1 Samuel 7:6
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
Cross-references
In 1 Samuel 10:17, Samuel again gathers Israel at Mizpah, this time to appoint a king — same location, different purpose.
In Judges 10:10, Israel uses the same confession 'We have sinned against the LORD' during another cycle of apostasy and repentance.
Jonah 3:1-10 depicts Nineveh's corporate repentance with fasting, paralleling Israel's act of turning back to God.
Joel 2:12 calls for repentance with fasting and weeping, directly echoing the heart of Israel's response at Mizpah.
Daniel 9:3-5 shows Daniel fasting and confessing sins, mirroring the personal repentance that Israel corporately performed.
In Psalm 106:6, the psalmist makes the same corporate confession: 'Both we and our fathers have sinned.'
Nehemiah 9:1-3 describes a similar gathering with fasting and confession of sins, directly paralleling the repentance ritual at Mizpah.
In 1 Kings 8:47, Solomon's prayer includes a similar confession formula for future repentance in exile.
Leviticus 26:40 prescribes confession of sins for restoration, which Israel fulfills in their repentance at Mizpah.
In 2 Samuel 23:16, David pours out water before the LORD as an offering, mirroring the people's symbolic pouring of water in repentance.
In Ezra 9:5-10, Ezra leads a corporate confession of sin with fasting and prayer, echoing this act.
Lamentations 2:19 urges pouring out your heart like water before the Lord — a metaphor echoing the literal water-pouring in repentance here.
Judges 20:26 shows Israel fasting and weeping before the Lord after defeat, closely paralleling the fasting and confession here.
Ezra 8:21-23 shows Ezra proclaiming a fast for humble petition, echoing the fasting and seeking God seen in Israel's repentance.
2 Chronicles 20:3 records Jehoshaphat proclaiming a fast in crisis, paralleling the fasting element of Israel's repentance at Mizpah.
In Job 42:6, Job repents in dust and ashes, a personal act of repentance parallel to Israel's corporate confession.
Luke 15:18 records the prodigal son's confession 'I have sinned against heaven and you,' mirroring the verbal confession of sin here.
In Job 33:27, Elihu describes a repentant person saying 'I sinned' — a similar acknowledgment of guilt.
In Psalm 38:3-8, David laments his sin's physical effects, showing a personal parallel to the confession of sin.