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Exodus 16:3 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Exodus 16:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Exodus chapter 16 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Exodus 16:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Exodus 16:3
Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in Egypt—This stunning statement reveals the depth of unbelief: preferring death under judgment to life under testing. The 'flesh pots' (סִיר הַבָּשָׂר, sir habasar) represent security in bondage versus freedom with uncertainty. Israel's selective memory erased 400 years of suffering, remembering only meals while forgetting the whips. This same spirit appears when believers long for former enslavement to sin rather than endure sanctification's difficulties. Their accusation that Moses brought them out 'to kill this whole assembly with hunger' in...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Exodus 16:3
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“and said”
“and spoke”
“and said”
“Would it were even! and at even you shall say”
“stricken through”
“Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt”
“Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!”
“that the king of Egypt died”
“and I wish that you did reign”
“Alas”