This chart is adapted from the lists in the standard Greek texts, NA27 and UBS4. It may appear to include considerably fewer citations than would be expected, because it focuses only on exact quotations. The NT is filled with allusions to the OT, so the fact that, e.g., there are only five places where the NT gives an exact quotation of a passage from Numbers should not be used as a measure of the influence Numbers had on the biblical authors. Even though exact quotations of the OT may be relatively few, the influence of the OT on the thinking and language of the NT writers is pervasive. Further, it is often a judgment call in distinguishing between a “quotation” and an “allusion,” and sometimes the NT author uses only a phrase from the OT text.
Passages marked (LXX) denote those where the Greek translation is cited, and if the versification of the Hebrew OT differs from that of English translations, the abbreviation ET (for English Translation) precedes the English verse number.
| Old Testament Passage | New Testament Passage(s) |
|---|---|
| Genesis | |
| 1:27 | Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6 |
| 2:2 | Heb. 4:4 |
| 2:7 | 1 Cor. 15:45 |
| 2:24 | Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7–8; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31 |
| 5:2 | Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6 |
| 12:1 | Acts 7:3 |
| 12:3 | Gal. 3:8; Rev. 1:7 |
| 14:17–20 | Heb. 7:1 |
| 14:20 | Heb. 7:4 |
| 15:5 | Rom. 4:18 |
| 15:6 | Rom. 4:3, 9, 22; Gal. 3:6; James 2:23 |
| 15:13–14 | Acts 7:6 |
| 17:5 | Rom. 4:17 |
| 18:10 | Rom. 9:9 |
| 18:14 | Rom. 9:9 |
| 21:10 | Gal. 4:30 |
| 21:12 | Rom. 9:7; Heb. 11:18 |
| 22:17 | Heb. 6:14 |
| 22:18 | Acts 3:25; Gal. 3:8, 16 |
| 24:7 | Gal. 3:16 (?) |
| 25:23 | Rom. 9:12 |
| 26:4 | Acts 3:25 |
| 28:12 | John 1:51 |
| 28:14 | Rev. 1:7 (?) |
| 47:31 (LXX) | Heb. 11:21 |
| 48:4 | Acts 7:5 |
| Exodus | |
| 1:8 | Acts 7:18 |
| 2:14 (LXX) | Acts 7:27–28 |
| 2:22 | Acts 7:6 |
| 3:5 | Acts 7:33 |
| 3:6 | Matt. 22:32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 3:13; 7:32 |
| 3:7–10 | Acts 7:34 |
| 9:16 | Rom. 9:17 |
| 12:11 | Luke 12:35 |
| 12:46 | John 19:36 |
| 13:2, 12, 15 | Luke 2:23 |
| 16:18 | 2 Cor. 8:15 |
| 19:5–6 | 1 Pet. 2:9 |
| 19:12 | Heb. 12:20 |
| 20:11 | Acts 4:24; 14:15 |
| 20:12 | Matt. 15:4; Mark 7:10; Eph. 6:2 |
| 20:12–16 | Matt. 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20 |
