Joshua 15:54 BSB — MannaFest

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְחֻמְטָ֗ה	ve.chum.Tah	and Humtah	H2547 →
וְקִרְיַ֥ת	ve.kir.Yat	and Kiriath	H7153 →
אַרְבַּ֛ע	'ar.Ba'	Arba	H7153 →
הִ֥יא	hi'	that	H1931 →
חֶבְר֖וֹן	chev.Ron	[is] Hebron	H2275 →
וְצִיעֹ֑ר	ve.tzi.'Or	and Zior	H6730 →
עָרִ֥ים	'a.Rim	cities	H5892 →
תֵּ֖שַׁע	Te.sha'	nine	H8672 →
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ ס	ve.chatz.rei.Hen	and villages their	H2691 →

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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
Joshua 14:15
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
leads to
- Joshua 11:23
  So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then…
- Genesis 23:2
  She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
- Joshua 15:13
  According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
- Judges 3:11
  So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- Judges 8:28
  In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
Through
Genesis 23:2
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
leads to
- Genesis 23:19
  After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 13:18
  So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 6:57
  So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

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 15:13According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)Joshua 21:13So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,Joshua 14:15(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.Joshua 10:3Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,Joshua 10:36Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.Joshua 21:11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

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