Bible Dictionary: Tents: Custom of Sitting and Standing at the Door of

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Genesis 18:1
And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
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Judges 4:20
Again he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man does come and inquire of you, and say, Is there any man here? that you shall say, No.
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Library

Christ's Birth
... its foundations are of stone and the tents are set ... which her confessor was at that
moment sitting by the ... of Augustus is reckoned (as was the custom among the ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xi christs birth.htm

Effectual Calling
... sitting at the table at the receipt of custom, and he ... with branches of trees whereon
men are sitting, for they ... live with his people; he loves the tents of Jacob ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/effectual calling.htm

The Census and the Journey of the Holy Family
... presented their gifts, the Blessed Virgin was sitting with the ... in the Shepherds'
Valley, where he had his tents near to ... It was the custom to rest and pray there ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/x the census and the.htm

The Death of the Blessed virgin Mary at Ephesus
... to make dwellings, and some in fragile huts or tents. ... It was the Apostles' custom
to carry this cross on ... to lament for the dead, kneeling and sitting in turns. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xviii the death of the.htm

The Memphite Empire
... Standing night and day upon the battlements, the sentinels ... interlaced with thorny
bushes, the tents or huts ... of his city wished, according to custom, to rest ...
/.../chapter iithe memphite empire.htm

Letter cviii. To Eustochium.
... in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar ... well; that well where the Lord was
sitting when hungry ... content." [2951] She was afraid lest the custom of having ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter cviii to eustochium.htm

The Immaculate Conception
... saw that before Mary's conception they had the following custom. ... They ate and drank
standing up, and then lay ... three companions in a town of tents inhabited by ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/ii the immaculate conception.htm

Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ...
... Now this in Israel did a custom stand, Concerning changing ... go, And burnt both shocks
and standing corn and ... ascended Up to a mount, where sitting, and attended ...
/.../scriptural poems being several portions.htm

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman,
... knocks at their door, for their sins, as it did before at the door of their ... At a
summer assizes holden at Hertford, while the judge was sitting upon the bench ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the life and death of.htm

The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... are visible to the east and south-west respectively, standing isolated above ... tribes
were accustomed to wander over the plain, dwelling in tents, and supporting ...
/.../chapter ithe first chaldaean empire.htm

Subtopics

Tents

Tents of the Jews Contrasted With Those of the Arabs

Tents were Pitched in the Neighbourhood of Wells

Tents were Pitched with Order and Regularity

Tents were Pitched: On the Tops of Houses

Tents were Pitched: Under Trees

Tents were Spread Out

Tents were Used by all Eastern Nations

Tents were Used by Israel in the Desert

Tents were Used by Patriarchs

Tents were Used by Shepherds While Tending Their Flocks