"Behold,I will standbeforeyou thereon the rockat Horeb;and you shall strikethe rock,and waterwill comeout of it, that the peoplemay drink."And Mosesdidsoin the sightof the eldersof Israel.
"You providedbreadfrom heavenfor them for their hunger,You broughtforthwaterfrom a rockfor them for their thirst,And You toldthem to enterin order to possessThe landwhichYou sworeto givethem.
He openedthe rockand waterflowedout; It ranin the dryplaces[like] a river.
Who turnedthe rockinto a poolof water,The flintinto a fountainof water.
There is a riverwhose streamsmakegladthe cityof God,The holydwellingplacesof the MostHigh.
You brokeopenspringsand torrents;You driedup ever-flowingstreams.
And in their heartthey putGodto the testBy askingfoodaccording to their desire.
"Behold,He struckthe rockso that watersgushedout, And streamswere overflowing;CanHe givebreadalso?Will He providemeatfor His people?"
"You calledin troubleand I rescuedyou; I answeredyou in the hidingplaceof thunder;I provedyou at the watersof Meribah.Selah.
"As for you, liftup your staffand stretchout your handoverthe seaand divideit, and the sonsof Israelshall gothroughthe midstof the seaon dryland.
It cameabout as Aaronspoketo the wholecongregationof the sonsof Israel,that they lookedtowardthe wilderness,and behold,the gloryof the LORDappearedin the cloud.
They did not thirstwhen He ledthem through the deserts.He made the waterflowout of the rockfor them; He splitthe rockand the watergushedforth.
"Takethe rod;and you and your brotherAaronassemblethe congregationand speakto the rockbefore their eyes,that it may yieldits water.You shall thus bringforthwaterfor them out of the rockand let the congregationand their beastsdrink."
Jesusansweredand saidto her, "Ifyou knewthe giftof God,and whoit is who saysto you, 'GiveMe a drink,'you would have askedHim, and He would have givenyou livingwater."
but whoeverdrinksof the waterthat I will givehim shall neverthirst;but the waterthat I will givehim will becomein him a wellof waterspringingup to eternallife."
and alldrankthe samespiritualdrink,for they were drinkingfrom a spiritualrockwhich followedthem; and the rockwas Christ.
It is elevendays'[journey] from Horebby the wayof MountSeirto Kadesh-barnea.
"He ledyou through the greatand terriblewilderness,[with its] fieryserpentsand scorpionsand thirstygroundwheretherewas nowater;He broughtwaterfor you out of the rockof flint.
The Spiritand the bridesay,"Come."And let the one who hearssay,"Come."And let the one who is thirstycome;let the one who wishestakethe waterof lifewithout cost.
