Numbers 12:5 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֤רֶד	vai.Ye.red	and he came down	H3381 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּעַמּ֣וּד	be.'a.Mud	in a pillar of	H5982 →
עָנָ֔ן	'a.Nan	cloud	H6051 →
וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד	vai.ya.'a.Mod	and he stood	H5975 →
פֶּ֣תַח	Pe.tach	[the] entrance of	H6607 →
הָאֹ֑הֶל	ha.'O.hel	the tent	H168 →
וַיִּקְרָא֙	vai.yik.Ra'	and he summoned	H7121 →
אַהֲרֹ֣ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
וּמִרְיָ֔ם	u.mir.Yam	and Miriam	H4813 →
וַיֵּצְא֖וּ	vai.ye.tze.'U	and they went out	H3318 →
שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃	she.nei.Hem	both of them	H8147 →

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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Where the connections lead

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
Numbers 11:25
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit…
leads to
- Numbers 11:17
  And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joel 2:28–29
  And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Through
Psalms 99:7
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
leads to
- Exodus 33:9
  As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 40:38
For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.
leads to
- Psalms 78:14
  He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
- Numbers 9:15
  On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
- Exodus 13:21
  And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel…
Through
Exodus 34:5
And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
leads to
- Exodus 33:19
  “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will…
- Luke 9:34–35
  While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

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.

Numbers 11:25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.Exodus 34:5And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.Numbers 11:17And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.Psalms 99:7He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.Exodus 40:38For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.Numbers 16:19When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.Numbers 20:6Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

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