7206 community
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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A group, small or large, of people. In Scripture it denotes the people of Israel, especially in pre-monarchic times and particularly during the period of the wilderness wanderings.

The community of Israel in the wilderness

Exodus 16:1 See also Exodus 17:1; Numbers 13:26; Numbers 20:22,29

Moses and Aaron communicate God's instructions to the wilderness community

Exodus 35:1,4,20; Numbers 10:2-3

Rebellion, discontent and grumbling within the wilderness community

Exodus 16:2-10; Numbers 14:1-2,27,35-36; Numbers 16:8-33,41; Numbers 20:1-4; Numbers 27:14

Responsibilities towards one another within the wilderness community

Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 1:53

Leaders and officials, under Moses, of the wilderness community

Exodus 16:22 See also Exodus 34:31; Numbers 26:9; Numbers 31:13,26-27; Numbers 32:1-5

Censuses of the wilderness community

Numbers 1:1-3 See also Exodus 38:25; Numbers 1:17-19; Numbers 4:34

The community identity of pre-monarchic Israel

The importance of a community identity in matters of worship

Leviticus 4:13-21 See also Exodus 12:3-19,47-49; Leviticus 16:5,32-33; Numbers 3:6-7; Numbers 8:9-11,20-21; Numbers 15:22-26; Numbers 19:9

The importance of a community in legal matters

Leviticus 20:1-5 See also Numbers 15:15

God promised that the patriarchs' descendants would be a community of nations

Genesis 35:11 See also Genesis 28:3; Genesis 48:4

The families of the priests and Levites described as a community

2 Chronicles 31:14-18

The Jews referred to as a community in NT times

Acts 25:24

See also

1115  God, purpose of
4299  wilderness
5213  assembly
5249  census
7020  church, the
7141  people of God, OT
7435  sacrifice, in OT
7505  Jews, the
7719  elders as leaders
9414  heaven, community of redeemed



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