Quotes about Community
The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
— Deuteronomy 34:8
Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
— Joshua 9:22
When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
— Joshua 20:4
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
— Judges 5:2
Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
— Judges 5:7
They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
— Judges 11:8
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
— Judges 18:19
They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
— Judges 19:15
“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
— Judges 19:20
While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
— Judges 19:22
Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
— Judges 20:8
So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
— Judges 20:11