Numbers 20:8
Take thy rod, and call the assembly, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye to the rock before them, and it shall give forth its waters; and ye shall bring forth for them water out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
7And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
9And Moses took his rod which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded.
Cross References
Genesis 18:14Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to thee seasonably, and Sarah shall have a son.
Exodus 4:17And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt work miracles.
Exodus 7:20And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron having lifted up his hand with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.
Exodus 17:5And the Lord said to Moses, Go before this people, and take to thyself of the elders of the people; and the rod with which thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and thou shalt go.
Numbers 20:11And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and much water came forth, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
Numbers 21:18The princes dug it, 1 The kings of the nations in their kingdom, 1 In their lordship sank it in the rock: and they went from the well to Mattanah,
Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:2-14
The Death of Miriam; The Water of Meribah; Moses and Aaron Reproved. ( b. c. 1453.) 1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord ! 4 And why… Read the whole commentary →