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Matthew 24:17

15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
KJV
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
WEB
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.
ASV
let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:
DARBY
let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house;
BLB
the one on the housetop, let him not come down to take away the [things] out of his house;
ÅB
og den som er på taket må ikke gå ned for å hente noe fra huset sitt,
OTB
Den som er på taket, skal ikke gå ned for å hente noe fra huset.
B1930
og den som er på taket, ikke stige ned for å hente noget fra sitt hus,

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Cross references

  • Luke 17:31–33

    In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

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  • Mark 13:15–16

    And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

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  • Matthew 10:27

    What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

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  • Acts 10:9

    On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

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  • Luke 12:3

    Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

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  • Deuteronomy 22:8

    When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

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  • Matthew 6:25

    Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

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  • 1 Samuel 9:25

    And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

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