Ecclesiastes 3:5 KJV

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

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Cross References

  • 2 Kings 3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
  • Joel 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
  • Exodus 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
  • Joshua 4:3–9 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. …
  • Joshua 10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

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Strong’s Numbers

  • A time עֵת ʻêth
  • to cast away שָׁלַךְ shâlak
  • stones אֶבֶן ʼeben
  • and a time עֵת ʻêth
  • to gather כָּנַס kânaç
  • stones אֶבֶן ʼeben
  • together כָּנַס kânaç
  • a time עֵת ʻêth
  • to embrace חָבַק châbaq
  • and a time עֵת ʻêth
  • to refrain רָחַק râchaq
  • from embracing חָבַק châbaq

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