Numbers 3:12 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲנִ֞י	va.'a.Ni	and I	H589 →
הִנֵּ֧ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
לָקַ֣חְתִּי	la.Kach.ti	I have taken	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַלְוִיִּ֗ם	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
מִתּוֹךְ֙	mi.toKh	from among	H8432 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
תַּ֧חַת	Ta.chat	in place of	H8478 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
בְּכ֛וֹר	be.Khor	firstborn	H1060 →
פֶּ֥טֶר	Pe.ter	[the] firstborn of	H6363 →
רֶ֖חֶם	Re.chem	a womb	H7358 →
מִבְּנֵ֣י	mi.be.Nei	from [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְהָ֥יוּ	ve.Ha.yu	and they will belong	H1961 →
לִ֖י	li	to <the> me
הַלְוִיִּֽם׃	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →

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
Exodus 13:2
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
leads to
- Luke 2:23
  (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
- Numbers 3:13
  for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are…
- Deuteronomy 15:19
  You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to…
- Exodus 22:29–30
  You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- Numbers 8:16–17
  For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of…
Through
Numbers 8:16
For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of…
leads to
- Numbers 3:45
  “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Numbers 18:6
Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
leads to
- Numbers 3:9
  Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 34:11
  For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

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.

Malachi 2:4Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.Numbers 18:6Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 3:41You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”Numbers 8:16For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.Numbers 3:45“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.Exodus 13:2“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”Numbers 8:18But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.Exodus 13:12you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.Numbers 8:14In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.Numbers 8:15After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 3:40Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.Numbers 8:21The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

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