1 Kings 8:3 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they came	H935 →
כֹּ֖ל	kol	all	H3605 →
זִקְנֵ֣י	zik.Nei	[the] elders of	H2205 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ	vai.yis.'U	and they lifted	H5375 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָרֽוֹן׃	ha.'a.Ron	the ark	H727 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 31:9
So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
leads to
- Joshua 3:3
  and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 4:15
  When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
Through
Joshua 3:3
and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:9
  So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 10:33
  So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Numbers 4:15
When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:6–7
  When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
- Numbers 7:9
  But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
- 1 Chronicles 13:9–10
  When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.
- Numbers 10:21
  Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Deuteronomy 31:9So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.Joshua 3:6And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.Joshua 3:3and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.2 Chronicles 5:4When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,Joshua 6:6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”2 Chronicles 5:5–8and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.Numbers 7:9But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.Joshua 4:9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.1 Chronicles 15:11–15David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.Joshua 3:14–15So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

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