Numbers 14:16
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 14
“Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.”Numbers 14:16
What Does Numbers 14:16 Mean?
Numbers 14:16 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 14, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 8 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wilderness.
Cross-References (8)
These passages are connected to Numbers 14:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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.”Joshua 7:7“And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!”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 32:26“I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:”Genesis 24:7“The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.”Exodus 13:5“And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.”Jeremiah 32:22“And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;”Ezekiel 47:14“And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.”
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