Judges 21:2 BSB — MannaFest

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15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֤א	vai.ya.Vo'	and it came	H935 →
הָעָם֙	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
בֵּֽית־	beit-	Beth-	H1008 →
אֵ֔ל	'El	-el	H1008 →
וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ	vai.Ye.she.vu	and they sat	H3427 →
שָׁם֙	sham	there	H8033 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
הָעֶ֔רֶב	ha.'E.rev	the evening	H6153 →
לִפְנֵ֖י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ	vai.yis.'U	and they lifted up	H5375 →
קוֹלָ֔ם	ko.Lam	voice their	H6963 →
וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ	vai.yiv.Ku	and they wept	H1058 →
בְּכִ֥י	be.Khi	weeping	H1065 →
גָדֽוֹל׃	ga.Dol	great	H1419 →

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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 20:26
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
leads to
- Judges 20:23
  They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 20:18
  The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joel 2:12–18
  “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
Through
Judges 20:18
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
leads to
- Judges 20:26–27
  Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 27:21
  He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will…
Through
Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
leads to
- Joshua 19:51
  These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance…
- Joshua 21:2
  at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
- 1 Samuel 1:3
  Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

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 Samuel 1:10In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.Judges 20:26Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.1 Samuel 11:4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.1 Samuel 30:4So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.Judges 20:18The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,Judges 20:23They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”Judges 21:12So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.Genesis 27:38Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.Judges 2:4When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.Joshua 7:6Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.Numbers 11:18And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.

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