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Villages were small rural settlements without walls

Leviticus 25:31 See also Deuteronomy 3:5; 1 Chronicles 5:16; 2 Chronicles 32:27-29; Esther 9:19; Songs 7:11; Matthew 14:15

Villages associated with neighbouring towns and cities

Jeremiah 19:15 See also Joshua 10:37; Joshua 13:23; 1 Samuel 6:18; Nehemiah 12:28

Villages were particularly vulnerable to invasion

Ezekiel 38:11 See also Judges 5:7; 2 Chronicles 14:14

Village records and teachers

1 Chronicles 4:32; Corinthians 9:22; Luke 5:17

Villages as the scene of gospel preaching

Mark 6:6 See also Acts 8:25

See also

2363  Christ, preaching & teaching
5256  city
5586  town
7206  community