Quotes about Descent
the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- 1 Chronicles 6:47
the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
- Ezra 7:2
the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
- Ezra 7:3
the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
- Ezra 7:4
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
- Nehemiah 7:61
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Nehemiah 9:2
As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
- Nehemiah 13:3
“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- Psalm 30:9
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
- Psalm 88:4
For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
- Jeremiah 48:5
then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 26:20
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
- Jonah 2:6