Exodus 4:20 BSB — MannaFest

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18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּ֨ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
מֹשֶׁ֜ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אִשְׁתּ֣וֹ	'ish.To	wife his	H802 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בָּנָ֗יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
וַיַּרְכִּבֵם֙	vai.yar.ki.Vem	and he made ride them	H7392 →
עַֽל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַחֲמֹ֔ר	ha.cha.Mor	the donkey	H2543 →
וַיָּ֖שָׁב	vai.Ya.shov	and he returned	H7725 →
אַ֣רְצָה	'Ar.tzah	[the] land of towards	H776 →
מִצְרָ֑יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וַיִּקַּ֥ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
מֹשֶׁ֛ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מַטֵּ֥ה	ma.Teh	[the] staff of	H4294 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
בְּיָדֽוֹ׃	be.ya.Do	in hand his	H3027 →

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
Numbers 20:11
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
  and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
- 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…
- Deuteronomy 8:15
  He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Numbers 20:8
  “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from…
Through
Exodus 4:2
And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
leads to
- Exodus 4:17
  But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
Through
Exodus 17:9
So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:44
  Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
- Exodus 24:13
  So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
- Exodus 4:2
  And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

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 17:9So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”Numbers 20:8–9“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”Exodus 14:16And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.Exodus 18:3–4along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”Numbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.Exodus 4:2And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.Numbers 20:8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”Exodus 18:3along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”Exodus 4:17But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”2 Kings 4:24Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”Exodus 7:9“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”1 Chronicles 23:15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

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