Numbers 22:38 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
בִּלְעָ֜ם	bil.'Am	Balaam	H1109 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בָּלָ֗ק	ba.Lak	Balak	H1111 →
הִֽנֵּה־	hi.neh-	here!	H2009 →
בָ֙אתִי֙	va.ti	I have come	H935 →
אֵלֶ֔יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
עַתָּ֕ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
הֲיָכ֥וֹל	ha.ya.Khol	¿ certainly <to able>	H3201 →
אוּכַ֖ל	'u.Khal	am I able	H3201 →
דַּבֵּ֣ר	da.Ber	to speak	H1696 →
מְא֑וּמָה	me.'U.mah	anything	H3972 →
הַדָּבָ֗ר	ha.da.Var	the word	H1697 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
יָשִׂ֧ים	ya.Sim	he will put	H7760 →
אֱלֹהִ֛ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
בְּפִ֖י	be.Fi	in mouth my	H6310 →
אֹת֥וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
אֲדַבֵּֽר׃	'a.da.Ber	I will speak	H1696 →

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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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
Proverbs 19:21
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:9
  A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- Isaiah 14:24
  The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
- Proverbs 16:1
  The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
- Psalms 33:10–11
  The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Isaiah 46:10
  I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Through
Numbers 22:18
But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 18:13
  But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 24:13
  that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the…
Through
Numbers 23:26
But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
leads to
- Numbers 22:18
  But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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 23:20I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.Numbers 22:18But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.Jeremiah 1:7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.Numbers 23:12But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”Numbers 23:16And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”Numbers 23:26But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”Exodus 4:15You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.Numbers 24:13that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.2 Chronicles 18:13But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”Isaiah 47:12So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”Isaiah 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,Numbers 24:12Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me

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