Numbers 20:8
"Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
9Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.
Cross References
Genesis 18:14Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
Exodus 4:17You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."
Exodus 7:20Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; 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.
Exodus 17:5The Lord said to Moses, "Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
Numbers 20:11Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.
Numbers 21:18the well, which the princes dug,which the nobles of the people dug,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 →