Numbers 21:5
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 21
“And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.”Numbers 21:5
What Does Numbers 21:5 Mean?
Numbers 21:5 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 21, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wilderness, and Doubt.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Numbers 21:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Corinthians 10:9“Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.”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.”Psalms 78:19“Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?”Numbers 11:6“But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.”Numbers 11:20“But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?”Deuteronomy 9:7“Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.”Proverbs 27:7“The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.”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 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?”Numbers 16:41“But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.”Ezekiel 20:21“Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.”Exodus 14:11“And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?”Exodus 16:2“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:”Exodus 16:15“And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.”Numbers 14:1“And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.”Numbers 17:12“And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.”Numbers 24:8“God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.”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.”Exodus 7:18“And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.”Exodus 15:24“And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?”
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