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Psalms 120:5

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Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
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  1. Genesis 10:2Rank 1 from verse 5
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    2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

  2. Ezekiel 27:13Rank 2 from verse 5
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    13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

  3. Genesis 25:13Rank 3 from verse 5
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    13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

  4. Song of Solomon 1:5Rank 4 from verse 5
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    5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

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    7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

    8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

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Psalms 120:5

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sojourn

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To dwell, lodge, or live temporarily in a place as a stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or resident without permanent possession.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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tents

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Portable shelters or dwellings; by association, the dwellings or encampment of a household or people.

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4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

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6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

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