Roofs In Scripture

The roof of a house is its highest point and the part most exposed to the sun.

Roofs in scripture.

Occasionally pitched roofs occurred. New king james version. So the people went forth and brought them and made themselves booths every one upon the roof of his house and in their courts and in the courts of the house of god and in the street of the water gate and in the street of the gate of ephraim. So it makes sense that in the bible roof represents what is inmost in a person the part that is closest and most in contact with the lord.

The altars which were on the roof the upper chamber of ahaz which the kings of judah had made and the altars which manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the lord the king broke down. And he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook kidron. By slothfulness the roof sinketh in. See house flat roofs were usually formed of clay packed with stone rollers supported by mats of rushes or branches across wood beams or palm tree trunks.

World english bible by slothfulness the roof sinks in. Webster s bible translation by much slothfulness the building decayeth. And the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall and raised his eyes and looked and behold a man running by himself. Behold i will pour out my spirit unto you i will make known my words unto you.

Swedenborg also notes that this inmost part is in everyone a love or affection rather than a truth or idea. Proverbs 1 23 view whole chapter see verse in context turn you at my rep roof. If i do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. New american standard bible when you build a new house you shall make a parapet for your roof so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it.

On all the roofs of moab and in the streets thereof all is mourning jer. If i prefer not jerusalem above my chief joy. By a mourning on all the roofs is signified the vastation of all goods with those who in the representative sense are meant by moab namely those who are in natural good who easily suffer themselves to be seduced ac 2468. And through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

Proverbs 1 25 view whole chapter see verse in context. Isaiah 22 1 verse concepts. And through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. ג ג h1511 the most frequently used word.

Now david was sitting between the two gates. 100 bible verses about roof matthew 8 5 10 esv 4 helpful votes helpful not helpful when he entered capernaum a centurion came forward to him appealing to him lord my servant is lying paralyzed at home suffering terribly.