He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Parallel translations
- WEB He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
- BSB He brought streams from the stone and made water flow 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 20:10–11And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
- Num 20:8Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
- Deut 8:15Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
- Ps 105:41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
- Deut 9:21And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
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