Then Mosesliftedup his handand struckthe rocktwicewith his rod;and watercameforthabundantly,and the congregationand their beastsdrank.
"Becauseyou did not [carry it] at the first,the LORDour Godmadean outburston us, for we did not seekHim according to the ordinance."
ThenDavidsaid,"Noone is to carrythe arkof Godbut the Levites;for the LORDchosethem to carrythe arkof Godand to ministerto Him forever."
He openedthe rockand waterflowedout; It ranin the dryplaces[like] a river.
Who turnedthe rockinto a poolof water,The flintinto a fountainof water.
You brokeopenspringsand torrents;You driedup ever-flowingstreams.
He splitthe rocksin the wildernessAnd gave[them] abundantdrinklike the oceandepths.
He broughtforthstreamsalso from the rockAnd caused watersto rundownlike rivers.
"Behold,He struckthe rockso that watersgushedout, And streamswere overflowing;CanHe givebreadalso?Will He providemeatfor His people?"
"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.
"Behold,I will dosomethingnew,Nowit will springforth;Will you not be awareof it? I will evenmakea roadwayin the wilderness,Riversin the desert.
They did not thirstwhen He ledthem through the deserts.He made the waterflowout of the rockfor them; He splitthe rockand the watergushedforth.
I caredfor you in the wilderness,In the landof drought.
Now Nadaband Abihu,the sonsof Aaron,tooktheir respectivefirepans,and after puttingfirein them, placedincenseon it and offeredstrangefirebeforethe LORD,whichHe had not commandedthem.
"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."
teachingthem to observeallthat I commandedyou; and lo,I amwith you always,evento the endof the age."
and alldrankthe samespiritualdrink,for they were drinkingfrom a spiritualrockwhich followedthem; and the rockwas Christ.
"He ledyou through the greatand terriblewilderness,[with its] fieryserpentsand scorpionsand thirstygroundwheretherewas nowater;He broughtwaterfor you out of the rockof flint.
for the angerof mandoes not achievethe righteousnessof God.
But Godsplitthe hollowplace that is in Lehiso that watercameout of it. When he drank,his strengthreturnedand he revived.Thereforehe namedit En-hakkore,whichis in Lehito thisday.
"Whythen did you not obeythe voiceof the LORD,but rushedupon the spoiland didwhatwas evilin the sightof the LORD?"
Then Saulsaidto Samuel,"I have sinned;I have indeedtransgressedthe commandof the LORDand your words,becauseI fearedthe peopleand listenedto their voice.
