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Physical climbing

Deuteronomy 32:49-50 See also Numbers 27:12; 1 Samuel 14:8-13; 1 Kings 18:42; 2 Kings 19:23; 2 Chronicles 20:16; Isaiah 40:9; Jeremiah 4:29; Luke 19:4

Climbing associated with worship

Psalm 24:3 Because Jerusalem was built at a high elevation, going to worship there usually involved ascent. See also Psalm 122:3-4; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 30:29; Zechariah 14:17

Figurative climbing

Psalm 139:8; Jeremiah 9:21 See also Genesis 28:12; Genesis 49:22; Deuteronomy 30:12; Songs 7:8; Isaiah 14:13-14; Isaiah 24:18; Amos 9:2; John 1:51

See also

4245  hills
4254  mountains
5553  stairways
8622  worship