Numbers 14:4
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 14
“And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.”Numbers 14:4
What Does Numbers 14:4 Mean?
Numbers 14:4 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 14, verse 4 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 14:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 78:41“Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.”Acts 7:39“To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,”Nehemiah 9:16“But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,”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.”Luke 17:32“Remember Lot’s wife.”Deuteronomy 28:68“And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.”Hebrews 3:16“For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.”Hebrews 11:15“And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.”Numbers 14:25“(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.”Hebrews 10:38“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.”2 Peter 2:21“For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.”
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