Exodus 3:16
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:”Exodus 3:16
What Does Exodus 3:16 Mean?
Exodus 3:16 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 3, verse 16 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 3:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Chronicles 28:9“And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.”Genesis 21:1“And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.”Genesis 50:24“And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”Psalms 8:4“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?”Exodus 4:29“And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:”Exodus 4:31“And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.”Exodus 3:2“And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.”Ruth 1:6“Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.”Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,”Acts 15:14“Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.”Exodus 2:25“And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.”Exodus 4:5“That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.”Exodus 13:19“And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.”Nehemiah 9:9“And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;”Matthew 26:3“Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,”Mark 12:26“And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?”Luke 19:44“And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”Acts 11:30“Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.”Acts 20:17“And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.”Hebrews 2:6“But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?”
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