Exodus 3:16
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
Cross-reference
In Exodus 3:18, the narrative continues: God tells Moses to gather the elders, then predicts they will listen and go to Pharaoh — a direct sequential parallel.
Exodus 4:29 records Moses and Aaron actually gathering the elders as commanded in Exodus 3:16 — a direct narrative fulfillment.
Exodus 4:31 shows the elders believing after hearing the same message — the promised visitation is received by faith.
In Exodus 12:21, Moses again calls all the elders of Israel, this time to instruct them about the Passover — echoing the same gathering pattern as Exodus 3:16.
In Exodus 19:7, Moses calls the elders to set before them all the LORD's commands — mirroring the initial gathering of elders in Exodus 3:16 as part of covenant mediation.
Genesis 21:1 uses the same 'visit' language — God remembers His promise to Sarah, just as He visits Israel in 3:16.
Genesis 50:24 is Joseph's prophecy of God's visitation — the very event now announced in 3:16.
Luke 1:68 announces God's visitation in Christ — the ultimate fulfillment of the visitation promise in 3:16.
In Genesis 28:13, God identifies Himself as the God of Abraham and Isaac — the exact same patriarchal formula that forms the basis of the covenant in Exodus 3:16.
In 1 Kings 18:36, Elijah invokes the same title 'God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel' — directly echoing God's self-identification here.
In Ezekiel 20:5, God recalls making himself known to Israel in Egypt — the same revelation event described here.
In Matthew 22:32, Jesus quotes 'God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob' from this passage to argue for the resurrection.
In Mark 12:26, Jesus similarly cites the burning bush passage, using the patriarchal formula to prove resurrection.
In Deuteronomy 9:27, Moses pleads for Israel by invoking the same patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac, Jacob — that God names in Exodus 3:16 as covenant fathers.