Bible Cross References
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2 Kings 5:10-14
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Elisha sent a servant out to tell him to go and wash himself seven times in the Jordan River, and he would be completely cured of his disease.
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But Naaman left in a rage, saying, "I thought that he would at least come out to me, pray to the LORD his God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and cure me!
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Besides, aren't the rivers Abana and Pharpar, back in Damascus, better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured!"
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His servants went up to him and said, "Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would have done it. Now why can't you just wash yourself, as he said, and be cured?"
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So Naaman went down to the Jordan, dipped himself in it seven times, as Elisha had instructed, and he was completely cured. His flesh became firm and healthy like that of a child.
John 2:5-8
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Jesus' mother then told the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
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The Jews have rules about ritual washing, and for this purpose six stone water jars were there, each one large enough to hold between twenty and thirty gallons.
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Jesus said to the servants, "Fill these jars with water." They filled them to the brim,
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and then he told them, "Now draw some water out and take it to the man in charge of the feast." They took him the water,
John 11:39-41
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"Take the stone away!" Jesus ordered. Martha, the dead man's sister, answered, "There will be a bad smell, Lord. He has been buried four days!"
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Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that you would see God's glory if you believed?"
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They took the stone away. Jesus looked up and said, "I thank you, Father, that you listen to me.
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Exodus 4:2
So the LORD asked him, "What are you holding?" "A walking stick," he answered.
Exodus 4:17
Take this walking stick with you; for with it you will perform miracles."
Judges 7:9-20
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That night the LORD commanded Gideon, "Get up and attack the camp; I am giving you victory over it.
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But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah.
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You will hear what they are saying, and then you will have the courage to attack." So Gideon and his servant Purah went down to the edge of the enemy camp.
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The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesmen were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and they had as many camels as there are grains of sand on the seashore.
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When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling a friend about a dream. He was saying, "I dreamed that a loaf of barley bread rolled into our camp and hit a tent. The tent collapsed and lay flat on the ground."
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His friend replied, "It's the sword of the Israelite, Gideon son of Joash! It can't mean anything else! God has given him victory over Midian and our whole army!"
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When Gideon heard about the man's dream and what it meant, he fell to his knees and worshiped the LORD. Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, "Get up! The LORD is giving you victory over the Midianite army!"
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He divided his three hundred men into three groups and gave each man a trumpet and a jar with a torch inside it.
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He told them, "When I get to the edge of the camp, watch me, and do what I do.
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When my group and I blow our trumpets, then you blow yours all around the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon!' "
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Gideon and his one hundred men came to the edge of the camp a while before midnight, just after the guard had been changed. Then they blew the trumpets and broke the jars they were holding,
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and the other two groups did the same. They all held the torches in their left hands, the trumpets in their right, and shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"
2 Samuel 5:24
When you hear the sound of marching in the treetops, then attack because I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army."
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God's power.
Aphek
1 Samuel 4:1
At that time the Philistines gathered to go to war against Israel, so the Israelites set out to fight them. The Israelites set up their camp at Ebenezer and the Philistines at Aphek.
1 Kings 20:26
The following spring he called up his men and marched with them to the city of Aphek to attack the Israelites.