Exodus 2:23
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.”Exodus 2:23
What Does Exodus 2:23 Mean?
Exodus 2:23 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 2, verse 23 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Redemption, and Freedom.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Exodus 2:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 3:7“And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;”Psalms 12:5“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.”Genesis 16:11“And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.”Genesis 18:20“And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;”James 5:4“Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.”Exodus 3:9“Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.”1 Samuel 9:16“To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.”Psalms 18:6“In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.”Exodus 22:22“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”Deuteronomy 26:6“And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:”Acts 7:30“And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.”Psalms 81:7“Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.”Nehemiah 9:9“And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;”Isaiah 19:20“And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.”Genesis 4:10“And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.”Exodus 4:19“And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.”Deuteronomy 24:15“At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.”Judges 10:11“And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?”Job 35:9“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.”Psalms 102:1“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.”
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