Exodus 18:15 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מֹשֶׁ֖ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
לְחֹתְנ֑וֹ	le.cho.te.No	to father-in-law his	H2859 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	thatr	H3588 →
יָבֹ֥א	ya.Vo'	it comes	H935 →
אֵלַ֛י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
לִדְרֹ֥שׁ	lid.Rosh	to consult	H1875 →
אֱלֹהִֽים׃	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →

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

H2859lechotenoto father-in-law his33×

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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
Numbers 15:34
and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.
leads to
- Leviticus 24:12
  They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
Through
Numbers 27:5
So Moses brought their case before the LORD,
leads to
- Numbers 9:8
  “Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 24:12–13
  They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
- Job 23:4
  I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Proverbs 3:5–6
  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Through
Numbers 9:8
“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.
leads to
- Numbers 27:5
  So Moses brought their case before the LORD,
- Psalms 85:8
  I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
- Ezekiel 3:17
  “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

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.

Numbers 15:34and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.Numbers 27:5So Moses brought their case before the LORD,Exodus 18:19Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.Numbers 9:8“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.Exodus 18:19–20Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.Deuteronomy 17:8–13If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.Leviticus 24:12–14They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.Numbers 9:6But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day 2 Chronicles 34:21“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”

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