Deuteronomy 29:5 BSB

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ	va.'o.Lekh	and I led	H1980 →
אֶתְכֶ֛ם	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
שָׁנָ֖ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר	ba.mid.Bar	in the wilderness	H4057 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
בָל֤וּ	va.Lu	they wore out	H1086 →
שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיכֶם֙	sal.mo.tei.Khem	clothes your	H8008 →
מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֔ם	me.'a.lei.Khem	from on <the> you	H5921 →
וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥	ve.na.'al.Kha	and sandal your	H5275 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
בָלְתָ֖ה	val.Tah	it wore out	H1086 →
מֵעַ֥ל	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
רַגְלֶֽךָ׃	rag.Le.kha	foot your	H7272 →

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 8:2
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your…
leads to
- James 1:3
  because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
- Deuteronomy 2:7
  Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 8:16
  He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- 1 Peter 1:7
  so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Exodus 16:4
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I…
Through
Deuteronomy 8:4
Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:21
  For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
Through
Nehemiah 9:21
For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 8:4
  Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
Through
Deuteronomy 1:3
In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
leads to
- Numbers 33:38
  At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land…

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 8:4Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.Deuteronomy 2:7Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.Nehemiah 9:21For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.Matthew 10:10Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.Deuteronomy 1:3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.Matthew 6:31–32Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’Exodus 7:7Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.Joshua 9:5They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.Joshua 9:13These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”

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