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Psalms 105:12 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Psalms 105:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 105 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.”
Psalms 105:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 105:12
When Israel was 'but a few men in number,' 'very few and strangers' in Canaan, God's promises seemed impossible. Small numbers made the covenant promise of land and nationhood appear absurd. Yet God's promises don't depend on favorable circumstances. Abraham started with zero descendants; God promised innumerable offspring. 'Strangers' (ger) emphasizes their vulnerable, foreign status. This prefigures the church starting small but growing globally. Christ began with twelve disciples. The Reformed understanding of divine election recognizes God chooses the weak and few (1 Cor 1:27-29).
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 105:12
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“nor choose you”
“You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”
“he lived as an alien in the land of promise”
“I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you”
“A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt”
“and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore”
“they who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak”
“no”
“and to your seed after you”
“and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him”