Villages were small rural settlements without walls
Leviticus 25:31 See also Deuteronomy 3:5; 1 Chronicles 5:16; 2 Chronicles 32:27–29; Esther 9:19; Song of Solomon 7:11; Matthew 14:15
But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
Villages associated with neighbouring towns and cities
Jeremiah 19:15 See also Joshua 10:37, Joshua 13:23; 1 Samuel 6:18; Nehemiah 12:28
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”
Villages were particularly vulnerable to invasion
Ezekiel 38:11 See also Judges 5:7; 2 Chronicles 14:14
You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a quiet people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—
Village records and teachers
1 Chronicles 4:32, 1 Chronicles 9:22; Luke 5:17
Villages as the scene of gospel preaching
And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.
Related themes
Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.