Numbers 20:15

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Deuteronomy 26:6

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

Exodus 12:40

The Israelites had lived in Egypt for 430 years.

Genesis 46:6

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

Acts 7:15

So Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our other ancestors lived there until they died.

Genesis 15:13

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

Acts 7:19

This king tricked our people. He treated them badly, making them leave their children outside to die.

Numbers 16:13

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

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.

Exodus 5:14

The Egyptian slave masters had chosen the Hebrew 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!”

Exodus 1:22

So Pharaoh gave this command to his own people: “If the Hebrew women give birth to a baby girl, let it live. But if they have a baby boy, you must throw it into the Nile River.”

Exodus 1:16

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

Numbers 20:14

While Moses was at Kadesh, he sent some men with a message to the king of Edom. The message said, “This is what your brothers, the Israelites, say to you: You know about all the troubles we have had.

Numbers 20:16

But we asked the Lord for help, and he heard us and sent an angel to help us. The Lord has brought us out of Egypt. “Now we are here at Kadesh, where your land begins.

Genesis 46:7

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

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, he might do something bad to himself.”