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Psalms 78:54

78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. overwhelmed: Heb. covered
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

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He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

What does Psalms 78:54 mean?

Psalms 78:54 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בּוֹא (bôwʼ), גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl), קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh).

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And
he
broughtבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
them
to
the
borderגְּבוּלgᵉbûwl/gheb-ool'/H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
of
his
sanctuary,קֹדֶשׁqôdesh/ko'-desh/H6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
even
to
this
mountain,הַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
which
his
right
handיָמִיןyâmîyn/yaw-meen'/H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
had
purchased.קָנָהqânâh/kaw-naw'/H7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:54.

1 Samuel 6:12

And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Exodus 36:6

And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

Isaiah 65:11

But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. troop: or, Gad number: or, Meni, a pagan god

Joshua 13:5

And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

Leviticus 12:4

And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

Numbers 20:17

Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

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What does Psalms 78:54 say?

Psalms 78:54 (King James Version) reads: "And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased."

Is Psalms 78:54 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:54 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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