Exodus 31:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לַחְשֹׁ֖ב	lach.Sho	to design	H2803 →
מַחֲשָׁבֹ֑ת	ma.cha.sha.Vot	designs	H4284 →
לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to work	H6213 →
בַּזָּהָ֥ב	ba.za.Hav	in <the> gold	H2091 →
וּבַכֶּ֖סֶף	u.va.Ke.sef	and in <the> silver	H3701 →
וּבַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃	u.va.ne.Cho.shet	and in <the> bronze	H5178 →

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 26:1
“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
leads to
- Exodus 36:8–19
  All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into…
- Exodus 26:36
  For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
- Exodus 36:35
  Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 25:18
  Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- Exodus 26:31
  Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
Through
2 Chronicles 2:7
Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and…
leads to
- Exodus 31:3–5
  And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
- 2 Chronicles 2:13–14
  So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
- 1 Chronicles 22:15–16
  You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—

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.

2 Chronicles 26:15And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.Exodus 28:15You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.2 Chronicles 2:7Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.2 Chronicles 2:13–14So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.Exodus 25:32–35Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.Exodus 26:1“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.1 Kings 7:14He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

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