Numbers 20:15

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

Cross-references

Numbers 11:5 shows the people nostalgically recalling Egyptian food, contrasting with the 'mistreatment' recalled here.

Numbers 16:13 distorts Egypt as a 'land flowing with milk and honey' — a stark contrast to the mistreatment remembered here.

Genesis 15:13 Prophetic fulfillment

Genesis 15:13 prophesies the sojourn and affliction that Numbers 20:15 recounts as fulfilled history.

Genesis 46:6 Historical context

Genesis 46:6 records the actual migration to Egypt — the 'went down' that Israel recalls here.

Exodus 1:11–14 Historical context

Exodus 1:11-14 details the forced labor and harsh lives that 'mistreated' refers to.

Exodus 1:16 Historical context

Exodus 1:16 records the infanticide decree — a specific example of the 'mistreatment'.

Exodus 1:22 Historical context

Exodus 1:22 gives the public decree to drown Hebrew sons — another specific of the mistreatment.

Exodus 5:14 Historical context

Exodus 5:14 records the beating of Israelite foremen — a concrete example of the 'mistreatment'.

Exodus 12:40 Historical context

Exodus 12:40 specifies the length of the sojourn as 430 years, giving precise duration to the 'long time' mentioned here.

Deuteronomy 26:6 echoes the same historical summary of Egyptian mistreatment, confirming the oppression described here.

Acts 7:19 Historical context

Acts 7:19 adds specific detail about the oppression—forcing infants to be abandoned—not mentioned here.

Exodus 1:14 Historical context

Exodus 1:14 provides the original description of harsh labor that made life bitter, matching the mistreatment here.

1 Samuel 12:8 Historical context

1 Samuel 12:8 summarizes the same history, adding that the people cried to the Lord and He sent Moses and Aaron.

Acts 7:15 Historical context

Acts 7:15 adds that Jacob and the patriarchs died in Egypt, completing the sojourn narrative.