Numbers 11:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 11:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 11:12 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a n..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 11:12 — KJV
“Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?”
— Numbers 11:12 (KJV)
Numbers 11:12 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 11:12
“Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:12: people, father, land
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:12: people, father, child
“Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:12: people, say, father
“What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:12: say, father, child
“That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:12: say, father, land
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