Joshua 21:39 BSB — MannaFest

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11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙	chesh.bOn	Heshbon	H2809 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ	mig.ra.She.ha	pasture lands its	H4054 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יַעְזֵ֖ר	ya'.Zer	Jazer	H3270 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ	mig.ra.She.ha	pasture lands its	H4054 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עָרִ֖ים	'a.Rim	[the] cities	H5892 →
אַרְבַּֽע׃	'ar.Ba'	[were] four	H702 →

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
Jeremiah 48:32
I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer…
leads to
- Isaiah 16:8–9
  For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the…
- Numbers 21:32
  After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Joshua 13:19
  Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
Through
Joshua 13:21
all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and…
leads to
- Numbers 31:8
  Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
- Deuteronomy 3:10
  all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.
Through
1 Chronicles 6:81
Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 7:4
  Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
- Deuteronomy 2:24
  “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in…
- Nehemiah 9:22
  You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.

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.

1 Chronicles 26:31As for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.Joshua 13:21all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.1 Chronicles 6:81Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.Joshua 13:17to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,Jeremiah 48:32I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.Isaiah 16:8–9For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.Numbers 32:37The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,Numbers 32:35Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,Numbers 32:1Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,Numbers 21:26–30Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.Joshua 13:25The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;

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