| 20:13 | Matt. 5:21; James 2:11 |
| 20:13–17 | Rom. 13:9 |
| 20:14 | Matt. 5:27; James 2:11 |
| 20:17 | Rom. 7:7 |
| 21:17 | Matt. 15:4; Mark 7:10 |
| 21:24 | Matt. 5:38 |
| 22:27 (ET 28) | Acts 23:5 |
| 23:20 | Matt. 11:10; Mark 1:2; Luke 7:27 |
| 24:8 | Heb. 9:20 |
| 25:40 | Heb. 8:5 |
| 32:1 | Acts 7:40 |
| 32:6 | 1 Cor. 10:7 |
| 32:23 | Acts 7:40 |
| 33:19 | Rom. 9:15 |
| 34:34 | 2 Cor. 3:16 |
| Leviticus | |
| 11:44 | 1 Pet. 1:16 |
| 12:8 | Luke 2:24 |
| 18:5 | Rom. 10:5; Gal. 3:12 |
| 19:2 | 1 Pet. 1:16 |
| 19:12 | Matt. 5:33 |
| 19:18 | Matt. 5:43; 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31, 33; Luke 10:27; Rom. 12:19; 13:9; Gal. 5:14; James 2:8 |
| 20:9 | Matt. 15:4; Mark 7:10 |
| 23:29 | Acts 3:23 |
| 24:20 | Matt. 5:38 |
| 26:12 | 2 Cor. 6:16 |
| Numbers | |
| 6:3 | Luke 1:15 |
| 12:7 | Heb. 3:2, 5 |
| 16:5 | 2 Tim. 2:19 |
| 27:17 | Matt. 9:36; Mark 6:34 |
| 30:2 | Matt. 5:33 |
| Deuteronomy | |
| 4:24 | Heb. 12:29 |
| 4:35 | Mark 12:32 |
| 5:16 | Matt. 15:4; Mark 7:10; Eph. 6:2 |
| 5:16–20 | Matt. 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20 |
| 5:17 | Matt. 5:21; James 2:11 |
| 5:17–21 | Rom. 13:9 |
| 5:18 | James 2:11 |
| 5:21 | Rom. 7:7 |
| 6:4 | Mark 12:29, 32 |
| 6:5 | Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33; Luke 10:27 |
| 6:13 | Matt. 4:10 |
| 6:16 | Matt. 4:7; Luke 4:12 |
| 8:3 | Matt. 4:4; Luke 4:4 |
| 9:3 | Heb. 12:29 |
| 9:4 | Rom. 10:6 |
| 9:19 | Heb. 12:21 |
| 10:20 | Matt. 4:10; Luke 4:8 |
| 17:7 | 1 Cor. 5:13 |
| 18:15 | Acts 7:37 |
| 18:15–20 | Acts 3:22 |
| 19:15 | Matt. 18:16; 2 Cor. 13:1; 1 Tim. 5:19 |
| 21:23 | Gal. 3:13 |
| 24:1 | Matt. 5:31; 19:7; Mark 10:14 |
| 25:4 | 1 Cor. 9:9; 1 Tim. 5:18 |
| 25:5 | Matt. 22:24; Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28 |
| 27:26 | Gal. 3:10, 13 |
| 29:3 (ET 4) | Rom. 11:8 |
| 29:17 (ET 18) | Heb. 12:15 |
| 30:12 | Rom. 10:6 |
| 30:14 | Rom. 10:8 |
| 31:6 | Heb. 13:5 |
| 32:4 | Rev. 15:3 |
| 32:21 | Rom. 10:19 |
| 32:35 | Rom. 12:19; Heb. 10:30 |
| 32:36 | Heb. 10:30 |
| 32:43 | Rom. 15:10; Heb. 1:6 (citing LXX) |
| Joshua | |
| 1:5 | Heb. 13:5 |
| 22:5 | Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33; Luke 10:27 |
| 1 Samuel | |
| 12:22 | Rom. 11:1–2 |
| 2 Samuel | |
| 5:2 | Matt. 2:6 |
| 7:8 | 2 Cor. 6:18 |
| 7:14 | 2 Cor. 6:18; Heb. 1:5; Rev. 21:7 |
| 22:50 | Rom. 15:9 |
| 1 Kings | |
