Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Numbers 33:55 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Numbers 33:55 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 33 verse 55 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.”
Numbers 33:55 (KJV)
Commentary on Numbers 33:55
God warns: if Israel fails to drive out Canaan's inhabitants, 'those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land.' The vivid metaphors - pricks, thorns, vexation - describe constant irritation and eventual suffering. This prophecy proved accurate: Israel's incomplete obedience led to centuries of idolatry, intermarriage, and warfare with remaining Canaanites (Judg 2:1-3). The principle applies spiritually: besetting sins we fail to mortify become ongoing sources of trouble and stumbling. Paul uses similar imagery for his 'th...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 33:55
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“I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides”
“as Yahweh commanded them”
“and cleave to the remnant of these nations”
“And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.”
“that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you”
“lest they make you sin against me”
“nor a hurting thorn of any that are round about them”
“And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.”