Numbers 16:13
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 16:13 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 16:13 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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 wilde..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 16:13 — KJV
“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)
Numbers 16:13 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 16:13
“And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:13: brought, land, floweth
“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 16:13: hast, land, floweth
“And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:13: land, floweth, milk
“For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 16:13: brought, land, floweth
“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 16:13: land, floweth, milk
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