Numbers 20:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 20:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 20:15 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our father..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 20:15 — KJV
“How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:”
— Numbers 20:15 (KJV)
Numbers 20:15 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 20:15
“Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.”
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“For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.”
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“So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,”
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“And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.”
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“And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.”
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