Ezekiel 16:21 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽתִּשְׁחֲטִ֖י	va.tish.cha.Ti	and you slaughtered	H7819 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בָּנָ֑י	ba.Nai	children my	H1121 →
וַֽתִּתְּנִ֔ים	va.ti.te.Nim	and you gave them	H5414 →
בְּהַעֲבִ֥יר	be.ha.'a.Vir	when made pass through	H5674 →
אוֹתָ֖ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
לָהֶֽם׃	la.Hem	to <the> them

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

H7819vatishchatiand you slaughtered81×

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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
Leviticus 18:21
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:31
  You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 18:10
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
leads to
- Leviticus 19:31
  You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 19:26
  You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 22:18
  You must not allow a sorceress to live.
Through
Jeremiah 19:5
They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.
leads to
- Psalms 106:37–38
  They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 18:21
  You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 32:35
  They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered…
Through
2 Kings 17:17
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
leads to
- 2 Kings 16:3
  Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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 Kings 17:17They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.Leviticus 18:21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.2 Kings 21:6He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.Deuteronomy 18:10Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,Jeremiah 19:5They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.Ezekiel 16:20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?Leviticus 20:1–5Then the LORD said to Moses,2 Kings 23:10He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.Psalms 106:37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.2 Kings 16:3Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

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