Exodus 17:5
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
KJV
Et ait Dominus ad Moysen : Antecede populum, et sume tecum de senioribus Israël : et virgam qua percussisti fluvium, tolle in manu tua, et vade.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν Προπορεύου τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, λάβε δὲ σεαυτῷ ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τοῦ λαοῦ· καὶ τὴν ῥάβδον, ἐν ᾗ ἐπάταξας τὸν ποταμόν, λάβε ἐν τῇ χειρί σου καὶ πορεύσῃ.
LXX
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל מֹשֶׁ֗ה עֲבֹר֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י הָ/עָ֔ם וְ/קַ֥ח אִתְּ/ךָ֖ מִ/זִּקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּ/מַטְּ/ךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִכִּ֤יתָ בּ/וֹ֙ אֶת הַ/יְאֹ֔ר קַ֥ח בְּ/יָדְ/ךָ֖ וְ/הָלָֽכְתָּ
Hebrew
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18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§694Water. the symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit's action in Baptism, since after the invocation of the Holy Spirit it becomes the efficacious sacramental sign of new birth: just as the gestation of our first birth took place in water, so the water of Baptism truly signifies that our birth into the divine life is given to us in the Holy Spirit. As "by one Spirit we were …
§2119Tempting God consists in putting his goodness and almighty power to the test by word or deed. Thus Satan tried to induce Jesus to throw himself down from the Temple and, by this gesture, force God to act.49 Jesus opposed Satan with the word of God: "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test." 50 The challenge contained in such tempting of God wounds the respect and trust …
Cross-references
- Exod 7:19 — And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools
- Num 20:8 — Take 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 wa
- Num 20:8 — Take 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 wa
- Ps 74:15 — Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.