Numbers 3:6 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַקְרֵב֙	hak.Rev	bring near	H7126 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מַטֵּ֣ה	ma.Teh	[the] tribe of	H4294 →
לֵוִ֔י	le.Vi	Levi	H3881 →
וְֽהַעֲמַדְתָּ֣	ve.ha.'a.mad.Ta	and you will make stand	H5975 →
אֹת֔וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
לִפְנֵ֖י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
אַהֲרֹ֣ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
הַכֹּהֵ֑ן	ha.ko.Hen	the priest	H3548 →
וְשֵׁרְת֖וּ	ve.she.re.Tu	and they will serve	H8334 →
אֹתֽוֹ׃	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →

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
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…
leads to
- 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…
- Deuteronomy 18:5
  For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.
- Numbers 6:23–26
  “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
- Numbers 4:15
  When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
- Numbers 16:9–10
  Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and…
Through
Numbers 2:17
In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place…
leads to
- Numbers 10:21
  Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
- Numbers 10:17
  Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
- Numbers 1:50–53
  Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp…

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.

Ezra 6:18They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.Numbers 16:9Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?Numbers 18:1–7So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.Numbers 1:49–53“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.Numbers 2:33But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.Deuteronomy 10:8At 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 His name, as they do to this day.Numbers 2:17In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.Deuteronomy 33:8–9Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.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 16:9–11Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?Exodus 32:26–29So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.Numbers 8:6–26“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

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