Numbers 14:3
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 14
“And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?”Numbers 14:3
What Does Numbers 14:3 Mean?
Numbers 14:3 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 14, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 11 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (11)
These passages are connected to Numbers 14:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Acts 7:39“To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,”Deuteronomy 1:39“Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.”Deuteronomy 17:16“But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.”Deuteronomy 1:27“And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.”Ezra 8:21“Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.”Numbers 14:31“But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.”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!”Psalms 78:40“How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!”Jeremiah 9:3“And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.”Nehemiah 9:17“And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.”1 Samuel 27:1“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.”
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