Psalms 68:15 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 68:15

A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

KJV

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

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Commentary

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Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

Here the priests on the summit of the chosen hill begin to extol the Lord for his choice of Zion as his dwelling place. The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan, or more accurately, "a hill of God is Bashan, "that is to say, Bashan is an eminent mountain, far exceeding Zion in height. According to the Hebrew custom, every great or remarkable thing is thus designated. Where we talk of the Devil's Dyke, the Devil's Ditch, the Devil's Punch Bowl, etc.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַר־	har-	O mountain of	H2022 →
אֱ֭לֹהִים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
הַר־	har-	O mountain of	H2022 →
בָּשָׁ֑ן	ba.Shan	Bashan	H1316 →
הַ֥ר	har	O mountain of	H2022 →
גַּ֝בְנֻנִּ֗ים	gav.nu.Nim	peaks	H1386 →
הַר־	har-	O mountain of	H2022 →
בָּשָֽׁן׃	ba.Shan	Bashan	H1316 →

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
Psalms 2:6
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
leads to
- Revelation 14:1
  Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Psalms 45:6
  Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Isaiah 9:6–7
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
- Ephesians 1:22
  And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
Through
Micah 7:14
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
leads to
- Psalms 23:1–4
  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Micah 5:4
  He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to…
- Psalms 100:3
  Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

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