Genesis 45:20 Cross References

Genesis 45:20

20: Don't worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours."

"Get your swords!" was David's reply as he strapped on his own. Four hundred men started off with David, and two hundred remained behind to guard their equipment.

The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children.

Israel has sinned and broken my covenant! They have stolen the things that I commanded to be set apart for me. And they have not only stolen them; they have also lied about it and hidden the things among their belongings.

So now put on a demonstration to show them what it will be like to go off into exile. Pack whatever you can carry on your back and leave your home to go on a journey. Make your preparations in broad daylight so the people can see you, for perhaps they will even yet consider what this means, even though they are such rebels.
Bring your baggage outside during the day so they can watch you. Then as they are watching, leave your house in the evening, just as captives do when they begin a long march to distant lands.

So they asked the LORD, "Where is he?" And the LORD replied, "He is hiding among the baggage."

Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity!

On that day a person outside the house must not go into the house to pack. A person in the field must not return to town.

"Suppose someone entrusts money or goods to a neighbor, and they are stolen from the neighbor's house. If the thief is found, the fine is double the value of what was stolen.

You must never show pity! Your rule should be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Tell them to bring your father and all of their families, and to come here to Egypt to live. Tell them, `Pharaoh will assign to you the very best territory in the land of Egypt. You will live off the fat of the land!'

Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge the guilt of murder from Israel so all may go well with you.

"Look over my kingdom, and choose a place where you would like to live," Abimelech told him.

I will turn my eyes away and show no pity, repaying you in full for all your evil. Then you will know that I am the LORD!

Do you think anyone will listen to you when you talk like this? We share and share alike--those who go to battle and those who guard the equipment."

Nevertheless, I pitied them and held back from destroying them in the wilderness.

I will neither spare nor pity you. I will repay you for all your detestable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who is striking the blow.

"You must destroy all the nations the LORD your God hands over to you. Show them no mercy and do not worship their gods. If you do, they will trap you.

You told us not to let our daughters marry their sons, and not to let our sons marry their daughters, and not to help those nations in any way. You promised that if we avoided these things, we would become a prosperous nation. You promised that we would enjoy the good produce of the land and leave this prosperity to our children as an inheritance forever.

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