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Exodus 17:6

Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

KJV

En ego stabo ibi coram te, supra petram Horeb : percutiesque petram, et exibit ex ea aqua, ut bibat populus. Fecit Moyses ita coram senioribus Israël :

Vulgate

ὅδε ἐγὼ ἕστηκα ἐκεῖ πρὸ τοῦ σὲ ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας ἐν Χωρήβ· καὶ πατάξεις τὴν πέτραν, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἐξ αὐτῆς ὕδωρ, καὶ πίεται ὁ λαός μου. ἐποίησεν δὲ Μωυσῆς οὕτως ἐναντίον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

ASV

הִנְ/נִ֣י עֹמֵד֩ לְ/פָנֶ֨י/ךָ שָּׁ֥ם עַֽל הַ/צּוּר֮ בְּ/חֹרֵב֒ וְ/הִכִּ֣יתָ בַ/צּ֗וּר וְ/יָצְא֥וּ מִמֶּ֛/נּוּ מַ֖יִם וְ/שָׁתָ֣ה הָ/עָ֑ם וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה לְ/עֵינֵ֖י זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Moses
Symbols WaterRock

In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
adverb · 827×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
חֹרֵ֑ב
chrb
proper_noun · 15×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צ֥וּר
tsvr
noun · 75×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.

  • John 7:38 · allusion
    "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."
    Exodus: water from the rock — rivers of living water from the believer
  • 1Cor 10:4 · echo
    "And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."
    Exodus: the rock followed them — Paul: that rock was Christ

Themes

Prophecy

Typology

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

7 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 …
Chapter 48.—That Haggai’s Prophecy, in Which He Said that the Glory of the House of God Would Be Greater Than that of the First Had Been,12301230 Hag. ii. 9. Was Really Fulfilled, Not in the Rebuilding of the Temple, But in the Church of Christ. This house of God is more glorious than that first one which was constructed of wood and stone, metals and other precious things. Ther…
Amma Syncletica said, "Imitate the publican and you will not be condemned with the Pharisee. Choose the meekness of Moses and you will find your heart, which is a rock, changed into a spring of water."
To the saints honour must be paid as friends of Christ, as sons and heirs of God: in the words of John the theologian and evangelist, As many as received Him, to them gave He power to became sons of God. John 1:12 So that they are no longer servants, but sons: and if sons, also heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ : and the Lord in the holy Gospels says to His apostl…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:4 — And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
  • 1Cor 10:4 — And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
  • 2Kgs 3:17 — For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
  • Deut 1:6 — The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
  • Deut 8:15 — Who 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;
  • Exod 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
  • Exod 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
  • Exod 16:10 — And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
  • Hab 3:9 — Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
  • Isa 41:17 — When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
  • Isa 41:17 — When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
  • Isa 43:19 — Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
  • Isa 43:19 — Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
  • Isa 48:21 — And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
  • Isa 48:21 — And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
  • John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
  • John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
  • John 4:14 — But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
  • John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
  • Neh 9:15 — And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hads
  • Neh 9:15 — And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hads
  • Neh 9:20 — Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
  • Num 20:9 — And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
  • Num 20:11 — And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
  • Num 21:16 — And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
  • Ps 46:4 — There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
  • Ps 78:15 — He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
  • Ps 78:15 — He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
  • Ps 78:20 — Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
  • Ps 105:41 — He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
  • Ps 105:41 — He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
  • Ps 114:8 — Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
  • Ps 114:8 — Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
  • Rev 22:17 — And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.