Numbers 22:23 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֵּ֣רֶא	va.Te.re'	and it saw	H7200 →
הָאָתוֹן֩	ha.'a.tOn	the donkey	H860 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מַלְאַ֨ךְ	mal.'Akh	[the] angel of	H4397 →
יְהוָ֜ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
נִצָּ֣ב	ni.Tzav	standing	H5324 →
בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ	ba.De.rekh	in the road	H1870 →
וְחַרְבּ֤וֹ	ve.char.Bo	and sword his	H2719 →
שְׁלוּפָה֙	she.lu.Fah	[was] drawn	H8025 →
בְּיָד֔וֹ	be.ya.Do	in hand his	H3027 →
וַתֵּ֤ט	va.Tet	and it turned aside	H5186 →
הָֽאָתוֹן֙	ha.'a.tOn	the donkey	H860 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ	ha.De.rekh	the road	H1870 →
וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ	va.Te.lekh	and it went	H1980 →
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה	ba.sa.Deh	in the field	H7704 →
וַיַּ֤ךְ	vai.Yakh	and he struck	H5221 →
בִּלְעָם֙	bil.'Am	Balaam	H1109 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָ֣אָת֔וֹן	ha.'a.Ton	the donkey	H860 →
לְהַטֹּתָ֖הּ	le.ha.to.Tah	to turn it	H5186 →
הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃	ha.Da.rekh	the road	H1870 →

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
2 Kings 6:17
Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and…
leads to
- Psalms 68:17
  The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
- Psalms 34:7
  The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
- Zechariah 6:1–7
  And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
Through
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
leads to
- 2 Peter 2:15
  They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
- Revelation 2:14
  But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…
- 1 John 3:12
  Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

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.

Joshua 5:13Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.1 Corinthians 1:27–29But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.2 Peter 2:16But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.2 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.1 Chronicles 21:16When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.2 Kings 6:17Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.Daniel 10:7Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.Acts 22:9My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.Genesis 3:24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

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