Numbers 8:21 BSB — MannaFest

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽתְחַטְּא֣וּ	vai.yit.cha.te.'U	and they purified themselves	H2398 →
הַלְוִיִּ֗ם	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
וַֽיְכַבְּסוּ֙	vay.kha.be.Su	and they washed	H3526 →
בִּגְדֵיהֶ֔ם	big.dei.Hem	clothes their	H899 →
וַיָּ֨נֶף	vai.Ya.nef	and he waved	H5130 →
אַהֲרֹ֥ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
אֹתָ֛ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
תְּנוּפָ֖ה	te.nu.Fah	a wave-offering	H8573 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיְכַפֵּ֧ר	vay.kha.Per	and he made atonement	H3722 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם	'a.lei.Hem	on them	H5921 →
אַהֲרֹ֖ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
לְטַהֲרָֽם׃	le.ta.ha.Ram	to purify them	H2891 →

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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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.

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Numbers 19:19
The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being…
leads to
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Hebrews 10:22
  let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Ezekiel 36:25
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Ephesians 5:25–27
  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Numbers 19:12
  He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days,…
Through
Numbers 3:12
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,
leads to
- 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…
- 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.
Through
Numbers 8:15
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
leads to
- Numbers 8:11
  Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

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.

Exodus 19:10Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes Numbers 8:7This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.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 19:19The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.Numbers 8:11–13Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.Numbers 8:13You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.Numbers 3:12“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,Numbers 19:12He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.Leviticus 14:11The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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