| 19:10, 14 | Rom. 11:3 |
| 19:18 | Rom. 11:4 |
| 2 Kings | |
| 1:10, 12 | Luke 9:54; Rev. 20:9 |
| 19:15 | Acts 4:24 |
| 1 Chronicles | |
| 17:13 | Heb. 1:5 |
| 2 Chronicles | |
| 2:12 | Acts 4:24 |
| 18:16 | Matt. 9:36 |
| Job | |
| 5:12 | 1 Cor. 3:19 |
| 16:19 | Matt. 21:9; Mark 11:10 |
| 41:3 (ET 11) | Rom. 11:35 |
| Psalms | |
| 2:1 | Acts 4:25 |
| 2:7 | Acts 13:33; Heb. 1:5; 5:5 |
| 2:9 | Rev. 2:27; 19:15 |
| 4:5 (ET 4) | Eph. 4:26 |
| 5:10 (ET 9) | Rom. 3:13 |
| 6:4 (ET 3) | John 12:27 |
| 6:9 (ET 8) | Matt. 7:23; Luke 13:27 |
| 8:3 (ET 2) | Matt. 21:16 |
| 8:5–7 (ET 4–6) | Heb. 2:6–8 |
| 8:7 (ET 6) | 1 Cor. 15:27; Eph. 1:22 |
| 10:7 | Rom. 3:14 |
| 14:1–3 | Rom. 3:10–12 |
| 16:8–11 | Acts 2:25–28 |
| 16:10 | Acts 13:35 |
| 18:50 (ET 49) | Rom. 15:9 |
| 19:5 (ET 4) | Rom. 10:18 |
| 22:2 (ET 1) | Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34 |
| 22:14 (ET 13) | 1 Pet. 5:8 |
| 22:19 (ET 18) | Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24 |
| 24:1 | 1 Cor. 10:26 |
| 31:6 (ET 5) | Luke 23:46 |
| 32:1 | Rom. 4:7 |
| 34:9 (ET 8) | 1 Pet. 2:3 |
| 34:13–17 (ET 12–16) | 1 Pet. 3:10–12 |
| 34:21 (ET 20) | John 19:36 |
| 35:19 | John 15:25 |
| 36:2 (ET 1) | Rom. 3:18 |
| 40:7–9 (ET 6–8) | Heb. 10:5–7 |
| 40:8 (ET 7) | Heb. 10:9 |
| 41:10 (ET 9) | John 13:18 |
| 42:6, 12 (ET 5, 11) | Matt. 26:38; Mark 14:34 |
| 43:5 | Mark 14:34 |
| 44:23 (ET 22) | Rom. 8:36 |
| 45:7 (ET 6) | Heb. 1:8 |
| 51:6 (ET 4) | Rom. 3:4 |
| 53:2–4 (ET 1–3) | Rom. 3:10–12 |
| 62:13 (ET 12) | Matt. 16:27; Rom. 2:6 |
| 68:19 (ET 18) | Eph. 4:8 |
| 69:10 (ET 9) | John 2:17; Rom. 15:3 |
| 69:23 (ET 22) | Rom. 11:9 |
| 69:26 (ET 25) | Acts 1:20 |
| 78:2 | Matt. 13:35 |
| 78:24 | John 6:31 |
| 82:6 | John 10:34 |
| 86:9 | Rev. 15:4 |
| 91:11 | Matt. 4:6; Luke 4:10, 11 |
| 94:11 | 1 Cor. 3:20 |
| 94:14 | Rom. 11:2 |
| 95:7–8 | Heb. 3:15; 4:7 |
| 95:7–11 | Heb. 3:7–11 |
| 95:11 | Heb. 4:3, 5 |
| 97:7 (LXX) | Heb. 1:6 |
| 102:26–28 (ET 25–27) | Heb. 1:10–12 |
| 104:4 | Heb. 1:7 |
| 104:12 | Matt. 13:32; Mark 4:32; Luke 13:19 |
| 107:26 | Rom. 10:7 |
| 109:8 | Acts 1:20 |
| 110:1 | Matt. 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42–43; Acts 2:34–35; 1 Cor. 15:25; Heb. 1:13 |
| 110:4 | Heb. 5:6; 7:17 |
| 111:2 | Rev. 15:3 |
| 112:9 | 2 Cor. 9:9 |
| 116:10 | 2 Cor. 4:13 |
| 117:1 | Rom. 15:11 |
| 118:6 | Heb. 13:6 |
| 118:22 | Matt. 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; 1 Pet. 2:7 |
