Numbers 16:13
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
Cross-reference
In Numbers 16:9, Moses uses the same 'Is it a small thing?' rhetorical question against Korah, mirroring Dathan and Abiram's complaint.
Numbers 20:4 continues the same complaint: 'Why have you brought us into this wilderness to die?' — identical theme.
Numbers 20:3 echoes the same accusation: 'Would that we had perished!' — complaining that Moses brought them out to die.
Numbers 21:5 voices the same complaint about being brought from Egypt to die in the wilderness, echoing Dathan and Abiram's accusation.
Numbers 20:15 recalls Egyptian oppression, contradicting the sarcastic 'land flowing with milk and honey' label in Numbers 16:13.
Numbers 11:5 shows the people fondly remembering Egypt's food — similar nostalgic complaint about leaving Egypt's abundance.
Acts 7:35 contrasts human rejection of Moses with God sending him as redeemer, highlighting the irony in Numbers 16:13.
Acts 7:27 records 'Who made you a ruler and judge?', the same rejection of Moses' authority seen in Numbers 16:13.
Luke 19:14's 'We do not want this man to reign over us' directly echoes Dathan and Abiram's refusal to have Moses as prince.
Exodus 17:3 repeats the accusation: 'Why did you bring us up to kill us with thirst?'
Exodus 16:3 has nearly identical words: 'you have brought us out to kill this whole assembly with hunger.'
Exodus 2:14 asks 'Who made you a prince over us?' — the exact phrase used here against Moses.
In 2 Samuel 7:19, David uses the same 'small thing' phrase to express humble gratitude — contrasting with the rebels' bitter accusation here.
Isaiah 7:13 uses the same 'is it too little' rhetorical question to rebuke Ahaz — echoing the rebels' accusation against Moses here.
Ezekiel 34:18 uses the same 'is it not enough' rhetoric to rebuke selfish shepherds — parallel to the rebels' accusation against Moses.
Exodus 33:3 uses 'land flowing with milk and honey' for Canaan, while Numbers 16:13 sarcastically applies it to Egypt—a striking reversal.
Exodus 2:23 tells of Israel's groaning under slavery — contradicting the later claim that Egypt was a land of plenty.
Exodus 1:11 describes forced labor in Egypt — contrasting with Dathan and Abiram's idealized memory of a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 1:22 records Pharaoh's infanticide — the harsh reality opposite to the rosy view of Egypt in this complaint.