Numbers 20:8
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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.

the rod

Numbers 21:15,18 The rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might rest in Ar, and lie down in the borders of the Moabites. . . .

Exodus 4:2,17 Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod. . . .

Exodus 7:20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: and lifting up the rod, he struck the water of the river before Pharao and his servants: and it was turned into blood.

Exodus 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it: that the children of Israel may go through the midst of the sea on dry ground.

Exodus 17:5,9 And the Lord said to Moses: Go before the people, and take with thee of the ancients of Israel: and take in thy hand the rod wherewith thou didst strike the river, and go. . . .

speak

Genesis 18:14 Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.

Joshua 6:5,20 And when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken tune, and shall sound in your ears, all the people shall shout together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the ground, and they shall enter in every one at the place against which they shall stand. . . .

Psalm 33:9 For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.

Matthew 21:21 And Jesus answering, said to them: Amen, I say to you, if you shall have faith and stagger not, not only this of the fig tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done.

Mark 11:22-24 And Jesus answering, saith to them: Have the faith of God. . . .

Luke 11:13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?

John 4:10-14 Jesus answered and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God and who he is that saith to thee: Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. . . .

John 16:24 Hitherto, you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.

Acts 1:14 All these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 2:1-4 And when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were all together in one place: . . .

Revelation 22:1,17 And he shewed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. . . .

bring forth

Numbers 20:11 And when Moses bad lifted up his hand, and struck the rock twice with the rod, there came forth water in great abundance, so that the people and their cattle drank,

Nehemiah 9:15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them.

Psalm 78:15,16 He struck the rock in the wilderness: and gave them to drink, as out of the great deep. . . .

Psalm 105:41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.

Psalm 114:8 Who turned the rock into pools of water, and the stony hill into fountains of waters.

Isaiah 41:17,18 The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. . . .

Isaiah 43:20 The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.

Isaiah 48:21 They thirsted not in the desert, when he led them out: he brought forth water out of the rock for them, and he clove the rock, and the waters gushed out.

Context
Water from the Rock
7And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 8Take 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.9Moses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him,…
Cross References
Exodus 4:17
And take this rod in thy hand. wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

Exodus 4:20
Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.

Exodus 14:16
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it: that the children of Israel may go through the midst of the sea on dry ground.

Exodus 17:5
And the Lord said to Moses: Go before the people, and take with thee of the ancients of Israel: and take in thy hand the rod wherewith thou didst strike the river, and go.

Exodus 17:6
Behold I will stand there before thee, upon the rock Horeb, and thou shalt strike the rock, and water shall come out of it that the people may drink. Moses did so before the ancients of Israel:

Numbers 20:7
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Psalm 78:16
He brought forth water out of the rock: and made streams run down as rivers.

Lexicon
“Take
קַ֣ח (qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

the staff
הַמַּטֶּ֗ה (ham·maṭ·ṭeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

and assemble
וְהַקְהֵ֤ל (wə·haq·hêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6950: To gather as an assembly or congregation

the congregation.
הָעֵדָה֙ (hā·‘ê·ḏāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5712: A stated assemblage

You
אַתָּה֙ (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

and your brother
אָחִ֔יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

Aaron
וְאַהֲרֹ֣ן (wə·’a·hă·rōn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

are to speak
וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֧ם (wə·ḏib·bar·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the rock
הַסֶּ֛לַע (has·se·la‘)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5553: A craggy rock

while they watch,
לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם (lə·‘ê·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

and it will pour out
וְנָתַ֣ן (wə·nā·ṯan)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

its water.
מֵימָ֑יו (mê·māw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

You will bring out
וְהוֹצֵאתָ֨ (wə·hō·w·ṣê·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

water
מַ֙יִם֙ (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the rock
הַסֶּ֔לַע (has·se·la‘)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5553: A craggy rock

and provide drink
וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֥ (wə·hiš·qî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8248: To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to

for the congregation
הָעֵדָ֖ה (hā·‘ê·ḏāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5712: A stated assemblage

and their livestock.�
בְּעִירָֽם׃ (bə·‘î·rām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1165: Beasts, cattle


Additional Translations
“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”Take the rod, and gather you the assembly together, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak you to the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock: so you shall give the congregation and their beasts drink.

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.

Take thy rod, and call the assembly, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye to the rock before them, and it shall give forth its waters; and ye shall bring forth for them water out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.

Take the staff, and gather the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, and it shall give its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock, and shalt give the assembly and their beasts drink.

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.

Take the rod, and convene thou the assembly, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye to the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth its water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give drink to the congregation and their beasts.

"Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it 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."

'Take the rod, and assemble the company, thou and Aaron thy brother; and ye have spoken unto the rock before their eyes, and it hath given its water, and thou hast brought out to them water from the rock, and hast watered the company, and their beasts.'
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