Numbers 20:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 20:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 20:5 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or o..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 20:5 — KJV
“And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.”
— Numbers 20:5 (KJV)
Numbers 20:5 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 20:5
“And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:5: wherefore, egypt, neither
“And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:5: come, egypt, bring
“Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:5: wherefore, egypt, bring
“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:5: made, neither, water
“And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. against: Heb. before go...: Heb. do”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:5: come, evil, seed
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