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Plain

Plain (Biblical Place • Jericho • 31.871°N, 35.444°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 34:3 (identified with Jericho ). It is closely linked with Gloria in Excelsis Deo Liturgical Gregorian Chant (AUDIO • historical): Authentic monophonic plainsong performance of the angelic chant Gloria in Excelsis Deo echoing the angels' song in Luke 2:14 .

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Plain (Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 34:3 (identified with Jericho ).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Deuteronomy 4:49 : "And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah ."; Deuteronomy 3:17 : "The plain also, and Jordan , and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward."; John 11:14 : "Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.". Related canonical books and chapters: Joshua 12 ( Joshua • Chapter 12 (24 verses)), Deuteronomy 34 ( Deuteronomy • Chapter 34 (12 verses)), Deuteronomy 1 ( Deuteronomy • Chapter 1 (46 verses)).

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Plain
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Biblical Place • Jericho • 31.871°N, 35.444°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 34:3 (identified with Jericho ).

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AUDIO • historical

Authentic monophonic plainsong performance of the angelic chant Gloria in Excelsis Deo echoing the angels' song in Luke 2:14 .

Wikimedia Commons contributor • Wikimedia Commons / Liturgical Chants CC0 1.0
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AUDIO • historical

Historic Latin plainsong antiphon drawing on Isaiah 45:8 (Drop down ye heavens from above and let the skies pour down righteousness).

Wikimedia Commons contributor • Wikimedia Commons Liturgical Archive Public Domain
διερμηνεύω
diermeneuo (diermēneúō) [dee-er-main-yoo'-o]
G1329 Greek verb 6x
to interpret, to explain, expound, to translate

Primary meaning: to interpret, to explain, expound, to translate. Strong's: to explain thoroughly, by implication, to translate. Lexical nuances: intensive of ἐρμηνεύω , to interpret ;

Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G2059 (ἑρμηνεύω);
παῤῥησία
parrhesia (parrhēsía) [par-rhay-see'-ah]
G3954 Greek noun feminine 31x
freedom of speech, plainness, openness

Primary meaning: freedom of speech, plainness, openness, freedom. Strong's: all out-spokenness, i.e. frankness, bluntness, publicity; by implication, assurance. Lexical nuances: freedom of speech , plainness , openness , freedom in speaking (Eur., Plat., al.): Ac 4:13 , II Co 3:12 ; παρρησίᾳ , adverbially, freely , openly , plainly , Mk 8:32 , Jo 7:13 , 26 10:24 11:14 16:29 18:20 ; opp. to ἐν παροιμίαις , Jo 16:25 ; ἐν π. , Eph 6:19 ; μετὰ π. , Ac 2:29 4:29 , 31 28:31 .

Derivation: from G3956 (πᾶς) and a derivative of G4483 (ῥέω);
Joshua 12
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Joshua • Chapter 12 (24 verses)

Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon , and all the plain on the east: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon , and ru... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ammon , Moses , Manasseh , Joshua , Jordan , Arnon , Hermon , Heshbon , Aroer 1 .

Deuteronomy 34
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 34 (12 verses)

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo , to the top of Pisgah , that is over against Jericho . And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead , unto Dan , And all Naphtali , and the land of Ephraim , and Manasseh , and all the land of Judah , unto the utmost s... Mentions: Moses , Moab , Dan , Naphtali , Ephraim , Nebo 1 , Pisgah , Jericho , Gilead .

Deuteronomy 1
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 1 (46 verses)

These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran , and Tophel , and Laban , and Hazeroth , and Dizahab . (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh –barn... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Laban , Moab , Abram/Abraham , Jordan , Paran , Tophel , Hazeroth .

Daniel 3
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Daniel • Chapter 3 (30 verses)

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura , in the province of Babylon . Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains,... Mentions: Dura , Babylon .

Deuteronomy
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Old Testament • 34 Chapters

Deuteronomy (Old Testament, 34 chapters). Key figures: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Laban , Moab , Abram/Abraham , Isaac . Key places: Jordan , Paran , Tophel , Laban , Hazeroth , Dizahab . Opens with: "These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between P..."

Joshua 11
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Joshua • Chapter 11 (23 verses)

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon , and to the king of Shimron , and to the king of Achshaph , And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth , and in the valley, ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Moses , Baal , Hebron , Hazor 1 , Madon , Shimron , Achshaph , Chinneroth .

Genesis 11
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Genesis • Chapter 11 (32 verses)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had br... Mentions: Shem , Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), Eber (or Heber ), Peleg , Reu , Shinar , Babel , Terah , Haran , Canaan .

