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Mark 6:39

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And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 14:33Rank 1 from verse 39
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    33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

  2. 1 Corinthians 14:40Rank 2 from verse 39
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    40Let all things be done decently and in order.

  3. Matthew 15:35Rank 3 from verse 39
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    35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

  4. 1 Kings 10:5Rank 4 from verse 39
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    5And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

  5. Esther 1:5–6Rank 5 from verse 39
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    5And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;

    6Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

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Mark 6:39

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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green

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Having the color of living vegetation; fresh, flourishing, or not dried.

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grass

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Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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38He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

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40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

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