Numbers 20:14 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
מֹשֶׁ֧ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
מַלְאָכִ֛ים	mal.'a.Khim	messengers	H4397 →
מִקָּדֵ֖שׁ	mi.ka.Desh	from Kadesh	H6946 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
אֱד֑וֹם	'e.Dom	Edom	H123 →
כֹּ֤ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
אָחִ֣יךָ	'a.Chi.kha	brother your	H251 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אַתָּ֣ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
יָדַ֔עְתָּ	ya.Da'.ta	you know	H3045 →
אֵ֥ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַתְּלָאָ֖ה	ha.te.la.'Ah	the hardship	H8513 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
מְצָאָֽתְנוּ׃	me.tza.'A.te.nu	it has come upon us	H4672 →

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
Malachi 1:2
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:3
  The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
- Isaiah 41:8–9
  “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
- Deuteronomy 10:15
  Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
- Romans 9:10–13
  Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
Through
Deuteronomy 23:7
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
leads to
- Exodus 22:21
  You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 10:19
  So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 19:34
  You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
- Exodus 23:9
  Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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.

Genesis 25:23and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”Judges 11:16–17But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.Deuteronomy 23:7Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.Genesis 36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:Numbers 20:22After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.Joshua 9:9“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,Genesis 32:3–4Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,Obadiah 1:10–12Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.Deuteronomy 2:4–25and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.Genesis 36:31–39These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:Genesis 36:43Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites.Judges 11:12Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”2 Kings 9:21“Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.Exodus 18:8Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

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