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east

Meaning of “east”

The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.

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157 occurrences148 verses25 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:14

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Numbers 2:3
And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 2:3 · retained source text

And on the East side toward the rising of the Sunne, shall they of the standerd of the campe of Iudah pitch, throughout their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab, shall bee captaine of the children of Iudah.

Numbers 3:38
¶ But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:38 · retained source text

¶ But those that encampe before the Tabernacle toward the East, euen before the Tabernacle of the Congregation Eastward, shall be Moses and Aaron, and his sonnes, keeping the charge of the Sanctuary, for the charge of the children of Israel: and the stranger that commeth nigh, shall be put to death.

Numbers 10:5
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 10:5 · retained source text

When ye blow an alarme, then the campes that lie on the East parts, shall goe forward.

Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 23:7 · retained source text

And he tooke vp his parable, and said, Balak the King of Moab hath brought mee from Aram, out of the mountaines of the East, saying, Come, curse me Iacob, and come, defie Israel.

Numbers 34:10
And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 34:10 · retained source text

And ye shall point out your East border, from Hazar Enan to Shepham.

Numbers 34:11
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 34:11 · retained source text

And the coast shall goe downe from Shepham to Riblah, on the East side of Ain: and the border shall descend and shall reach vnto the side of the sea of Chinnereth Eastward.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shoulder.

Numbers 35:5
And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 35:5 · retained source text

And ye shall measure from without the city on the Eastside two thousand cubites, and on the Southside two thousand cubites, and on the Westside two thousand cubites, & on the Northside two thousand cubites: and the citie shall be in the midst; this shalbe to them the suburbs of the cities.

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