Climbing

Physical climbing

Deuteronomy 32:49–50 See also Numbers 27:12; 1 Samuel 14:8–13; 1 Kings 18:42; 2 Kings 19:23; 2 Chronicles 20:16; Isaiah 40:9; Jeremiah 4:29; Luke 19:4

“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession. And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

Climbing associated with worship

Psalm 24:3 Because Jerusalem was built at a high elevation, going to worship there usually involved ascent. See also Psalm 122:3–4; Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 30:29; Zechariah 14:17

Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?

Figurative climbing

Psalm 139:8; Jeremiah 9:21 See also Genesis 28:12, Genesis 49:22; Deuteronomy 30:12; Song of Solomon 7:8; Isaiah 14:13–14, Isaiah 24:18; Amos 9:2; John 1:51

If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.