Numbers 20:8
“Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron [Light-bringer] your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. You shall bring water to them out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.”
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In The King James Version
In Context
7Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,
9Moses [Drawn out] took the rod from before Adonai, as he enjoined him.
Cross References
Genesis 18:14Is anything too hard for Adonai? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah [Princess] will have a son.” + 18:14. Quoted in Rom 9:9 (2)
Exodus 4:17You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.” (6)
Exodus 7:20Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] did so, as Adonai enjoined; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. + 7:20. Quoted in Rev 8:8, 11:6 + 7:20. Referenced Indirect Quote (2 Tim 3:8) though not direct quote
Exodus 17:5Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel [God prevails] with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
Numbers 20:11Moses [Drawn out] lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.
Numbers 21:18the well, which the princes dug, 2 which the nobles of the people dug, 1 with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled 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 →