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Houses


Antiquity of—Ge 12:1; 19:3

Deep and solid foundations required for—Mt 7:24; Lu 6:48

Sometimes built without foundation—Mt 7:26; Lu 6:49

BUILT OF

In cities, built in streets—Ge 19:2; Jos 2:19

Often built on city walls—Jos 2:15; 2Co 11:33

THE FLAT ROOFS OF

Accessible from the outside—Mt 24:17

The courts of, large and used as apartments—Es 1:5; Lu 5:19

Entered by a gate or door—Ge 43:19; Ex 12:22; Lu 16:20; Ac 10:17

Doors of, low and small for safety—Pr 17:19

Doors of, how fastened—2Sa 13:18; So 5:5; Lu 11:7

Admission to, gained by knocking at the door—Ac 12:13; Re 3:20

Walls of, plastered—Le 14:42,43

Serpents often lodged in walls of—Am 5:19

Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to—Ec 12:11; Isa 22:23

Had often several stories—Eze 41:16; Ac 20:9

Divided into apartments—Ge 43:30; Isa 26:20

APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN

Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments—Mr 14:15

Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers—Jud 3:20-23; 2Ki 4:10,11; 9:2,3

Lighted by windows—1Ki 7:4

Street windows of, high and dangerous—2Ki 1:2; 9:30,33; Ac 20:9

OF THE RICH

OF BRICK OR CLAY

When finished were usually dedicated—De 20:5; Ps 30:1

For summer residence—Am 3:15

Liable to leprosy—Le 14:34-53

Not to be coveted—Ex 20:17; Mic 2:2

Were hired—Ac 28:30

Were mortgaged—Ne 5:3

Were sold—Ac 4:34

Law respecting the sale of—Le 25:29-33

Of criminals, desolated—Da 2:5; 3:29

Desolation of, threatened as a punishment—Isa 5:9; 13:16,21,22; Eze 16:41; 26:12

Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges—Isa 22:10

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