, bands of desert people called "the Children of the East," were a constant menace to the Israelites. When these pastoral encampments neared the borders of agriculture, a raid would be planned against the harvest of Israel, or any of their flocks, herds, or other valuable goods. Scripture says of...

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