Numbers 23:12 BSB — MannaFest

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11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֖עַן	vai.Ya.'an	and he answered	H6030 →
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
הֲלֹ֗א	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
אֵת֩	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	[that] which	H834 →
יָשִׂ֤ים	ya.Sim	he will put	H7760 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּפִ֔י	be.Fi	in mouth my	H6310 →
אֹת֥וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר	'esh.Mor	will I take care	H8104 →
לְדַבֵּֽר׃	le.da.Ber	to 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 26:25
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
leads to
- Proverbs 6:16–19
  There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
- Psalms 28:3
  Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
Through
Numbers 23:20
I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
leads to
- John 10:27–29
  My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Numbers 22:12
  But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
- Genesis 12:2
  I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 22:17
  I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Isaiah 43:13
  Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
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 3 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.

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 22:38“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”Numbers 23:20I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.Proverbs 26:25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.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.Numbers 23:26But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.Numbers 22:20That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.2 Chronicles 18:13But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”Numbers 22:8“Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

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