Numbers 11:12

Christian Standard Bible

Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so you should tell me, ‘Carry them at your breast, as a nursing mother carries a baby,’  to the land that you swore to give their ancestors?

Cross References

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your guardians and their queens  your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the  Lord; those who put their hope in me will not be put to shame.

Isaiah 40:11

He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles,  instead we were gentle  among you, as a nurse  nurtures her own children.

Exodus 13:5

When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites,  which he swore to your ancestors that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey,  you must carry out this ceremony in this month.

Genesis 50:24

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die,  but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham,  Isaac,  and Jacob.”

Genesis 26:3

stay in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and bless you.  For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring,  and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Galatians 4:19

My children,  I am again suffering labor pains  for you until Christ is formed in you.

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd.   The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Ezekiel 34:23

I will establish over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.

Isaiah 49:15

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.

Genesis 13:15

for I will give you and your offspring  forever all the land that you see.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For you may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father  in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Genesis 24:7

The Lord, the God of heaven,  who took me from my father’s house and from my native land,  who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘I will give this land to your offspring’  ,  #— #he will send his angel before you,  and you can take a wife for my son from there.

Exodus 13:11

“When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and gives it to you,

Exodus 33:1

The Lord spoke to Moses: “Go up from here, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: I will give it to your offspring.

2 Kings 10:1

Since Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria,  Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the rulers of Jezreel,  to the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab’s sons,  saying:

2 Kings 10:5

So the overseer of the palace, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you tell us. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever you think is right.”  ,

Exodus 6:8

I will bring you to the land that I swore  , to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 1:31

And you saw in the wilderness how the Lord your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place.