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Numbers 20:5 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Numbers 20:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 20 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.”
Numbers 20:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Numbers 20:5
Israel complains: 'Wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place?' They call the wilderness an 'evil place' lacking seeds, figs, vines, pomegranates, and water. The Hebrew 'ra' (evil/bad) reveals their twisted perspective - God's guided journey becomes 'evil.' They yearn for Egypt's produce, forgetting slavery. This illustrates human tendency to romanticize the past and blame leaders for following God's call. The new generation repeated their parents' complaints, showing sin's generational patterns. Yet God still provides (v.8-11), demonstrating grace d...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 20:5
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“nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? we won't come up.”
“forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness”
“Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt”
“so will I enter into judgment with you”
“and cry in the ears of Jerusalem”
“[in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions”