Deuteronomy 8:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;

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  • Num 20:11 : 11 And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.
  • Num 21:6 : 6 Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.
  • Ps 114:8 : 8 Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.
  • Deut 1:19 : 19 Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
  • Jer 2:6 : 6 And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?
  • Hos 13:5 : 5 I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
  • 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 And the same holy drink: for they all took of the water from the holy rock which came after them: and the rock was Christ.
  • Exod 17:5-6 : 5 And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go. 6 See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.
  • Deut 32:13 : 13 He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;
  • Ps 78:15-16 : 15 The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters. 16 He made streams come out of the rock; and waters came flowing down like rivers.
  • Ps 105:41 : 41 His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river.
  • Ps 136:16 : 16 To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Isa 35:7 : 7 And the burning sand will become a pool, and the dry earth springs of waters: the fields where the sheep take their food will become wet land, and water-plants will take the place of grass.
  • Isa 63:12-14 : 12 He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name; 13 He who made them go through the deep waters, like a horse in the waste land? 14 Like the cattle which go down into the valley, they went without falling, the spirit of the Lord guiding them: so you went before your people, to make yourself a great name.

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  • Deut 8:16
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    16Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

  • Isa 48:21
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    21They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.

  • Deut 8:2-4
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    2And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

    3And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

    4Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.

  • Jer 2:6
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    6And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?

  • Ps 78:15-16
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    15The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

    16He made streams come out of the rock; and waters came flowing down like rivers.

  • Deut 8:14
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    14Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;

  • Neh 9:15
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    15And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

  • Ps 114:8
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    8Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.

  • Exod 17:6
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    6See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.

  • Deut 11:5
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    5And what he did for you in the waste land, till you came to this place;

  • Deut 1:33
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    33Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

  • Deut 1:31
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    31And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.

  • Hos 13:5
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    5I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.

  • Deut 8:7
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    7For the Lord your God is guiding you into a good land, a land of water-springs, of fountains, and deep streams flowing out from the valleys and the hills;

  • Exod 17:2-3
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    2So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

    3And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

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    20See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

  • Num 20:8
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    8Take the rod, you and Aaron, your brother, and make all the people come together, and before their eyes give orders to the rock to give out its water; and so make water come out of the rock for them, and give the people and their cattle drink.

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    19Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Neh 9:19-21
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    19Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

    20And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.

    21Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.

  • Deut 9:7-8
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    7Keep well in mind how you made the Lord your God angry in the waste land; from the day when you went out of Egypt till you came to this place, you have gone against the orders of the Lord.

    8Again in Horeb you made the Lord angry, and in his wrath he would have put an end to you.

  • Deut 9:28
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    28Or it may be said in the land from which you have taken them, Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land which he said he would give them, and because of his hate for them, he has taken them out to put them to death in the waste land.

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    41His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river.

  • Deut 2:7
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    7For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.

  • Deut 29:5
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    5For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.

  • Jer 2:17
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    17Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?

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    8And the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and a stretched-out arm, with works of power and signs and wonders:

  • Isa 63:13
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    13He who made them go through the deep waters, like a horse in the waste land?

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    22Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.

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    11By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.

    12And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.

  • Num 20:10-11
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    10Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?

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  • Josh 24:17
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    17For it is the Lord our God who has taken us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house, and who did all those great signs before our eyes, and kept us safe on all our journeys, and among all the peoples through whom we went:

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    10And I took you up out of the land of Egypt, guiding you for forty years in the waste land, so that you might take for your heritage the land of the Amorite.

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    36This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.

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    4Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?

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    20But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

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