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Numbers 16:13 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Numbers 16:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 16 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 16:13 (KJV)
Commentary on Numbers 16:13
Dathan and Abiram challenge Moses: '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?' Their accusation inverts reality - calling Egypt (slavery) a land flowing with milk and honey while denying Canaan that description. The Hebrew 'me'at' (small/little thing) sarcastically minimizes the Exodus, showing how rebellion distorts perspective. They accused Moses of self-exaltation ('make thyself a prince') when God appointed him (Ex 3-4). This demonstrates sin's irration...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 16:13
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“We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? Moses was afraid”
“which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers”
“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”
“Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities”
“and spoke”
“and the rulers take counsel together”
“and said”