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A large concentration of dwellings, often walled, to be distinguished from the larger cities.

A town was a large concentration of dwellings

1 Samuel 23:7 See also Joshua 19:50; Mark 6:10; Acts 16:4

Town officials

Deuteronomy 16:18; Judges 8:14-16 See also Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 21:3,19; Deuteronomy 22:15; Deuteronomy 25:7; Ruth 4:2; 1 Samuel 16:4; Ezra 10:14; Luke 18:2-3

Town records

Ruth 4:10 See also Luke 2:3-4

Laws concerning towns

Leviticus 25:33; Numbers 35:4-5

Town celebrations and worship

Deuteronomy 16:5 See also 1 Samuel 9:10-14; Samuel 20:29; 2 Chronicles 28:25

The town was a close-knit community

Ruth 1:19 See also 1 Samuel 4:13

Towns associated with Jesus Christ

Matthew 13:54 Nazareth, his home town; Luke 4:31 Capernaum in Galilee; Luke 8:1,4; John 4:5 Sychar in Samaria

Wickedness in towns

Deuteronomy 13:13 See also Judges 6:30; 2 Kings 2:23; 2 Chronicles 30:10; Matthew 23:34

Judgment on towns

Deuteronomy 13:15; Isaiah 25:2 See also 2 Kings 3:19; Matthew 10:11

See also

2363  Christ, preaching & teaching
5256  city
5315  fortifications
5505  roads
5601  village
7206  community