Deuteronomy 23:16 BSB

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עִמְּךָ֞	'i.me.Kha	with you	H5973 →
יֵשֵׁ֣ב	ye.Shev	let him remain	H3427 →
בְּקִרְבְּךָ֗	be.kir.be.Cha	in midst your	H7130 →
בַּמָּק֧וֹם	ba.ma.Kom	in the place	H4725 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
יִבְחַ֛ר	yiv.Char	he will choose	H977 →
בְּאַחַ֥ד	be.'a.Chad	in one of	H259 →
שְׁעָרֶ֖יךָ	she.'a.Rei.kha	gates your	H8179 →
בַּטּ֣וֹב	ba.Tov	in the good [place]	H2896 →
ל֑וֹ	lo	to <the> him
לֹ֖א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תּוֹנֶֽנּוּ׃ ס	to.Ne.nu	you will maltreat him	H3238 →

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
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
leads to
- James 5:8–9
  You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Deuteronomy 5:11
  You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- James 5:4
  Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
  ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Through
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
leads to
- Proverbs 17:5
  He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 14:31
  Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- 1 Corinthians 11:22
  Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I…

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.

Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,Titus 3:2–3to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?Exodus 23:9Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Isaiah 16:3–4“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’Luke 15:15–24So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.Deuteronomy 12:11then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

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