Ezekiel 20:6

In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 20:42 promises future restoration: 'I will bring you into the land I swore to give your fathers'—fulfillment of the same oath.

Ezekiel 20:23 adds another judgment oath: God swore to scatter them among the nations, contrasting the land promise.

Ezekiel 20:15 contrasts: God swore in the wilderness not to bring them into the land—opposite of the promise here.

Ezekiel 20:5 immediately precedes, describing God's oath to choose Israel in Egypt—the same promise background.

Ezekiel 47:14 repeats the land promise oath — 'I swore to give it to your fathers' — directly echoing the same covenantal pledge in 20:6.

In Ezekiel 44:12, the same 'lifted hand' oath from 20:6 is used to condemn Levites who led Israel into idolatry, revealing the promise's conditional side.

Genesis 15:14 Historical context

Genesis 15:14 adds that God will judge Egypt and bring them out with possessions—the deliverance promised in the oath.

Jeremiah 32:22 repeats the phrase 'a land flowing with milk and honey' as a key element of the land promise, reinforcing Ezekiel's allusion.

Jeremiah 11:5 quotes God's oath to give 'a land flowing with milk and honey', the same covenantal promise Ezekiel recalls.

Joshua 5:6 Parallel

Joshua 5:6 recounts the same oath of 'a land flowing with milk and honey' given to the ancestors, directly echoing Ezekiel's reference.

Deuteronomy 31:20 directly quotes God's sworn promise of 'a land flowing with milk and honey', the same covenantal basis Ezekiel refers to.

Deuteronomy 27:3 includes the promise of 'a land flowing with milk and honey' as the goal of entering Canaan, reinforcing the oath Ezekiel recalls.

Deuteronomy 26:9 repeats the phrase 'a land flowing with milk and honey' as part of the confession of God's gift, paralleling Ezekiel's oath.

Deuteronomy 8:7-9 elaborates on the land's bounty—brooks, wheat, honey—echoing the 'milk and honey' promised in Ezekiel.

Deuteronomy 6:3 recalls the 'land flowing with milk and honey' as the goal of obeying God's commands for prosperity.

Deuteronomy 11:9 contains the identical 'land flowing with milk and honey' promise, grounding Ezekiel's reference in the covenantal oath.

Numbers 14:8 reiterates the 'flowing with milk and honey' promise, conditional on Israel's faith in God's delight.

Genesis 15:13 Historical context

Genesis 15:13 foretells Abraham that his descendants would be slaves in Egypt for 400 years—the situation the oath addresses.

Exodus 3:8 Parallel

Exodus 3:8 uses identical 'land flowing with milk and honey' language when God commissions Moses to deliver Israel.

Exodus 3:17 Parallel

Exodus 3:17 repeats the same land promise to Moses: 'I will bring you up to a land flowing with milk and honey'.

Exodus 13:5 Parallel

Exodus 13:5 contains the identical 'flowing with milk and honey' phrase, tying the promise to the conquest of Canaan.

Exodus 33:3 Contrast

Exodus 33:3 repeats 'flowing with milk and honey' but in a warning context, contrasting God's provision with Israel's rebellion.

Numbers 13:27 reports the spies’ confirmation that the land indeed 'flows with milk and honey', affirming the promise.

Leviticus 20:24 directly quotes the promise of a land 'flowing with milk and honey' as Israel's possession.

Acts 7:39 Parallel

Acts 7:39 recounts Israel's refusal to obey and turning back to Egypt, the same rebellion narrated in Ezekiel 20's wilderness context.

Exodus 6:8 Parallel

Exodus 6:8 records God's oath to give the land to the patriarchs, the same promise that Ezekiel recalls when bringing Israel out.

Jeremiah 3:19 echoes 'a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful' — nearly identical language to this verse's promise.

Jeremiah 2:7 recalls God bringing Israel into a 'plentiful land,' the same promise, but then accuses them of defiling it.

Psalm 106:24 refers to the same 'pleasant land' promised here, but highlights Israel's despising of it — a contrasting response.

Nehemiah 9:25 Prophetic fulfillment

Nehemiah 9:25 recounts Israel's possession of a rich land with abundance, directly fulfilling the promised land described here.

Zechariah 7:14 describes the same land as 'pleasant' but now desolate, contrasting with Ezekiel's 'glory of all lands'.

Psalm 47:4 Parallel

Psalm 47:4 calls the land 'the pride of Jacob,' mirroring this verse's 'most glorious of all lands' as God's chosen inheritance.

Judges 18:10 describes a spacious land with no lack, echoing the promised land's bounty — a later fulfillment of God's provision.

Deuteronomy 3:25 calls the land 'good' and 'pleasant', echoing Ezekiel's description of it as 'the glory of all lands'.