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Exodus 2:3 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Exodus 2:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Exodus chapter 2 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.”
Exodus 2:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Exodus 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink (וַתִּקַּח־לוֹ תֵּבַת גֹּמֶא, vatiqach-lo tevat gome)—Ark (תֵּבָה, tevah) is the same word used only for Noah's ark (Genesis 6-9), deliberately evoking salvation through water by God's providence. Bulrushes (גֹּמֶא, gome, papyrus reeds) and waterproofing (חֵמָר וָזֶפֶת, chemar vazafet, "pitch and bitumen") show careful preparation. Jochebed doesn't abandon Moses—she strategically places him where Phar...
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Cross-References for Exodus 2:3
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“saying”
“and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.”
“and mistreated our fathers”
“even in vessels of papyrus on the waters”
“when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men”
“behold”
“Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. They had brick for stone”
“And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.”
“and they fell there”