Numbers 20:3
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 20
“And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!”Numbers 20:3
What Does Numbers 20:3 Mean?
Numbers 20:3 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 20, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Numbers 20:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 6:16“Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.”Exodus 16:3“And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”Jonah 4:3“Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”Exodus 17:2“Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?”Numbers 14:1“And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.”Numbers 16:31“And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:”Exodus 16:2“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:”Numbers 11:1“And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.”Numbers 11:33“And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.”Numbers 16:49“Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.”Psalms 78:19“Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?”Numbers 14:36“And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,”Numbers 16:13“Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?”Job 3:10“Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.”Lamentations 4:9“They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.”
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