Psalms 78:15
He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
In Context
14He led them by a bright cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
16He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
Cross References
Exodus 17:6Listen carefully: I will stand in front of you on top of a large rock at the foot of the mountain. Strike the rock with your stick. When you do that, water for the people to drink will flow out of the rock.” When they/we arrived at the mountain, Moses/I did that while the Israeli elders were watching, and water flowed from the rock.
Psalms 105:41One day he caused a rock to open up and water poured out for them to drink; it was like a river flowing in that desert.
Isaiah 41:18I will cause rivers to flow for them on the barren hills. I will give them fountains in the valleys. I will fill [HYP] the desert with pools of water. Water from springs will flow into rivers, and the rivers will flow across the dry ground.
Isaiah 48:21They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them to drink.
1 Corinthians 10:4They all drank water that God miraculously provided. That is, they all drank water that God miraculously made come out of the rock. That rock was a symbol of [MET] Christ, who went with them. So we conclude that God helped all of those people in many ways.
Revelation 22:17God’s Spirit and his people, who are like [MET] the bride of Christ, say to each one who desires to believe, “Come!” Whoever hears this should also say to each one who desires to believe, “Come!” Spiritually thirsty people should come [MET]! Everyone who desires the water that enables people to live forever should take it as a free gift!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →