Joshua 15:47 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַשְׁדּ֞וֹד	'ash.Dod	Ashdod	H795 →
בְּנוֹתֶ֣יהָ	be.no.Tei.ha	daughters its	H1323 →
וַחֲצֵרֶ֗יהָ	va.cha.tze.Rei.ha	and villages its	H2691 →
עַזָּ֥ה	'a.Zah	Gaza	H5804 →
בְּנוֹתֶ֥יהָ	be.no.Tei.ha	daughters its	H1323 →
וַחֲצֵרֶ֖יהָ	va.cha.tze.Rei.ha	and villages its	H2691 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
נַ֣חַל	Na.chal	[the] wadi of	H5158 →
מִצְרָ֑יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וְהַיָּ֥ם	ve.hai.Yam	and the sea	H3220 →
הַגָּד֖וֹל	ha.ga.Vol	<the> great	H1419 →
וּגְבֽוּל׃ ס	u.ge.Vul	and territory	H1366 →

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
Zephaniah 2:4
For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
leads to
- Zechariah 9:5–7
  Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Amos 1:6–8
  This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
Through
Jeremiah 47:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:20
  all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 8:26
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
leads to
- Acts 5:19
  But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
- 2 Kings 1:3
  But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel…
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- Acts 27:23
  For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
- Acts 12:23
  Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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.

Joshua 15:4It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.Judges 16:1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.Numbers 34:5where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.Joshua 15:12And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.Jeremiah 47:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.Acts 8:26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”Judges 16:1–21One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.Amos 1:6–7This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.Numbers 34:5–6where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.Exodus 23:31And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.Jeremiah 47:5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?Joshua 13:3All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;Numbers 34:6Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.

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