Numbers 20:8
Take the rod, and gather the congregation together, thou and Aharon thy brother, and speak to the Rock, before their eyes, and it shall give its waters; and thou shalt bring forth water for them from the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
7And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying,
9And Mosheh took the rod from before the Lord, as He had commanded him.
Cross References
Genesis 18:14What word is hidden from before the Lord? At the time I will return to thee, according to the time that you shall revive, and Sarah shall have a son.
Exodus 4:17And this staff thou shalt take in thy hand wherewith to work the signs.
Exodus 7:20And Mosheh and Aharon did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted the rod, and struck the waters of the river, in the sight of Pharoh, and in the eyes of his servants, and all the waters of the river were turned into blood.
Exodus 17:5And the Lord said to Mosheh, Pass over before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy rod wherewith thou didst smite the river take in thy hand, and go.
Numbers 20:11And Mosheh lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with the rod two times; and the waters came forth greatly, and the congregation drank and their cattle.
Numbers 21:18The well which the princes digged, the chiefs of the people cut it, the scribes with their staves; it was given to them in the wilderness.
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 →