Exodus 3:8

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Cross References (40)

  • Genesis 50:24 (21)

    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to t

  • Genesis 15:18–21 (17)

    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of E

  • Exodus 3:17 (17)

    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites

  • Exodus 13:5 (15)

    And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swo

  • Deuteronomy 1:25 (15)

    They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land t

  • Jeremiah 11:5 (14)

    This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as

  • Deuteronomy 8:7–9 (13)

    For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the

  • Numbers 13:27 (13)

    And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk an

  • Ezekiel 20:6 (10)

    On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing

  • Psalms 91:15 (10)

    When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

  • John 6:38 (10)

    For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

  • Psalms 34:8 (8)

    Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

  • Exodus 6:6–8 (8)

    Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver

  • Exodus 12:51 (8)

    And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

  • Psalms 12:5 (7)

    “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safet

  • Deuteronomy 27:3 (7)

    Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving yo

  • Jeremiah 32:22 (7)

    You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Deuteronomy 11:9–24 (7)

    and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land

  • Deuteronomy 7:1 (7)

    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nati

  • Genesis 11:5 (7)

    Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

  • Isaiah 64:1 (6)

    If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,

  • John 3:13 (6)

    No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

  • Nehemiah 9:22–25 (5)

    You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of

  • Psalms 22:4–5 (5)

    In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.

  • Numbers 14:7–8 (5)

    and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.

  • Exodus 34:11 (5)

    Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites

  • Exodus 33:2–3 (5)

    And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and J

  • Genesis 18:21 (4)

    I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

  • Genesis 15:14 (4)

    But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

  • Exodus 22:23–31 (4)

    If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

  • Deuteronomy 26:9–15 (3)

    And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Genesis 11:7 (3)

    Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

  • Genesis 13:14–15 (3)

    After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the nor

  • Nehemiah 9:8 (3)

    You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, o

  • Deuteronomy 28:11 (3)

    The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of

  • Jeremiah 2:7 (2)

    I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance

  • Psalms 18:9–19 (2)

    He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

  • Numbers 13:19 (1)

    Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?

  • Deuteronomy 1:7 (1)

    Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the

  • Joshua 9:1 (1)

    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along t