Deuteronomy 31:25 BSB

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְצַ֤ו	vay.Tzav	and he commanded	H6680 →
מֹשֶׁה֙	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
נֹ֥שְׂאֵ֛י	no.se.'Ei	[who] carry	H5375 →
אֲר֥וֹן	'a.Ron	<of> [the] ark of	H727 →
בְּרִית־	be.rit-	[the] covenant of	H1285 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

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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.
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- 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…
- 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.
- Joshua 3:14–17
  So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
- Joshua 6:12
  Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.
- John 1:45
  Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

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.

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.Joshua 6:12Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.Joshua 8:33All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.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.

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