Exodus 32:12
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 32
“Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.”Exodus 32:12
What Does Exodus 32:12 Mean?
Exodus 32:12 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 32, verse 12 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.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Exodus 32:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Numbers 14:13“And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)”Joshua 7:9“For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?”Deuteronomy 9:28“Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.”Psalms 115:2“Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?”Exodus 32:14“And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.”Ezekiel 20:9“But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.”Genesis 6:6“And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”Deuteronomy 13:17“And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;”Deuteronomy 32:26“I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:”Deuteronomy 32:27“Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.”Deuteronomy 32:36“For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.”Joshua 7:26“And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.”1 Samuel 12:22“For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.”Ezra 10:14“Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.”Psalms 74:18“Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.”Psalms 78:38“But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.”Psalms 79:9“Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.”Psalms 85:3“Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.”Psalms 90:13“Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.”Psalms 106:45“And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.”
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