He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
Parallel translations
- WEB He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
- KJV He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
- NKJV He also brought streams out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
- NASB He brought forth streams from the rock And made waters run down like rivers.
- NLT He made streams pour from the rock, making the waters flow down like a river!
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God brought streams out of the rock and made water flow down like rivers.
Overview
The provision is described again with emphasis on its abundance, as rivers of water poured from solid rock. This extravagant supply highlights God's power and generous faithfulness in the desert. Such overflowing provision anticipates the rivers of living water Christ gives to those who believe in Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Num 20:10–11Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
- Num 20:8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
- Deut 8:15He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Ps 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
- Deut 9:21And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
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