Genesis 13:18
13:18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.
Genesis 14:13
14:13 A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner. (All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)
Genesis 18:1
Three Special Visitors
18:1 The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.
Genesis 23:2
23:2 Then she
died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Genesis 23:19
23:19 After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Joshua 14:12-15
14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the
Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities.
But, assuming the
Lord is with me, I will conquer
them, as the
Lord promised.”
14:13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.
14:14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day
because he remained loyal to the
Lord God of Israel.
14:15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.
) Then the land was free of war.
Joshua 15:13
15:13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord’s instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
Joshua 21:11
21:11 They assigned them Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.
Joshua 21:2
21:2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The
Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”
Joshua 2:1
Joshua Sends Spies into the Land
2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
Joshua 2:3
2:3 So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab:
“Turn over
the men who came to you
– the ones who came to your house
– for they have come to spy on the whole land!”
Joshua 2:11
2:11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you.
For the
Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!
Joshua 2:2
2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well!
Israelite men have come here tonight
to spy on the land.”
Joshua 5:1
5:1 When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.
Joshua 5:3
5:3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins.
Joshua 5:5
5:5 Now
all the men
who left were circumcised, but all the sons
born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.