Habakkuk 2
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Habakkuk • Chapter 2 (20 verses)

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision ... Mentions: Lebanon .

Genesis 18
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Genesis • Chapter 18 (33 verses)

And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And s... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Mamre , Sodom , Gomorrah .

Map of the Physical Topography of Ancient Palestine
IMAGE • maps

Cross-section showing Coastal Plain, Shephelah , Central Judean Highlands, Jordan Rift Valley, and Transjordan Plateau.

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of Sennacherib's Invasion of Judah (701 BCE)
IMAGE • maps

The march of the Assyrian army down the Judean coastal plain, siege of Lachish , and encirclement of Jerusalem .

Townsend MacCoun (1899) • The Holy Land in Geography and in History / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Judith 5
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Judith • Chapter 5 (24 verses)

And it was told Holofernes, the chief captain of the host of Asshur , that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had laid impediments in the plains: and he was exceeding ... Mentions: Asshur , Jacob/Israel , Moab , Ammon , Canaan , Mesopotamia .

Job 10
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Job • Chapter 10 (22 verses)

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work...

Gustave Doré — The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (1866)
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Fire and sulfur raining down from heaven upon the cities of the plain as Lot flees to Zoar .

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0
Job 23
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Job • Chapter 23 (17 verses)

Then Job answered and said, Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

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VIDEO • educational

Historical video footage recording the main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem from the coastal plain and Mediterranean port of Joppa .

Lumière Brothers Historical Cinema (1897) • Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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AUDIO • historical

Monastic choral plainsong of the 6th Penitential Psalm: Out of the depths have I cried unto thee O Lord.

Wikimedia Commons contributor • Wikimedia Commons / Liturgical Choral Recordings CC-BY-SA 3.0
Judith 15
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Judith • Chapter 15 (13 verses)

And when they that were in the tents heard, they were amazed at the thing that was come to pass. And trembling and fear fell upon them, and no man dared abide any more in the sight of his neighbor, but rushing out with one accord, they fled into every way of the plain and of the ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Asshur , Jerusalem , Gilead , Galilee , Damascus .

Numbers 22
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Numbers • Chapter 22 (41 verses)

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho . And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Moab, Midian , Moabites , Baal , Jordan , Jericho , Pethor .

Numbers 11
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Numbers • Chapter 11 (35 verses)

And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. And the people cried unto Moses ; and when Moses prayed unto the Lor... Mentions: Moses, Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Nun (or Non ), Taberah , Egypt , Hazeroth .

Numbers 35
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Numbers • Chapter 35 (34 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho , saying, Command the children of Israel , that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round abou... Mentions: Moses , Moab , Jacob/Israel , Canaan , Jordan , Jericho .

Psalms 55
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Psalms • Chapter 55 (23 verses)

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

Psalms 77
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Psalms • Chapter 77 (20 verses)

I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhe... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Moses , Aaron .

Psalms 142
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Psalms • Chapter 142 (7 verses)

I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily la...

Isaiah 40
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Isaiah • Chapter 40 (31 verses)

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem , and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Zion , Lebanon .

1 Samuel 10
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1 Samuel • Chapter 10 (27 verses)

Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benj... Mentions: Samuel , Benjamin , Kish , Saul , Jacob/Israel , Zelzah , Tabor 1 , Gilgal 1 , Mizpah 3 , Egypt .

Deuteronomy 2
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 2 (37 verses)

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. And the Lord spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. Mentions: Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Moabites , Lot , Jacob/Israel , Seir , Esau, Elath , Zered .

Acts 25
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Acts • Chapter 25 (27 verses)

Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem . Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem , laying wait in... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Caesarea , Jerusalem.

2 Corinthians 3
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2 Corinthians • Chapter 3 (18 verses)

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ minis... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Moses .

Amos 1
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Amos • Chapter 1 (15 verses)

The words of Amos , who was among the herdmen of Tekoa , which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah , and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel , two years before the earthquake. And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion , and utter his voice ... Mentions: Amos , Jacob/Israel, Azariah (or Uzziah), Judah , Joash , Tekoa , Zion , Jerusalem , Carmel , Damascus .

Scripture Passages (24)

And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah .

The plain also, and Jordan , and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.

Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah:

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon , and upon Jahzah , and upon Mephaath ,

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho , saying,

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho , saying,

And they pitched by Jordan , from Beth–jeshimoth even unto Abel –shittim in the plains of Moab .

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho , the city of palm trees, unto Zoar .

About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho .

Heshbon , and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon , and Bamoth –baal, and Beth–baal–meon,

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan .

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah .

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho , saying,

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim , and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho .

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