| 118:23 | Matt. 21:42; Mark 12:11 |
| 118:26 | Matt. 21:9; Mark 11:9; John 12:13; Matt. 23:39; Luke 13:35; 19:38 |
| 119:32 | 2 Cor. 6:11 |
| 135:14 | Heb. 10:30 |
| 139:14 | Rev. 15:3 |
| 140:4 (ET 3) | Rom. 3:13 |
| 145:17 | Rev. 15:3 |
| 146:6 | Acts 4:24; 14:15 |
| 148:1 | Matt. 21:9; Mark 11:10 |
| Proverbs | |
| 3:11 | Heb. 12:5 |
| 3:34 (LXX) | James 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:5 |
| 10:12 | James 5:20; 1 Pet. 4:8 |
| 11:31 (LXX) | 1 Pet. 4:18 |
| 22:8 (LXX) | 2 Cor. 9:7 |
| 24:12 | Matt. 16:27; Rom. 2:6 |
| 25:21 | Rom. 12:20 |
| Ecclesiastes | |
| 7:20 | Rom. 3:10 |
| Isaiah | |
| 1:9 | Rom. 9:29 |
| 5:9 (LXX) | James 5:4 |
| 6:3 | Rev. 4:8 |
| 6:9 (LXX) | Matt. 13:14; Mark 4:12; Acts 28:26 |
| 6:10 | John 12:40 |
| 7:14 | Matt. 1:23 |
| 8:10 | Matt. 1:23 |
| 8:12 | 1 Pet. 3:14 |
| 8:13 | 1 Pet. 3:15 |
| 8:14 | Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:8 |
| 8:17 (LXX) | Heb. 2:13 |
| 8:18 | Heb. 2:13 |
| 8:23–9:1 (ET 9:1–2) | Matt. 4:15–16 |
| 10:3 | 1 Pet. 2:12 |
| 10:22 | Rom. 9:27 |
| 11:2 | 1 Pet. 4:14 |
| 11:10 | Rom. 15:12 |
| 12:2 | Heb. 2:13 |
| 13:10 | Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:24 |
| 22:13 | 1 Cor. 15:32 |
| 25:8 | 1 Cor. 15:54; Rev. 7:17; 21:4 |
| 26:13 (LXX) | 2 Tim. 2:19 |
| 26:19 | Matt. 11:5; Luke 7:22 |
| 26:20 (LXX) | Heb. 10:37 |
| 27:9 | Rom. 11:27 |
| 28:11 | 1 Cor. 14:21 |
| 28:16 | Rom. 9:33; 10:11; 1 Pet. 2:6 |
| 29:10 | Rom. 11:8 |
| 29:13 | Matt. 15:8–9; Mark 7:6–7 |
| 29:14 | 1 Cor. 1:19 |
| 29:16 | Rom. 9:20 |
| 29:18 | Matt. 11:5; Luke 7:22 |
| 34:4 | Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:25; Luke 21:26 |
| 35:4 | John 12:15 |
| 35:5 | Matt. 11:5; Luke 7:22 |
| 37:16 | Acts 4:24 |
| 40:3 | Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:3; John 1:23 |
| 40:3–5 | Luke 3:4–6 |
| 40:6 | 1 Pet. 1:24 |
| 40:8 | 1 Pet. 1:25 |
| 40:13 | Rom. 11:34; 1 Cor. 2:16 |
| 42:1–4 | Matt. 12:18–21 |
| 42:12 | 1 Pet. 2:9 (?) |
| 42:18 | Matt. 11:5; Luke 7:22 |
| 43:20–21 | 1 Pet. 2:9 (?) |
| 45:14 | 1 Cor. 14:25 |
| 45:21 | Mark 12:32; Acts 15:18 |
| 45:23 | Rom. 14:11 |
| 49:6 | Acts 13:47 |
| 49:8 | 2 Cor. 6:2 |
| 49:10 | Rev. 7:16 |
| 49:18 | Rom. 14:11 |
| 52:4 | 2 Cor. 6:17 |
| 52:5 | Rom. 2:24 |
| 52:7 | Rom. 10:15 |
| 52:11 | 2 Cor. 6:17 |
| 52:15 | Rom. 15:21 |
| 53:1 | John 12:38; Rom. 10:16 |
| 53:4 | Matt. 8:17; 1 Pet. 2:24 |
