Deuteronomy 4:20 BSB

Deuteronomy 4:20

Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

KJV

But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace--that is, furnace for smelting iron. A furnace of this kind is round, sometimes thirty feet deep, and requiring the highest intensity of heat.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶתְכֶם֙	ve.'et.Khem	and <obj.> you	H853 →
לָקַ֣ח	la.Kach	he took	H3947 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיּוֹצִ֥א	vai.yo.Tzi'	and he brought out	H3318 →
אֶתְכֶ֛ם	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
מִכּ֥וּר	mi.Kur	from [the] furnace of	H3564 →
הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל	ha.bar.Zel	<the> iron	H1270 →
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
לִהְי֥וֹת	lih.Yot	to become	H1961 →
ל֛וֹ	lo	for him
לְעַ֥ם	le.'Am	<into> a people of	H5971 →
נַחֲלָ֖ה	na.cha.Lah	inheritance	H5159 →
כַּיּ֥וֹם	kai.Yom	as the day	H3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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 32:9
But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
leads to
- 1 Kings 8:51
  For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 10:16
  The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- 1 Peter 2:9–10
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Exodus 19:5–6
  Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- 1 Kings 8:53
  For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
Through
Deuteronomy 9:29
But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
leads to
- Nehemiah 1:10
  They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 11:4
which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My…
leads to
- Leviticus 26:12
  I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
- Jeremiah 7:22–23
  For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,