Deuteronomy 17:9 BSB

Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבָאתָ֗	u.va.Ta	and you will go	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַכֹּהֲנִים֙	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
הַשֹּׁפֵ֔ט	ha.sho.Fet	the judge	H8199 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
יִהְיֶ֖ה	yih.Yeh	he will be	H1961 →
בַּיָּמִ֣ים	bai.ya.Mim	in the days	H3117 →
הָהֵ֑ם	ha.Hem	<the> those	H1992 →
וְדָרַשְׁתָּ֙	ve.da.rash.Ta	and you will enquire	H1875 →
וְהִגִּ֣ידוּ	ve.hi.Gi.du	and they will tell	H5046 →
לְךָ֔	le.Kha	to <the> you
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
דְּבַ֥ר	de.Var	[the] word of	H1697 →
הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃	ha.mish.Pat	the verdict	H4941 →

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
Jeremiah 18:18
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us…
leads to
- Malachi 2:7
  For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 52:2
  Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Jeremiah 11:19
  For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from…
Through
Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 2:24–25
  And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
- Leviticus 10:11
  so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
- Deuteronomy 21:5
  And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every…
- 2 Corinthians 5:20
  Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
- Ezra 7:10
  For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

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 19:17both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.John 8:11“No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”Ezekiel 44:24In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.Haggai 2:11“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.Deuteronomy 19:17–21both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.Job 31:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.Ezra 10:14Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”

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