Judges 3:6 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְח֨וּ	vai.yik.Chu	and they took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֤ם	be.no.tei.Hem	daughters their	H1323 →
לָהֶם֙	la.Hem	for <the> themselves
לְנָשִׁ֔ים	le.na.Shim	to wives	H802 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם	be.no.tei.Hem	daughters their	H1323 →
נָתְנ֣וּ	na.te.Nu	they gave	H5414 →
לִבְנֵיהֶ֑ם	liv.nei.Hem	to sons their	H1121 →
וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ	vai.ya.'av.Du	and they served	H5647 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ פ	'e.lo.hei.Hem	gods their	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H5647vaiyaavduand they served288×

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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
Ezekiel 16:3
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a…
leads to
- Ezekiel 16:45
  You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father…
- Isaiah 51:1–2
  “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
- Deuteronomy 20:17
  For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,
- John 8:44
  You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him.…
- Nehemiah 9:7
  You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
Through
Exodus 34:16
And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:2–4
  These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to…
- Ezra 9:2
  Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and…
- Deuteronomy 7:3–4
  Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

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.

Exodus 34:16And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.Judges 2:3So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”Deuteronomy 7:3–4Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.1 Kings 11:1–5King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.Ezekiel 16:3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.Ezra 9:11–12that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.Nehemiah 13:23–27In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.Ezekiel 16:15But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.Malachi 2:11Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

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