So you will live with us, and the land shall be open to you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it.”

“These men are friendly to us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. We will take their daughters in marriage, and give our daughters to them.

Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him out and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. So they brought Joseph into Egypt.

But bring your youngest brother to me so that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.’”

besides that from the traders, and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country.

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s traders acquired them from Kue for a price.

besides what the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem.

Will the traders bargain for him? Will they divide him among the merchants?

She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies belts to the tradesmen.

Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traders; with human lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; they brought ivory tusks and ebony as your payment.

Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise.

Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.

The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your merchandise with the best of all balsam oil, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold.

Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.

They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of violet and colorfully woven cloth, and in blankets of two colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches, And your heart is haughty because of your riches—

By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, you covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.

By the multitude of your wrongdoings, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you.

They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

You have made your traders more numerous than the stars of heaven— The creeping locust sheds its skin and flies away.

Traders Driven from the Temple

And Jesus entered the temple grounds and began to drive out those who were selling,