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In biblical terms, the word "common" often refers to that which is ordinary, shared, or not set apart for sacred purposes. The concept of commonality is significant in understanding the distinctions between the holy and the profane, the sacred and the secular, as well as the communal aspects of early Christian life.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, the distinction between what is holy and what is common is a recurring theme, particularly in the Levitical laws. Leviticus 10:10 instructs the priests, "You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean." This verse underscores the importance of recognizing and maintaining the sanctity of what is dedicated to God, as opposed to what is ordinary or profane.

The term "common" is also used in the context of food and ritual purity. Certain foods were considered common and thus unclean for consumption by the Israelites. This distinction was part of the broader Levitical code that governed the daily lives of the Israelites, setting them apart as God's chosen people.

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, the concept of commonality takes on a new dimension with the advent of the Church and the spread of the Gospel to the Gentiles. Acts 10:14-15 recounts Peter's vision, where he is told, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean." This revelation signifies a shift from the Old Testament dietary laws, emphasizing that what was once considered common or unclean is now made clean through Christ.

The early Christian community also embraced a sense of commonality in their fellowship and possessions. Acts 2:44 states, "All the believers were together and had everything in common." This communal lifestyle reflected the unity and shared purpose of the early Church, as they lived out the teachings of Jesus and supported one another.

Theological Implications

Theologically, the distinction between the common and the holy serves as a reminder of God's holiness and the call for His people to be set apart. However, the New Testament revelation through Christ redefines this understanding, emphasizing that all things can be sanctified through Him. The common is no longer seen as inherently unclean but can be made holy through faith and obedience to God.

The idea of commonality also extends to the unity of believers. In Christ, there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile, slave and free, male and female (Galatians 3:28). This unity is a testament to the transformative power of the Gospel, breaking down barriers and creating a new community of faith.

Practical Application

For believers today, the concept of commonality encourages a life of holiness and community. It calls Christians to discern what is sacred in their lives and to live in a way that honors God. Additionally, it challenges the Church to foster unity and share in the common mission of spreading the Gospel, reflecting the early Church's example of having "everything in common."

In summary, the biblical understanding of "common" encompasses both the distinction between the sacred and the ordinary and the shared life of the Christian community. Through Christ, what is common can be redeemed and sanctified, inviting believers to live in holiness and unity.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Common

Profane, ceremonially unclean, Mark 7:2,5; Acts 10:14,15; Romans 14:14.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

2. (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.

3. (v.) Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.

4. (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.

5. (v.) Profane; polluted.

6. (v.) Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.

7. (n.) The people; the community.

8. (n.) An enclosed or unenclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.

9. (n.) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.

10. (v. i.) To converse together; to discourse; to confer.

11. (v. i.) To participate.

12. (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground.

13. (v. i.) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COMMON

kom'-un: koinos, in the classics, and primarily in the New Testament, means what is public, general, universal, as contrasted with idios, what is peculiar, individual, not shared with others. Thus, "common faith" (Titus 1:4), "common salvation" (Jude 1:3), refer to that in which the experience of all Christians unites and is identical: "common," because there is but one faith and one salvation (Ephesians 4:4-6). From this comes the derived meaning of what is ordinary and, therefore, to be disesteemed, as contrasted with what pertains to a class, and to be prized, because rare. This naturally coincides with Old Testament exclusivism, particularity and separation. Its religion was that of a separated people, with a separated class as its ministers, and with minute directions as to distinctions of meat, drink, times, places, rites, vessels, etc. Whatever was common or ordinary, it avoided. The New Testament, on the other hand, with its universalism of scope, and its spirituality of sphere, rose above all such externals. The salvation which it brought was directed to the redemption of Nature, as well as of man, sanctifying the creature, and pervading all parts of man's being and all relations of life. The antithesis is forcibly illustrated in Acts 10:14, where Peter says: "I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean," and the reply is: "What God hath cleansed, make not thou common."

