Numbers 20:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ “Get the {special} walking stick. Take your brother Aaron and the crowd of people and go to that rock. Speak to the rock in front of the people. Then water will flow from the rock. And you can give that water to the people and to their animals.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.

Common English Bible

⁸ “You and Aaron your brother, take the staff and assemble the community. In their presence, tell the rock to provide water. You will produce water from the rock for them and allow the community and their animals to drink.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ "Take the rod, and gather the people, you and your brother Aaron, and speak to the rock before them, and it shall bestow waters. And when you have brought forth water from the rock, the entire multitude and their cattle shall drink."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Take the rod, and assemble the people together, thou and Aaron thy brother: and speak to the rock before them, and it shall yield waters. And when thou hast brought forth water out of the rock, all the multitude and their cattle shall drink.

Numbers 20:8 Cross References

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too hard for the Lord? No! I will come again in the spring when I said I would. And your wife Sarah will have a son.”

Nehemiah 9:15

They were hungry,\par so you gave them food from heaven.\par They were thirsty,\par so you gave them water from a rock.\par And you told them,\par ‘Come, take this land.’\par You used your power,\par and took the land for them!\par

Psalm 105:41

God split the rock,\par and water came bubbling out.\par A river began flowing in the desert!\par

Psalm 114:8

God is the One who caused water to flow\par from a rock.\par God made a spring of water flow\par from that hard rock.\par \par \par

Psalm 33:9

Why? Because God just gives a command,\par and that thing happens.\par And if he says, “Stop!”\par then that thing will stop. {\cf2\super [207]} \par

Exodus 14:16

Raise the walking stick in your hand over the Red Sea, [93] and the sea will split. Then the people can go across on dry land.

Exodus 17:9

So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some men and go and fight the Amalekites tomorrow. I will stand on the top of the hill and watch you. I will be holding the walking stick God gave me.”

Exodus 4:17

So go. And carry your walking stick with you. Use your stick and the other miracles to show the people that I am with you.”

Exodus 4:2

But God said to Moses, “What is that you have in your hand?”

Exodus 4:20

So Moses put his wife and children on the donkey and returned to Egypt. Moses carried his walking stick with him—the walking stick with the power of God.

Exodus 7:20

So Moses and Aaron did what the Lord commanded. Aaron raised the walking stick and hit the water in the Nile River. He did this in front of Pharaoh and his officials. So all the water in the river changed into blood.

Isaiah 43:20

Even the wild animals will be thankful to me. The large animals and birds will honor me. They will honor me when I put water in the desert. They will honor me when I make rivers in the dry land. I will do this to give water to my people—the people I chose.

Isaiah 48:21

The Lord led his people through the desert,\par and they never became thirsty!\par Why? Because he made water\par flow from a rock for his people!\par He split the rock,\par and water flowed out!”\par

Numbers 20:11

Moses lifted his arm and hit the rock twice. Water began flowing from the rock. And the people and their animals drank that water.

Numbers 20:7

The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,

Numbers 21:15

and the hills by the valleys that lead to the town of Ar. These places are at the border of Moab.”

Numbers 21:18

Great men dug this well. Important leaders dug this well. They dug this well with their staffs and walking sticks. It is a gift in the desert. [279] ”

Matthew 21:21

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. If you have faith and no doubts, you will be able to do the same as I did to this tree. And you will be able to do more. You will be able to say to this mountain, ‘Go, mountain, fall into the sea.’ And if you have faith, it will happen.

Luke 11:13

\{You are like all other people\}—you are evil. But you know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father knows how to give the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [200]} to those people that ask him.”

John 16:24

You have never asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive. And you will be truly happy.

Acts 1:14

The apostles {\cf2\super [9]} were all together. They were constantly praying with the same purpose. Some women, Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers were there with the apostles.

Joshua 6:20

The priests blew the trumpets. The people heard trumpets and began shouting. The walls fell down and the people ran straight into the city. So the people of Israel defeated that city.

Joshua 6:5

The priests will make one loud noise from the trumpets. When you hear that noise, tell all the people to begin shouting. When you do this, the walls of the city will fall down and your people will be able to go straight into the city.”

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life. The river was bright like crystal. The river flows from the throne of God and the Lamb.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit {\cf2\super [178]} and the bride say, “Come!” Every person that hears this should also say, “Come!” If a person is thirsty, let him come; that person can have the water of life as a free gift if he wants it.