What does "such things" refer to in Hebrews 11:14

Question

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Hebrews 11:14

What does such things refer to? How and where did they say such things?

Answer 1

In the phrase «οἱ γὰρ τοιαῦτα λέγοντες»—“For those who say such things,” the word τοιαῦτα refers to the confessions (cf. 11:13) of all those who died in faith that “they are strangers and pilgrims on earth.”