| 53:5 | 1 Pet. 2:24 |
| 53:6 | 1 Pet. 2:25 |
| 53:7–8 | Acts 8:32–33 |
| 53:9 | 1 Pet. 2:22; Rev. 14:5 |
| 53:12 | Luke 22:37; 1 Pet. 2:24 |
| 54:1 | Gal. 4:27 |
| 54:13 | John 6:45 |
| 55:3 | Acts 13:34 |
| 55:10 | 2 Cor. 9:10 |
| 56:7 | Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46 |
| 59:7 | Rom. 3:15–17 |
| 59:20 | Rom. 11:26 |
| 61:1–2 | Luke 4:18–19 |
| 62:11 | Matt. 21:5 |
| 65:1 | Rom. 10:20 |
| 65:2 | Rom. 10:21 |
| 65:17 | 2 Pet. 3:13 |
| 66:1–2 | Acts 7:49–50 |
| 66:14 | John 16:22 |
| 66:22 | 2 Pet. 3:13 |
| 66:24 | Mark 9:48 |
| Jeremiah | |
| 5:21 | Mark 8:18 |
| 6:16 | Matt. 11:29 |
| 7:11 | Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46 |
| 9:22–23 (ET 23–24) | 1 Cor. 1:31; 2 Cor. 10:17 |
| 10:7 | Rev. 15:3, 4 |
| 12:3 | James 5:5 |
| 12:15 | Acts 15:16 |
| 22:24 | Rom. 14:11 |
| 31:15 | Matt. 2:18 |
| 31:31–34 | Heb. 8:8–12 |
| 31:33–34 | Heb. 10:16–17 |
| 31:33 | Rom. 11:26 (?) |
| Ezekiel | |
| 5:11 | Rom. 14:11 |
| 11:20 | Rev. 21:7 |
| 37:5 | Rev. 11:11 |
| 37:10 | Rev. 11:11 |
| 37:27 | 2 Cor. 6:16 |
| Daniel | |
| 3:6 | Matt. 13:42, 50 |
| 7:13 | Matt. 24:30; 26:64; Mark 13:26; 14:62; Luke 21:27; Rev. 1:7 |
| 9:27 | Matt. 24:15 |
| 11:31 | Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14 |
| 12:11 | Mark 13:14 |
| Hosea | |
| 1:6 | 1 Pet. 2:10 |
| 1:9 | 1 Pet. 2:10 |
| 2:1 | Rom. 9:26–27 |
| 2:25 (ET 23) | Rom. 9:25; 1 Pet. 2:10 |
| 6:6 | Matt. 9:13; 12:7 |
| 10:8 | Luke 23:30; Rev. 6:16 |
| 11:1 | Matt. 2:15 |
| 13:14 | 1 Cor. 15:55 |
| Joel | |
| 3:1–5 (ET 2:28–32) | Acts 2:17–21 |
| 3:5 (ET 2:32) | Rom. 10:13 |
| Amos | |
| 3:13 | Rev. 4:8; 15:3 |
| 5:25–27 (LXX) | Acts 7:42 |
| 9:11 | Acts 15:16 |
| Jonah | |
| 2:1 (ET 1:17) | Matt. 12:40 |
| Micah | |
| 5:1, 3 (ET 5:2, 4) | Matt. 2:6 |
| 7:6 | Matt. 10:35–36; Luke 12:53 |
| Nahum | |
| 2:1 (ET 1:15) | Rom. 10:15 |
| Habakkuk | |
| 1:5 | Acts 13:41 |
| 2:3 | Heb. 10:37 |
| 2:4 | Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38 |
| Zephaniah | |
| 3:13 | Rev. 14:5 |
| Haggai | |
| 2:6 | Heb. 12:26 |
| 2:21 | Heb. 12:26 |
| Zechariah | |
| 3:2 | Jude 9 |
| 8:16 | Eph. 4:25 |
| 9:9 | Matt. 21:5; John 12:15 |
| 11:13 | Matt. 27:9 |
| 12:10 | John 19:37; Rev. 1:7 |
| 13:7 | Matt. 26:31; Mark 14:27 |
| Malachi | |
| 1:2 | Rom. 9:13 |
| 3:1 | Matt. 11:10; Mark 1:2; Luke 7:27 |
| 3:17 | 1 Pet. 2:9 |
| 3:23 (ET 4:5) | Matt. 17:10; Mark 9:11 |