What are the…
lines in the Bible

Lines were used for measuring and dividing land, and hence the word came to denote a portion or inheritance measured out.

Examples

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me. —Psalm 16:6

…you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. —Numbers 34:7 excerpt

Who set its measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it? —Job 38:5

And he fashioned the two pillars of bronze; 18 cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of 12 cubits measured the circumference of both. —1 Kings 7:15

…measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured 2 lines… —2 Samuel 8:2 excerpt

I will make justice the measuring line —Isaiah 28:17 excerpt

…His hand has divided it to them by line.
They shall possess it forever;
From generation to generation they will dwell in it. —Isaiah 34:17 excerpt

Other types of lines are also mentioned in Scripture:

• Battle lines (Jeremiah 50:14)
• marching in line (Joel 2:7)
• fishing line (Isaiah 19:8)
• a line of descendants (Daniel 11:7)
• plumb lines (Amos 7:7)
• a line of flax (Ezekiel 40:3)