Cross references
2 Kings 7:3
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
- a Leprosy was a term used for various skin diseases; here and in verse 8; see Leviticus 13.
2 Kings 7:3 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Leviticus 13:45–46 (8 votes) and Numbers 5:2–4 (6 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 12 to Luke 17.
Which verses does 2 Kings 7:3 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Leviticus 13:45–468 votes
A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
- Numbers 5:2–46 votes
“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.” …
- 2 Kings 7:44 votes
If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
- Numbers 12:143 votes
But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
- 2 Kings 8:43 votes
Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
- Jeremiah 8:143 votes
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 27:133 votes
Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
- 2 Kings 5:12 votes
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
Which verses point to 2 Kings 7:3?
The 10 strongest of 16.