Numbers 3:8 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשָׁמְר֗וּ	ve.sha.me.Ru	and they will keep	H8104 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
כְּלֵי֙	ke.Lei	[the] articles of	H3627 →
אֹ֣הֶל	'O.hel	[the] tent of	H168 →
מוֹעֵ֔ד	mo.'Ed	meeting	H4150 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	mish.Me.ret	[the] duty of	H4931 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לַעֲבֹ֖ד	la.'a.Vod	by serving	H5647 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲבֹדַ֥ת	'a.vo.Dat	[the] service of	H5656 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃	ha.mish.Kan	the tabernacle	H4908 →

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
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…
leads to
- Numbers 7:9
  But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 6:6–7
  When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
- Deuteronomy 31:9
  So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
- Numbers 10:21
  Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
- 1 Chronicles 13:9–10
  When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.
Through
Numbers 10:21
Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
leads to
- Numbers 10:17
  Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
- Numbers 4:4–16
  This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.
Through
Numbers 10:17
Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
leads to
- Numbers 7:6–8
  So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.

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 9:19Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.1 Chronicles 26:20–28Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.Ezra 8:24–30Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,Numbers 10:21Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.Numbers 4:15When 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 must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.Numbers 4:33This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.Numbers 4:28This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.Numbers 26:60Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,Numbers 4:12They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.Numbers 4:32and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.

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