Exodus 2:16 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְכֹהֵ֥ן	u.le.kho.Hen	and [belonged] to [the] priest of	H3548 →
מִדְיָ֖ן	mid.Yan	Midian	H4080 →
שֶׁ֣בַע	She.va'	seven	H7651 →
בָּנ֑וֹת	ba.Not	daughters	H1323 →
וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה	va.ta.Vo.nah	and they came	H935 →
וַתִּדְלֶ֗נָה	va.tid.Le.nah	and they drew	H1802 →
וַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙	va.te.ma.Le.nah	and they filled	H4390 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָ֣רְהָטִ֔ים	ha.re.ha.Tim	the drinking troughs	H7298 →
לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת	le.hash.Kot	to water	H8248 →
צֹ֥אן	tzon	[the] flock of	H6629 →
אֲבִיהֶֽן׃	'a.vi.Hen	father their	H1 →

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 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
leads to
- 1 Kings 19:8
  So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Exodus 17:6
  Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in…
- Psalms 78:70–72
  He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
- Numbers 10:29
  Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us,…
- Judges 4:11
  Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
Through
Genesis 24:11
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:11
  And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
- John 4:7
  When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
Through
1 Samuel 9:11
And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
leads to
- Genesis 24:11
  As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

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.

Exodus 3:1Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.Genesis 24:11As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.1 Samuel 9:11And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”Genesis 24:14–20Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”Genesis 29:6–10“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”Exodus 18:1Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.Genesis 41:45Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.Genesis 24:15Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.Genesis 37:28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.2 Samuel 20:26and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”Genesis 24:13Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.Proverbs 31:13She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.Numbers 12:1Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.Genesis 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—

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