Sentences with phrase «scattered among the nations»

The outstanding fact about the Jewish people is the fact that they have preserved, though scattered among the nations of the earth, their national identity.

Ludlow's version of «Dayenu» included all of the customary lyrics — about the parting of the sea, the manna from heaven, the giving of the Torah — in addition to some with unique significance to the BYU community: «Had he scattered us among the nations, but not gathered us in the Rocky Mountains, dayenu; had he gathered us in the Rocky Mountains, but not given us Latter - Day Temples of our own, dayenu; had he given us Latter - Day Temples of our own, but not given us a special university, dayenu; had he given us a special university, but not a mighty basketball team, dayenu.»

The Bible tells us in Leviticus 26:33 «I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue you.

For instance, Deuteronomy 28:64 says, «The Lord will scatter you among the nations from one end of the earth to the other.»

It is a world religion, found widely scattered among the nations.

God creates Israel as tribes, then as a kingdom, then scatters them among the nations, then sends them to the nations, each good, each followed by the darkness of the tomb, each bringing good brighter than the good that preceded it.

Through neglect and the people of Israel being carried off into captivity, and then being scattered among the nations, the altars were torn down and worn away.

The people in Palestine still occupied their own territory and continued to live by their own traditions; but for that very reason they were not obliged to cut themselves off so completely from the rest of the world as were the Jewish people later, when it became necessary for their self - preservation, exiled as they were from their land and scattered among the nations of the world.

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And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

How about Prophesy ««Thus says the Lord GOD, «When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their land which I gave to My servant Jacob.»

Scattered among the prophetic writings are predictions of a war involving all the nations of the world, a final war where God's judgment is executed on the whole earth.

After the scattering at Babel, he tears Abram from among the nations and sends him wandering through a land not his own, offering sacrifices at oaks and oases.

While science was part of the American scene from the nation's early days, its practitioners remained few in number and scattered geographically and among disciplines.

They should not, as is now the case, have 20 to 30 different small - scale, uncoordinated projects scattered among a half - dozen different centers across the nation.