Numbers 20:15

Easy To Read Version

Many, many years ago our ancestors [271] went down into Egypt. And we lived there for many years. The people of Egypt were cruel to us.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then the Lord said to Abram, “You should know these things: Your descendants will live in a country that is not their own. They will be strangers there. And the people there will make them slaves and do bad things to them for 400 years.

Genesis 46:6

They also had their cattle and all the things that they owned in the land of Canaan. So Israel went to Egypt with all his children and his family.

Genesis 46:7

With him were his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters. All of his family went with him into Egypt.

2 Samuel 12:18

On the seventh day, the baby died. David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the baby was dead. They said, “Look, we tried to talk to David while the baby was alive. But he refused to listen to us. If we tell David that the baby is dead, maybe he will do something bad to himself.”

Exodus 1:16

The king said, “You will continue to help the Hebrew [2] women give birth to their children. If a girl baby is born, then let the baby live. But if the baby is a boy, then you must kill him!”

Exodus 1:22

So Pharaoh [5] gave this command to his own people: “Let all the girl babies live. But every time a {Hebrew} boy baby is born, you must throw him into the Nile River.”

Exodus 12:40

The people of Israel had lived in Egypt [75] for 430 years.

Exodus 5:14

The Egyptian slave masters had chosen the Hebrew [46] foremen and had made them responsible for the work the people did. The Egyptian slave masters beat these foremen and said to them, “Why aren’t you making as many bricks as you made in the past? If you could do it then, you can do it now!”

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish we ate in Egypt. That fish cost us nothing. We also had good vegetables like cucumbers, melons, chives, onions, and garlic.

Numbers 16:13

You have brought us out of a land filled with many good things. [202] You brought us to the desert to kill us. And now you want to show that you have even more power over us.

Numbers 20:14

While Moses was at Kadesh, he sent some men with a message to the king of Edom. The message said: “Your brothers, the people of Israel, say to you: You know about all the troubles that we have had.

Numbers 20:16

But we asked the Lord for help. The Lord heard us and sent an angel to help us. The Lord has brought us out of Egypt.

Acts 7:15

So Jacob went down to Egypt. Jacob and our fathers \{lived there until they\} died.

Acts 7:19

This king tricked (deceived) our people. He was bad to our ancestors. The king made them put their children outside to die.

Deuteronomy 26:6

The Egyptians treated us badly. They made us slaves. They hurt us and forced us to work very hard.