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Exodus 17:6

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.

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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.

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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנְנִ֣יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
עֹמֵד֩'o.Med[will be] standingH5975 →
לְפָנֶ֨יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440 →
שָּׁ֥ם׀shamthereH8033 →
עַֽל־'al-onH5921 →
הַצּוּר֮ha.Tzurthe rockH6697 →
בְּחֹרֵב֒be.cho.Revat HorebH2722 →
וְהִכִּ֣יתָve.hi.Ki.taand you will strikeH5221 →
בַצּ֗וּרva.Tzur<on> the rockH6697 →
וְיָצְא֥וּve.ya.tze.'Uand they will come outH3318 →
מִמֶּ֛נּוּmi.Me.nufrom itH4480 →
מַ֖יִםMa.yimwatersH4325 →
וְשָׁתָ֣הve.sha.Tahand it will drinkH8354 →
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213 →
כֵּן֙kensoH3651 →
מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
לְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes ofH5869 →
זִקְנֵ֥יzik.Nei[the] elders ofH2205 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

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Isaiah 43:19Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.1 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.Nehemiah 9:15In 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.Numbers 20:9–11So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.Psalms 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.Deuteronomy 8:15He 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.Psalms 78:15–16He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.John 4:10Jesus 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.”Psalms 78:20When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”Psalms 114:8who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!Isaiah 41:17–18The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Isaiah 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.Isaiah 43:19–20Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.John 7:37–38On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”Psalms 78:15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

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Moses Strikes the Rock at Horeb — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Strikes the Rock at Horeb — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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