Numbers 25:3 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּצָּ֥מֶד	vai.yi.Tza.med	and it joined itself	H6775 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לְבַ֣עַל	le.Va.'al	to Baal	H1187 →
פְּע֑וֹר	pe.'or	Peor	H1187 →
וַיִּֽחַר־	vai.yi.char-	and it burned	H2734 →
אַ֥ף	'af	[the] anger of	H639 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	be.Yis.ra.'El	on Israel	H3478 →

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
Joshua 22:17
Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
leads to
- Numbers 25:1–18
  While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Judges 2:14
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they…
leads to
- 2 Kings 17:20
  So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
- Psalms 106:40–42
  So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
  How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Deuteronomy 31:17–18
  On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them.…
Through
Judges 2:20
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
leads to
- Judges 2:14
  Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they…
- Joshua 23:16
  If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against…
Through
Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so…
leads to
- Jeremiah 11:13
  Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

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.

Romans 11:4And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Hosea 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.Psalms 106:28–29They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.Joshua 22:17Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.Deuteronomy 3:29So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.Judges 2:20So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.Deuteronomy 4:3–4Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.Numbers 25:5So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”Jeremiah 17:4And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”Joshua 13:20Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—

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