Numbers 20:11

New International Reader's Version

Then Moses raised his arm. He hit the rock twice with his walking stick. Water poured out. And the people and their livestock drank it.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:13

Remember when the anger of the Lord our God broke out against us? That’s because it wasn’t you Levites who tried to carry up the ark the first time. We didn’t ask the Lord how to do it in the way the law requires.”

1 Chronicles 15:2

He said, “Only Levites can carry the ark of God. That’s because the Lord chose them to carry his ark. He chose them to serve him forever in front of the place where his throne is.”

Psalm 105:41

He broke open a rock, and streams of water poured out. They flowed like a river in the desert.

Psalm 114:8

He turned the rock into a pool. He turned the hard rock into springs of water.

Psalm 74:15

You opened up streams and springs. You dried up rivers that flow all year long.

Psalm 78:15

He broke the rocks open in the desert. He gave them as much water as there is in the oceans.

Psalm 78:16

He brought streams out of a rocky cliff. He made water flow down like rivers.

Psalm 78:20

It is true that he struck the rock, and streams of water poured out. Huge amounts of water flowed down. But can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?”

Exodus 17:6

I will stand there in front of you by the rock at Mount Horeb. Hit the rock. Then water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses hit the rock while the elders of Israel watched.

Isaiah 43:19

I am about to do something new. It is beginning to happen even now. Don’t you see it coming? I am going to make a way for you to go through the desert. I will make streams of water in the dry and empty land.

Isaiah 48:21

They didn’t get thirsty when he led them through the deserts. He made water flow out of the rock for them. He broke the rock open, and water came out of it.

Hosea 13:5

I took care of you in the desert. It was a land of burning heat.

Leviticus 10:1

Nadab and Abihu were two of Aaron’s sons. They got their shallow cups for burning incense. They put fire in them. They added incense to it. They made an offering to the Lord by using fire that wasn’t allowed. They did it against his command.

Numbers 20:8

“Get your walking stick. You and your brother Aaron gather the people together. Then speak to that rock while everyone is watching. It will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community. Then they and their livestock can drink it.”

Matthew 28:20

Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And you can be sure that I am always with you, to the very end.”

1 Corinthians 10:4

They all drank the same spiritual water. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them. That rock was Christ.

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through that huge and terrible desert. It was a dry land. It didn’t have any water. It had poisonous snakes and scorpions. The Lord gave you water out of solid rock.

James 1:20

Human anger doesn’t produce the holy life God wants.

Judges 15:19

Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi. Water came out of it. When Samson drank the water, his strength returned. He felt as good as new. So the spring was called En Hakkore. It’s still there in Lehi.

1 Samuel 15:19

Why didn’t you obey the Lord? Why did you keep for yourselves what you had taken from your enemies? Why did you do what is evil in the sight of the Lord?”

1 Samuel 15:24

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I’ve broken the Lord’s command. I haven’t done what you directed me to do. I was afraid of the men. So I did what they said I should do.