Numbers 11:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

but they're not my children. You told me to nurse them along and to carry them to the land you promised their ancestors.

Cross References

Genesis 13:15

I will give you and your family all the land you can see. It will be theirs for ever!

Genesis 24:7

The LORD who rules heaven brought me here from the land where I was born and promised that he would give this land to my descendants for ever. When you go back there, the LORD will send his angel ahead of you to help you find a wife for my son.

Genesis 26:3

You will live there as a foreigner, but I will be with you and bless you. I will keep my promise to your father Abraham by giving this land to you and your descendants.

Genesis 50:24

Before Joseph died, he told his brothers, “I won't live much longer. But God will take care of you and lead you out of Egypt to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

2 Kings 10:1

Ahab still had seventy descendants living in Samaria. So Jehu wrote a letter to each of the important leaders and officials of the town, and to those who supported Ahab. In the letters he wrote:

2 Kings 10:5

The prime minister, the mayor of the city, as well as the other leaders and Ahab's supporters, sent this answer to Jehu, “We are your servants, Your Majesty, and we will do whatever you tell us. But it's not our place to choose someone to be king. You do what you think is best.”

Exodus 13:11

The LORD will give you the land of the Canaanites, just as he promised you and your ancestors.

Exodus 13:5

The LORD promised your ancestors that he would bring you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. It is a land rich with milk and honey. Each year during the month of Abib, celebrate these events in the following way:

Exodus 33:1

The LORD said to Moses: You led the people of Israel out of Egypt. Now get ready to lead them to the land I promised their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 6:8

I will bring you into the land that I solemnly promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and it will be yours. I am the LORD!”

Isaiah 40:11

The LORD cares for his nation, just as shepherds care for their flocks. He carries the lambs in his arms, while gently leading the mother sheep.

Isaiah 49:15

The LORD answered, “Could a mother forget a child who nurses at her breast? Could she fail to love an infant who came from her own body? Even if a mother could forget, I will never forget you.

Isaiah 49:23

The kings and queens of those nations where they were raised will come and bow down. They will take care of you just like a slave taking care of a child. Then you will know that I am the LORD. You won't be disappointed if you trust me.”

Ezekiel 34:23

After that, I will give you a shepherd from the family of my servant King David. All of you, both strong and weak, will have the same shepherd, and he will take good care of you.

John 10:11

I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.

1 Corinthians 4:15

Ten thousand people may teach you about Christ, but I am your only father. You became my children when I told you about Christ Jesus,

Galatians 4:19

My children, I am in terrible pain until Christ may be seen living in you.

Deuteronomy 1:31

And you know that the LORD has taken care of us the whole time we've been in the desert, just as you might carry one of your children.”

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But as apostles, we could have demanded help from you. After all, Christ is the one who sent us. We chose to be like children or like a mother nursing her baby.