Genesis 15:9 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלָ֗יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
קְחָ֥ה	ke.Chah	bring !	H3947 →
לִי֙	li	to <the> me
עֶגְלָ֣ה	'eg.Lah	a heifer	H5697 →
מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת	me.shu.Le.shet	three years old	H8027 →
וְעֵ֥ז	ve.'Ez	and a goat	H5795 →
מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת	me.shu.Le.shet	three years old	H8027 →
וְאַ֣יִל	ve.'A.yil	and a ram	H352 →
מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ	me.shu.Lash	three years old	H8027 →
וְתֹ֖ר	ve.Tor	and a turtle-dove	H8449 →
וְגוֹזָֽל׃	ve.go.Zal	and a young pigeon	H1469 →

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

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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
Luke 2:24
and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
leads to
- Leviticus 12:6–8
  When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb…
- Leviticus 12:2
  “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Through
Leviticus 3:1
“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
leads to
- Leviticus 1:3
  If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the…
- Numbers 6:14
  and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as…
- 1 John 1:3
  We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
Through
Leviticus 14:22
and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
leads to
- Ezekiel 7:16
  The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
Through
Leviticus 14:30
Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,
leads to
- Leviticus 14:22
  and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

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.

Leviticus 14:30Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,Leviticus 14:22and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.Luke 2:24and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”Leviticus 3:1“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.Leviticus 3:6If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.Leviticus 9:2He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.Leviticus 1:14If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.Leviticus 1:3If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.Leviticus 9:4an ox and a ram for a peace offering to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil. For today the LORD will appear to you.’”Genesis 22:13Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.Leviticus 12:8But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”Psalms 50:5“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”Leviticus 1:10If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.

A parallel in the ritual
Jeremiah 34:18
FLAGSHIP: the divided-animals cutting rite of Genesis 15 is explained by Jeremiah 34:18-20 - those who 'cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts' bound themselves by a self-maledictory oath (may I become like this carcass if I break faith). The Bible's own gloss on the ceremony.
text; Hillers69 (cite-only). Hays: availability, volume, thematic coherence, history of interpretation

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