Numbers 23:3 BSB — MannaFest

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18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
בִּלְעָ֜ם	bil.'Am	Balaam	H1109 →
לְבָלָ֗ק	le.va.Lak	to Balak	H1111 →
הִתְיַצֵּב֮	hit.ya.Tzev	take your stand	H3320 →
עַל־	'al-	with	H5921 →
עֹלָתֶךָ֒	'o.la.te.Kha	burnt offering your	H5930 →
וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה	ve.'e.le.Khah	so let me go	H1980 →
אוּלַ֞י	'u.Lai	perhaps	H194 →
יִקָּרֵ֤ה	yi.ka.Reh	he will meet	H7136 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לִקְרָאתִ֔י	lik.ra.Ti	to meet me	H7122 →
וּדְבַ֥ר	u.de.Var	and [the] word of	H1697 →
מַה־	mah-	whatever	H4100 →
יַּרְאֵ֖נִי	yar.'E.ni	he will show me	H7200 →
וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי	ve.hi.Gad.ti	and I will tell	H5046 →
לָ֑ךְ	Lakh	to <the> you
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
שֶֽׁפִי׃	She.fi	a bare height	H8205 →

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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
Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:15–16
  Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Romans 12:1
  Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Genesis 22:9
  When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
- Genesis 12:7–8
  Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Leviticus 11:1–47
  The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
Through
Leviticus 1:1
Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
leads to
- Exodus 19:3
  Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
- Exodus 25:22
  And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you…
- Exodus 40:34–35
  Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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 23:15Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”Leviticus 1:3If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.Genesis 22:7–8Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”Genesis 8:20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.Numbers 22:31–35Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.Leviticus 1:1Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,Numbers 24:1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.Genesis 22:2“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”Genesis 22:13Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.1 Timothy 1:16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”Numbers 22:8–9“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.Exodus 18:12Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

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