Verse 5

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 3:25 : 25 They destroyed the cities, threw stones onto every good field until it was covered, stopped up all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees. Only the stones of Kir Hareseth were left standing, but the slingers surrounded and attacked it.
  • Joel 2:16 : 16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his chamber and the bride from her wedding canopy.
  • 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
  • Song 2:6-7 : 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me. 7 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field, not to awaken or stir up love until it pleases.
  • Exod 19:15 : 15 He said to the people, 'Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.'
  • Josh 4:3-9 : 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the spot where the priests’ feet stand firm, carry them with you, and set them down at the place where you will spend the night.’” 4 So Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen from the Israelites, one man from each tribe, 5 and he said to them, “Cross ahead of the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone on his shoulder, one for each of the tribes of the Israelites. 6 This will serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 you shall tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD when it crossed the Jordan. The waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the Israelites forever.’” 8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, as the LORD had told Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites. They carried them over with them to their camp and set them down there. 9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, under the place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood, and they are there to this day.
  • Josh 10:27 : 27 At sunset, Joshua ordered them to be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave where they had hidden. Large stones were placed over the opening of the cave, which remain there to this day.
  • 1 Sam 21:4-5 : 4 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find.' 5 The priest answered David, 'I don’t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is consecrated bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.'
  • 2 Sam 18:17-18 : 17 They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a great heap of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes. 18 During his lifetime, Absalom had set up a pillar in the King’s Valley for himself, saying, 'I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.' He named the pillar after himself, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.