Exodus 17:6

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⁴ Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

⁵ And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

⁷ He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

⁸ After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb; and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.
BLB: Behold, I am standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out from it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so in the eyes of the elders of Israel.

ÅB: Se, jeg vil stå der foran deg på klippen ved Horeb, og du skal slå på klippen, og det skal flyte vann ut av den, så folket får drikke. Og Moses gjorde slik så Israels eldste så på det.
OTB: Jeg vil stå foran deg der på klippen ved Horeb; slå på klippen, og vann vil strømme ut av den for folket å drikke.» Moses gjorde slik i de eldste av Israels påsyn.
B1930: Se, jeg vil stå der foran dig på klippen ved Horeb, og du skal slå på klippen, og det skal flyte vann ut av den, så folket får drikke. Og Moses gjorde således så Israels eldste så på det.

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Cross references

1 Corinthians 10:4
and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
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Nehemiah 9:15
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
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Numbers 20:9–11
So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.
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Psalms 105:41
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
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Deuteronomy 8:15
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
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Psalms 78:15–16
He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
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John 4:10
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
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Psalms 78:20
When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
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