2 Chronicles 5:4 BSB

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 →
הַלְוִיִּ֖ם	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
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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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
1 Chronicles 15:2
Then 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.”
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 3 independent paths from here.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 10:8
  At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in…
- Numbers 18:1–8
  So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
- Numbers 8:13–14
  You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
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.

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.

1 Kings 8:3When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,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.1 Chronicles 15:12–14And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.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.”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 5:7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.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.”

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