Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.
When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.
So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.
After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.
Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.
Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.
And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Beth-el, one;
Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, lifting up his eyes he saw a man in front of him, with his sword uncovered in his hand: and Joshua went up to him and said, Are you for us or against us?
So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, man by man.
And all the fighting-men who were with him went up and came near the town, and took up a position on the north side of Ai facing the town, with a valley between him and the town.
And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;
Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,
When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the young Levite, they went out of their road to his place, and said to him, How did you come here? and what are you doing in this place? and why are you here?
When they got near Jebus the day was far gone; and the servant said to his master, Now let us go from our road into this town of the Jebusites and take our night's rest there.
So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
And Abimelech came to the tower and made an attack on it, and got near to the door of the tower for the purpose of firing it.
You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.
They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are numbered; for our end has come.
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
And Moses sent for Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron's father, and said to them, Come near and take your brothers away from before the holy place, outside the tent-circle.
You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.
You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.
And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.
You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.
And if a woman goes near a beast and has sex relations with it, you will put an end to the woman and the beast: their blood will be on them.
And you may not have sex connection with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them.
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near to make the offering of the bread of his God.
For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth,
But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;
No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the offerings.
But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.
And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.
Say to them, If any man of all your seed through all your generations, being unclean, comes near the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the Lord, he will be cut off from before me: I am the Lord.
Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.
And of the peace-offering, let him give an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat of it, all the fat tail, he is to take away near the backbone; and the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
And they took the things ordered by Moses, before the Tent of meeting, and all the people came near, waiting before the Lord.
And Moses said to Aaron, Come near to the altar and make your sin-offering and your burned offering to take away your sin and the sin of the people, and make the people's offering to take away their sin; as the Lord has given orders.
So Aaron came near to the altar and put to death the ox for the sin-offering for himself;
Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.
And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.
Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.
But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.
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