In the Bible, windows serve both literal and symbolic purposes, appearing in various contexts throughout the Scriptures. They are often mentioned in relation to architecture, divine intervention, and spiritual insight.

Architectural and Practical Uses:

1. Noah's Ark: The first mention of a window in the Bible is found in the account of Noah's Ark. God instructed Noah to make a window for the ark: "You are to make a roof for the ark, finish the ark to within a cubit of the top, and put a door in the side of the ark" (Genesis 6:16). This window was crucial for ventilation and light during the flood.

2. The Temple and Palaces: Windows were integral to the design of significant buildings, such as the Temple and royal palaces. In Solomon's Temple, windows were used to allow light into the structure: "And he made narrow windows with beveled frames for the temple" (1 Kings 6:4). Similarly, the palace of Solomon featured windows: "There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers" (1 Kings 7:4).

3. Everyday Life: Windows in homes are mentioned in various narratives, such as when Michal, Saul's daughter, watched David from a window: "As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window" (2 Samuel 6:16).

Divine Intervention and Protection:

1. Rahab's Window: In the account of Jericho, Rahab's window becomes a means of salvation. She let the Israelite spies down by a rope through the window, and they promised her safety: "Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was in the wall of the city, so that she lived on the wall" (Joshua 2:15).

2. Daniel's Prayer: Windows also play a role in the spiritual discipline of prayer. Daniel prayed three times a day with his windows open toward Jerusalem, demonstrating his faithfulness to God despite the king's decree: "Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before" (Daniel 6:10).

Symbolic and Prophetic Uses:

1. Vision and Revelation: Windows can symbolize spiritual insight and revelation. In the Song of Solomon, the beloved peers through the windows, symbolizing the anticipation and longing for communion: "Look! He is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice" (Song of Solomon 2:9).

2. Judgment and Destruction: Windows are sometimes associated with judgment. In the prophecy against Babylon, windows are mentioned in the context of destruction: "Death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses" (Jeremiah 9:21).

3. Heavenly Blessings: The concept of windows is also used metaphorically to describe the outpouring of divine blessings. In Malachi, God promises to open the windows of heaven for those who are faithful in tithing: "Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this," says the LORD of Hosts. "See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure" (Malachi 3:10).

Throughout the Bible, windows serve as practical elements in architecture, symbols of divine intervention and protection, and metaphors for spiritual insight and blessing. They provide a unique lens through which to view the interaction between the divine and the human experience.Genesis 6:16
A window shall you make to the ark, and in a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it.
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Genesis 26:8
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
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Joshua 2:15,21
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the town wall, and she dwelled on the wall.
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1 Kings 6:4
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
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Ezekiel 40:16-36
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and on each post were palm trees.
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Acts 20:9
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
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Concerning the Ministry.
... firmly conclude, that not only in a general apostacy it ... risen in the church by the
window, by the ... give a sound judgment concerning the holy scriptures, and the ...
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Faustus Denies that the Prophets Predicted Christ. Augustin Proves ...
... defilement of fornication by the window of confession in ... deny that Christ is foretold
in the Scriptures. ... Faustus, instead of the vague general accusation which ...
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Letter xxxvi. (AD 396. )
... our Lord was speaking there of fasting in general, but not ... the Catholic faith and
the divine Scriptures: for the ... with sleep, had fallen from the window and was ...
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"And Hereby we do Know that we Know Him, if we Keep his ...
... and darkness of men's minds, and the general curse of ... If we search the scriptures,
we shall find that they do ... hearts are shut up still, and no window in them. ...
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The Marvels of Holy Scripture, --Moral and Physical. --Jael's Deed ...
... as they would know, if they knew the Scriptures,) conveys nothing ... am about to speak
of Miracles in general; but it ... is like an old house, where a window may be ...
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Extracts No. vii.
... by telling her of persons who had gone by her window during the ... your meaning of
"the whole ground" in which the scriptures seem to rest, a general view of ...
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The Life of the Honourable Archibald Campbel Marquis of Argyle.
... himself to the study of the holy scriptures, became well ... last defeated and totally
routed by general Lesly at ... in abundance; he retired to the window and wept ...
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Omniscience
... us, for we are taught in the Scriptures that God ... So much for the general and universally
acknowledged doctrine. ... Hill, if you were stuck in a window, or farther ...
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The Life of Mr. Robert Blair.
... him on a new search of the scriptures, in which he ... unto me, as it were, through a
window: I had ... Anno 1646, the general assembly, sitting at Edinburgh ordered Mr ...
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Second Sunday Before Lent
... to take me: 33 and through a window was I ... And in many places the Scriptures reprove
avarice. ... to restrain them from running, biting and general mischief,"so ...
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