H. E. Jacobs

Greek

2839. koinos -- common
... common. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: koinos Phonetic Spelling:
(koy-nos') Short Definition: common, shared, unclean Definition: (a) common, shared ...
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2840. koinoo -- to make common
... to make common. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: koinoo Phonetic Spelling:
(koy-no'-o) Short Definition: I make unclean, regard as unclean Definition: I ...
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3793. ochlos -- a crowd, multitude, the common people
... a crowd, multitude, the common people. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
ochlos Phonetic Spelling: (okh'los) Short Definition: a crowd Definition ...
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3672. homologoumenos -- as agreed, by common consent
... as agreed, by common consent. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: homologoumenos
Phonetic Spelling: (hom-ol-og-ow-men'-oce) Short Definition: admittedly ...
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1218. demos -- a district or country, the common people, esp. the ...
... demos. 1219 . a district or country, the common people, esp. ... Word Origin of uncertain
origin Definition a district or country, the common people, esp. ...
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442. anthropinos -- human
... Word Origin from anthropos Definition human NASB Word Usage human (5), human
terms (1), such as is common to man (1). human, common to man. ...
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1219. demosios -- public
... common, open, public. From demos; public; (feminine singular dative case as adverb)
in public -- common, openly, publickly. see GREEK demos. ...
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2532. kai -- and, even, also
... namely. 2532 (the most common NT conjunction, used over 9,000 times) -- ()
very often, , , (the determines the exact sense). [After ...
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5543. chrestos -- serviceable, good
... [" ("useful, kindly") was a common slave-name in the Graeco-Roman world.
It "appears as a spelling variant for the unfamiliar (). ...
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4909. suneudokeo -- to join in approving
... From sun and eudokeo; to think well of in common, ie Assent to, feel gratified
with -- allow, assent, be pleased, have pleasure. see GREEK sun. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4054. migrash -- a common, common land, open land
... migrash or migrashah. 4055 . a common, common land, open land. Transliteration:
migrash or migrashah Phonetic Spelling: (mig-rawsh') Short Definition: lands. ...
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776. erets -- earth, land
... root Definition earth, land NASB Word Usage common (1), countries (15), countries
and their lands (1), country (44), countryside (1), distance* (3), dust (1 ...
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7230. rob -- multitude, abundance, greatness
... rabab Definition multitude, abundance, greatness NASB Word Usage abundance (29),
abundant (6), abundantly (2), age* (1), all (1), ample (1), common sort* (1 ...
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120. adam -- man, mankind
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition man, mankind NASB Word Usage any man
(2), anyone (4), anyone's (1), being* (1), common sort* (1), human (19 ...
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2455. chol -- profaneness, commonness
... Word Origin from chalal Definition profaneness, commonness NASB Word Usage common
use (1), ordinary (2), profane (8). common, profane place, unholy. ...
/hebrew/2455.htm - 6k

6298. pagash -- to meet, encounter
... root Definition to meet, encounter NASB Word Usage common bond (1), encounter (1),
have a common bond (1), have this (1), have this in common (1), meet (3 ...
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2490. chalal -- to bore, pierce
... to bore, pierce. Transliteration: chalal Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lal') Short
Definition: pierce. begin men began, defile, break, defile, eat as common things ...
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1121. ben -- son
... 1), children and your children's (1), children and children's (1), children's (2),
children's children (5), colt (1), colts (1), common (2), descendants (14 ...
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2917. tin -- clay
... 2916, 2917. tin. 2918 . clay. Transliteration: tin Phonetic Spelling:
(teen) Short Definition: common. Word Origin (Aramaic) perhaps ...
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4629. maareh -- meadows
... Word Origin the same as maar, qv. meadows From arah; a nude place, ie A common --
meadows. see HEBREW arah. 4628, 4629. maareh. 4630 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Studies in the Book of Common Prayer
Studies in the Book of Common Prayer. <. Studies in the Book of Common Prayer
Herbert Mortimer Luckock. Table of Contents. Title Page. Preface. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/luckock/studies in the book of common prayer/

Of the Life in Common, and of the Reason Why the Church Has Begun ...
... The Epistle of Pope Urban First. I. Of the life in common, and of the
reason why the Church has begun to hold property. We know ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/i of the life in.htm

Common Metre.
... Doxology. The Christian Doxology. Common Metre. Let God the Father, and
the Son, And Spirit be ador'd, Where there are works to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watts/the psalms of david/common metre.htm

