Deuteronomy 6:21 BSB

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Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣	ve.'a.mar.Ta	and you will say	H559 →
לְבִנְךָ֔	le.vin.Kha	to child your	H1121 →
עֲבָדִ֛ים	'a.va.Dim	slaves	H5650 →
הָיִ֥ינוּ	ha.Yi.nu	we were	H1961 →
לְפַרְעֹ֖ה	le.far.'Oh	of Pharaoh	H6547 →
בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם	be.mitz.Ra.yim	in Egypt	H4714 →
וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֧נוּ	vai.yo.tzi.'E.nu	and he brought out us	H3318 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
בְּיָ֥ד	be.Yad	by a hand	H3027 →
חֲזָקָֽה׃	cha.za.Kah	strong	H2389 →

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
Exodus 20:2
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:6
  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Hosea 13:4
  Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- Leviticus 26:13
  I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and…
- Psalms 81:10
  I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
- Exodus 13:3
  So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His…
Through
Deuteronomy 5:6
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
leads to
- Exodus 20:2–17
  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Psalms 81:5–10
  He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
Through
Deuteronomy 15:15
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 16:12
  Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

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 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?Romans 6:17–18But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.Ephesians 2:11–12Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Deuteronomy 15:15Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.Deuteronomy 5:6“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Deuteronomy 26:5–9and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.Exodus 13:3So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.Deuteronomy 5:15Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.Jeremiah 32:20–21You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.Psalms 136:10–12He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.Nehemiah 9:9–10You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.

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