Nehemiah 9:21
Nehemiah · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.”Nehemiah 9:21
What Does Nehemiah 9:21 Mean?
Nehemiah 9:21 is found in the book of Nehemiah, chapter 9, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Nehemiah 9:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 8:4“Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.”Deuteronomy 2:7“For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.”Deuteronomy 29:5“And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.”Psalms 34:10“The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.”Exodus 16:35“And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.”Numbers 14:33“And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.”Deuteronomy 8:2“And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.”Amos 5:25“Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?”Acts 13:18“And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.”Amos 2:10“Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.”Numbers 20:5“And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.”Jeremiah 2:31“O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?”
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