Numbers 3:16 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּפְקֹ֥ד	vai.yif.Kod	and he enrolled	H6485 →
אֹתָ֛ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
מֹשֶׁ֖ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פִּ֣י	pi	[the] mouth of	H6310 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
צֻוָּֽה׃	tzu.Vah	he had been commanded	H6680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H6485vaiyifkodand he enrolled303×

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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
Deuteronomy 21:5
And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:13
  The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce…
- Deuteronomy 10:8
  At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in…
- Malachi 2:7
  For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
- Deuteronomy 19:17
  both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
- Numbers 6:22–27
  Then the LORD said to Moses,
Through
Numbers 4:49
At the LORD’s command they were numbered through Moses and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
leads to
- Numbers 1:54
  Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 4:31
  This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,
Through
Numbers 3:39
The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.
leads to
- Numbers 26:62
  The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

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 3:39The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.Numbers 4:37These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.Deuteronomy 21:5And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.Numbers 4:45These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.Numbers 4:49At the LORD’s command they were numbered through Moses and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.Numbers 3:51And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the word of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.Numbers 4:27All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.Numbers 4:41These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.Genesis 45:21So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.

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