Numbers 13:17 BSB — MannaFest

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15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
אֹתָם֙	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
לָת֖וּר	la.Tur	to spy out	H8446 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
כְּנָ֑עַן	ke.Na.'an	Canaan	H3667 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵהֶ֗ם	'a.le.Hem	to them	H413 →
עֲל֥וּ	'a.Lu	go up	H5927 →
זֶה֙	zeh	this	H2088 →
בַּנֶּ֔גֶב	ba.Ne.gev	in the Negev	H5045 →
וַעֲלִיתֶ֖ם	va.'a.li.Tem	and you will go up	H5927 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָהָֽר׃	ha.Har	the hill country	H2022 →

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
Joshua 15:3
proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.
leads to
- Numbers 34:4
  cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,
Through
Genesis 12:9
And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
leads to
- Genesis 13:3
  From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
- Genesis 24:62
  Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
Through
Judges 1:15
“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
leads to
- Hebrews 6:7
  For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
- 1 Peter 3:9
  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
Through
Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
leads to
- Genesis 12:9–20
  And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
- 2 Samuel 24:7
  They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
- Joshua 10:40
  So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, 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.

Judges 1:9Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.Genesis 12:9And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.Judges 18:2So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.Judges 1:15“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.Genesis 13:1So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.Joshua 15:3proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.Judges 1:19The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.Genesis 14:10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.Numbers 14:40Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”Numbers 13:21–22So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.Numbers 13:29The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”Deuteronomy 1:44Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

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The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Numbers