Genesis 31:49

New English Translation

It was also called Mizpah because he said, “May the Lord watch between us when we are out of sight of one another.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:22

King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. King Asa used the materials to build up Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.

Judges 10:17

The Ammonites assembled and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the Lord in Mizpah.

Judges 11:29

The Lord’s spirit empowered Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites.

1 Samuel 20:23

With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the Lord is the witness between us forever!”