Common Metre.
... Doxology. The Christian Doxology. Common Metre. Where the tune includes
two stanzas. 1 The God of mercy be ador'd, Who calls our ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watts/the psalms of david/common metre 2.htm

The Common Doxology.
... The Common Doxology. 115. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise
Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly ...
//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/little folded hands/the common doxology.htm

"And what is There in Common," You Will Say to Me...
... II. "And what is there in common," you will say to me? "And what is there
in common," you will say to me, "between your belief ...
/.../lamartine/atheism among the people/ii and what is there.htm

Psalm 1:1. Common Metre,
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 1:1. Common Metre,. The way and end
of the righteous and the wicked. 1 Blest is the man who ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watts/the psalms of david/psalm 1 1 common metre.htm

Whether this Term "Person" Can be Common to the Three Persons?
... THE PLURALITY OF PERSONS IN GOD (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether this term "person" can be
common to the three persons? ... Therefore it is not common to all three. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether this term person can.htm

The Indwelling of the Spirit, the Common Privilege of all ...
... The Indwelling of the Spirit, the Common Privilege of All Believers. ... Secondly,
That this Spirit is the common privilege of all believers. ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/the indwelling of the spirit.htm

Epistle of Antoninus to the Common Assembly of Asia.
... Epistle of Antoninus to the common assembly of Asia. The Emperor C??sar Titus
??lius Adrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Supreme Pontiff ...
/.../justin/the first apology of justin/epistle of antoninus to the.htm

Thesaurus

Common (118 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to
more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property. ...
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Agape
... 1. The Name and the Thing: The name Agape or "love-feast," as an expression denoting
the brotherly common meals of the early church, though of constant use and ...
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Plebeian (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Common; pertaining to the Roman plebs,
or common people. 2. (a.) of or pertaining to the common...
/p/plebeian.htm - 7k

Ananias (11 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A common Jewish name, the same as Hananiah. (1.)
One of the members of the church at Jerusalem, who conspired ...
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Community (77 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Common possession or enjoyment; participation;
as, a community of goods. ... 4. (n.) Common character; likeness. ...
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Popular (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body Of the people,
as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular ...
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Club (7 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) An association of persons for the promotion of some common object,
as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. ...
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Contribute (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for
a common purpose; to furnish or supply in part; to give (money or other aid ...
/c/contribute.htm - 8k

Attitudes (1 Occurrence)
... Many of these, dating back to the second or third millennium before our era, prove
conclusively that the same practices and usages as are now common among the ...
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People (13047 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The mass of community as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty;
the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people. ...
/p/people.htm - 14k

Resources

What does the Bible say about the concept of a common law marriage? | GotQuestions.org

What is the Book of Common Prayer? | GotQuestions.org

What is the Common English Bible (CEB)? | GotQuestions.org

Common: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Common (118 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:27
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
(KJV WBS)

Mark 6:9
They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.
(BBE)

Mark 12:37
Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS)

John 12:9
The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
(ASV)

Acts 2:44
All who believed were together, and had all things in common.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 4:13
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
(See RSV)

Acts 4:32
The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 5:12
Many signs and marvels continued to be done among the people by the Apostles; and by common consent they all met in Solomon's Portico.
(WEY)

Acts 5:18
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
(KJV BBE WBS RSV)

Acts 10:14
But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Acts 10:15
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
(KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Acts 10:28
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
(KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Acts 11:8
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
(KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Acts 11:9
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
(KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Acts 15:25
it seemed good to us, having arrived at a common judgment, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
(DBY)

Acts 17:5
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
(BBE)

Acts 19:11
mighty works also -- not common -- was God working through the hands of Paul,
(YLT)

Acts 26:26
For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.
(BBE)

Acts 28:2
The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
(Root in WEB ASV BBE DBY)

Romans 1:30
They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense,
(WEY)

Romans 9:21
Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
(See NAS NIV)

Romans 12:16
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
(BBE)

Romans 14:16
Therefore do not let the boon which is yours in common be exposed to reproach.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
(WEB KJV WEY BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 10:23
We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 12:7
But to each of us a manifestation of the Spirit has been granted for the common good.
(WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:26
What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness?
(WEY BBE NIV)

