Exodus 6:17 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 6:17

The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

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ASV

The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

KJV

The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

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5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
גֵרְשׁ֛וֹן	ge.re.Shon	Gershon	H1648 →
לִבְנִ֥י	liv.Ni	[were] Libni	H3845 →
וְשִׁמְעִ֖י	ve.shim.'I	and Shimei	H8096 →
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃	le.mish.pe.cho.Tam	to clans their	H4940 →

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

H4940lemishpechotamto clans their303×

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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
1 Chronicles 6:17
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
leads to
- Numbers 3:21
  From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 23:7
  The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
- Numbers 3:18
  These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
Through
Numbers 3:18
These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
leads to
- Exodus 6:17–19
  The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
- 1 Chronicles 6:17
  These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Through
Genesis 46:11
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
leads to
- Genesis 29:34
  Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named…
- 1 Chronicles 2:16
  Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
Through
1 Chronicles 23:7
The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:21
  From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,

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