Joshua 23:2 BSB — MannaFest

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֤א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he summoned	H7121 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	<to> all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לִזְקֵנָיו֙	liz.ke.Nav	<to> elders its	H2205 →
וּלְרָאשָׁ֔יו	u.le.ra.Shav	and <to> leaders its	H7218 →
וּלְשֹׁפְטָ֖יו	u.le.sho.fe.Tav	and <to> judges its	H8199 →
וּלְשֹֽׁטְרָ֑יו	u.le.sho.te.Rav	and <to> officials its	H7860 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵהֶ֔ם	'a.le.Hem	to them	H413 →
אֲנִ֣י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
זָקַ֔נְתִּי	za.Kan.ti	I am old	H2204 →
בָּ֖אתִי	Ba.ti	I have come	H935 →
בַּיָּמִֽים׃	bai.ya.Mim	in <the> days	H3117 →

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.

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Deuteronomy 31:28
Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:1
  Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Deuteronomy 4:26
  I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…
- Deuteronomy 30:19
  I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
- Luke 19:40
  “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
Through
1 Chronicles 28:1
Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:2
  Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
- 1 Chronicles 11:10–47
  Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 27:1–34
  This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty…
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Joshua 24:1
Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 10:19
  But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the…

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 24:1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.1 Chronicles 28:1Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.Acts 20:17–35From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.1 Chronicles 23:2Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.1 Kings 8:1At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.Joshua 8:33All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.Numbers 25:4Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

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