2 Corinthians 6:15
What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 4:23
But we see that the child of the slave-girl was born in the common course of nature; but the child of the free woman in fulfilment of the promise.
(WEY)

Galatians 4:29
Yet just as, at that time, the child born in the common course of nature persecuted the one whose birth was due to the power of the Spirit, so it is now.
(WEY)

Philippians 2:1
If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,
(WEY)

Philippians 2:17
But if also I am poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice in common with you all.
(DBY)

1 Thessalonians 2:5
For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
(BBE)

2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver, but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially honourable, and others for common use.
(WEY)

Titus 1:4
to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Philemon 1:6
That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.
(BBE)

Hebrews 10:29
of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
(DBY YLT)

Jude 1:3
Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 17:13
They have one common policy, and they are to give their power and authority to the Wild Beast.
(WEY)

Revelation 17:17
For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose, and to carry out a common purpose and to give their kingdom to the Wild Beast until God's words have come to pass.
(WEY NAS)

Revelation 21:27
And nothing common, nor that maketh an abomination and a lie, shall at all enter into it; but those only who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.
(DBY)

Genesis 11:1
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
(See NIV)

Genesis 31:35
And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.
(BBE)

Exodus 21:36
But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.
(BBE)

Leviticus 4:27
"'If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is guilty;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 10:10
and that you are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT RSV NIV)

Leviticus 19:29
Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.
(BBE)

Leviticus 20:3
And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.
(BBE)

Leviticus 21:6
Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.
(BBE)

Leviticus 21:7
They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
(BBE)

Leviticus 21:9
And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
(BBE)

Leviticus 21:12
He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
(BBE)

Leviticus 21:14
A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.
(BBE)

Leviticus 21:23
But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.
(BBE)

Leviticus 22:2
Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,
(BBE)

Leviticus 22:9
So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.
(BBE)

Leviticus 22:10
There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
(See JPS)

Leviticus 22:12
And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.
(See JPS)

Leviticus 22:13
But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and be returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
(See JPS)

Leviticus 22:15
And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,
(BBE)

Leviticus 22:32
And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,
(BBE)

Leviticus 25:34
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
(See RSV)

Numbers 1:51
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
(See JPS)

Numbers 3:10
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
(See JPS)

Numbers 3:38
And those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
(See JPS)

Numbers 13:32
And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.
(BBE)

Numbers 16:29
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh hasn't sent me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS RSV)

Numbers 16:40
to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses.
(See JPS)

Numbers 18:4
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
(See JPS)

Numbers 18:7
And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
(See JPS)

Deuteronomy 3:11
(For Og, king of Bashan, was the last of all the Rephaim; his bed was made of iron; is it not in Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon? It was nine cubits long and four cubits wide, measured by the common cubit.)
(BBE RSV)

Deuteronomy 20:6
And who 'is' the man that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not made it common? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 28:30
A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;
(YLT)

1 Samuel 10:12
And one of the people of that place said in answer, And who is their father? So it became a common saying, Is even Saul among the prophets?
(BBE)

1 Samuel 21:4
The priest answered David, and said, "There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 21:5
David answered the priest, and said to him, "Truly, women have been kept from us about these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Samuel 19:22
David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For don't I know that I am this day king over Israel?"
(See NIV)

1 Kings 10:27
And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 23:6
He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 1:15
And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.
(BBE RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 9:27
The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 11:14
for the Levites have left their suburbs and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests to Jehovah,
(See RSV)

2 Chronicles 31:19
Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.
(See RSV)

Ezra 4:3
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said unto them: 'Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.'
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 7:5
and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: --
(See NIV)

Esther 4:11
It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.
(BBE)

Psalms 73:5
In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
(YLT NIV)

Proverbs 1:14
Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:
(See NIV)

Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
(DBY JPS)

Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
(DBY JPS)

Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Ecclesiastes 6:1
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
(KJV WBS)

Ecclesiastes 9:2
All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner, and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 1:28
But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.
(BBE)

Isaiah 2:9
And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 5:2
And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
(BBE)

Isaiah 5:4
Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?
(BBE)

Isaiah 5:15
And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,
(See NAS)

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