Occurrences
Massâʼ occurs 65 times in 59 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (10), Deuteronomy (1), 2 Samuel (2), 2 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (4), Nehemiah (2), Job (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (14), Jeremiah (8), Ezekiel (2), Hosea (1), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (2), Malachi (1)
- Exodus 23:5 — If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden (מַשָּׂא֔וֹ), and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
- Numbers 4:15 — And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden (מַשָּׂ֥א) of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Numbers 4:19 — But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden (מַשָּׂאֽוֹ):
- Numbers 4:24 — This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens (וּלְמַשָּֽׂא):
- Numbers 4:27 — At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens (מַשָּׂאָ֔ם), and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
- Numbers 4:27 — At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens (מַשָּׂאָֽם).
- Numbers 4:31 — And this is the charge of their burden (מַשָּׂאָ֔ם), according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
- Numbers 4:32 — And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden (מַשָּׂאָֽם).
- Numbers 4:47 — From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) in the tabernacle of the congregation,
- Numbers 4:49 — According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden (מַשָּׂא֑וֹ): thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Numbers 11:11 — And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden (מַשָּׂ֛א) of all this people upon me?
- Numbers 11:17 — And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden (בְּמַשָּׂ֣א) of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
- Deuteronomy 1:12 — How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden (וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם), and your strife?
- 2 Samuel 15:33 — Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden (לְמַשָּֽׂא) unto me:
- 2 Samuel 19:35 — I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden (לְמַשָּׂ֔א) unto my lord the king?
- 2 Kings 5:17 — And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden (מַשָּׂ֥א) of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
- 2 Kings 8:9 — So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden (מַשָּׂ֖א), and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
- 2 Kings 9:25 — Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden (הַמַּשָּׂ֖א) upon him;
- 1 Chronicles 15:22 — And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song (בְּמַשָּׂ֑א): he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
- 1 Chronicles 15:22 — And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song (בַּמַּשָּׂ֔א), because he was skilful.
- 1 Chronicles 15:27 — And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song (הַמַּשָּׂ֖א) with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
- 2 Chronicles 17:11 — Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute (מַשָּׂ֑א) silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
- 2 Chronicles 20:25 — And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away (מַשָּׂ֑א): and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 — Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens (הַמַּשָּׂ֣א) laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Chronicles 35:3 — And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
- Nehemiah 13:15 — In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens (מַשָּׂ֔א), which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
- Nehemiah 13:19 — And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) be brought in on the sabbath day.
- Job 7:20 — I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden (לְמַשָּֽׂא) to myself?
- Psalms 38:4 — For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden (כְּמַשָּׂ֥א) they are too heavy for me.
- Proverbs 30:1 — The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy (הַמַּ֫שָּׂ֥א): the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
- Proverbs 31:1 — The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy (מַ֝שָּׂ֗א) that his mother taught him.
- Isaiah 13:1 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
- Isaiah 14:28 — In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden (הַמַּשָּׂ֥א).
- Isaiah 15:1 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
- Isaiah 17:1 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
- Isaiah 19:1 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
- Isaiah 21:1 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
- Isaiah 21:11 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
- Isaiah 21:13 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
- Isaiah 22:1 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
- Isaiah 22:25 — In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden (הַמַּשָּׂ֣א) that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
- Isaiah 23:1 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
- Isaiah 30:6 — The burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
- Isaiah 46:1 — Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) to the weary beast.
- Isaiah 46:2 — They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden (מַשָּׂ֑א), but themselves are gone into captivity.
- Jeremiah 17:21 — Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden (מַשָּׂא֙) on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
- Jeremiah 17:22 — Neither carry forth a burden (מַשָּׂ֤א) out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
- Jeremiah 17:24 — And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden (מַשָּׂ֗א) through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
- Jeremiah 17:27 — But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden (מַשָּׂ֗א), even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
- Jeremiah 23:33 — And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden (מַשָּׂ֖א) of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.