Judges 20:2 BSB — MannaFest

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17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּ	vai.yit.ya.tze.Vu	and they presented themselves	H3320 →
פִּנּ֣וֹת	pi.Not	[the] corners of	H6438 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֗ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
כֹּ֚ל	kol	all	H3605 →
שִׁבְטֵ֣י	shiv.Tei	[the] tribes of	H7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בִּקְהַ֖ל	bik.Hal	in [the] assembly of	H6951 →
עַ֣ם	'am	[the] people of	H5971 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
אַרְבַּ֨ע	'ar.Ba'	four	H702 →
מֵא֥וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
אֶ֛לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	man	H376 →
רַגְלִ֖י	rag.Li	on foot	H7273 →
שֹׁ֥לֵֽף	Sho.lef	[who] drew	H8025 →
חָֽרֶב׃ פ	Cha.rev	a sword	H2719 →

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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Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had…
leads to
- Judges 20:25
  That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 7:12
  Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- 2 Kings 3:26
  When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
- Judges 20:15
  On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
Through
2 Samuel 24:9
And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 27:23–24
  David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5–6
  And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
- Numbers 1:44–46
  These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
Through
Judges 20:15
On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
leads to
- Numbers 26:41
  These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.

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.

Judges 8:10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.Judges 20:17The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.Judges 20:15On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.2 Kings 3:26When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.2 Samuel 14:13The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?2 Samuel 24:9And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.1 Samuel 11:8And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.1 Samuel 14:38Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.Judges 20:1Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

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