Numbers 20:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Take 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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  • Exod 4:17 : 17 And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.
  • 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.
  • Isa 43:20 : 20 The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself:
  • Isa 48:21 : 21 They 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.
  • Matt 21:21 : 21 And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.
  • Mark 11:22-24 : 22 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith. 23 Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire. 24 For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
  • John 4:10-14 : 10 In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water. 11 The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle? 13 Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again: 14 But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
  • John 16:24 : 24 Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.
  • Acts 1:14 : 14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
  • Acts 2:1-4 : 1 And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it. 3 And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them. 4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
  • Exod 17:9 : 9 And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.
  • 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 21:15 : 15 The slope of the valleys going down to the tents of Ar and touching the edge of Moab.
  • Num 21:18 : 18 The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:
  • Josh 6:5 : 5 And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.
  • Josh 6:20 : 20 So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.
  • Neh 9:15 : 15 And 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 33:9 : 9 For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.
  • 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 114:8 : 8 Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.
  • Isa 41:17-18 : 17 The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up. 18 I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
  • Exod 4:20 : 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.
  • Exod 7:20 : 20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had said; and when his rod had been lifted up and stretched out over the waters of the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, all the water in the Nile was turned to blood;
  • Exod 14:16 : 16 And let your rod be lifted up and your hand stretched out over the sea, and it will be parted in two; and the children of Israel will go through on dry land.
  • Gen 18:14 : 14 Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.
  • Exod 4:2 : 2 And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

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  • Num 20:9-13
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    9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord as he gave him orders.

    10 Then 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?

    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.

    12 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.

    13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.

  • Exod 17:1-7
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    1 And the children of Israel went on from the waste land of Sin, by stages as the Lord gave them orders, and put up their tents in Rephidim: and there was no drinking-water for the people.

    2 So 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?

    3 And 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?

    4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

    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.

    7 And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

  • Num 20:7
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    7 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Ps 78:20
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    20 See, 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 20:2
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    2 And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.

  • Num 27:13-15
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    13 And when you have seen it, you will be put to rest with your people, as your brother Aaron was:

    14 Because in the waste land of Zin, when the people were angry, you and he went against my word and did not keep my name holy before their eyes, at the waters. (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the waste land of Zin.)

    15 Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • Num 21:16
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    16 From there they went on to Beer, the water-spring of which the Lord said to Moses, Make the people come together and I will give them water.

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

  • Isa 48:21
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    21 They 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 8:15
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    15 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;

  • Ps 78:15-16
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    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.

  • Num 17:9-10
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    9 Then Moses took out all the rods from before the Lord, and gave them back to the children of Israel: and they saw them, and every man took his rod.

    10 And the Lord said to Moses, Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.

  • Num 17:1-2
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod.

  • Exod 7:8-9
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    8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    9 If Pharaoh says to you, Let me see a wonder: then say to Aaron, Take your rod and put it down on the earth before Pharaoh so that it may become a snake.

  • Num 20:23-24
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    23 And at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    24 Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you went against my word at the waters of Meribah.

  • Exod 4:17
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    17 And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.

  • Neh 9:15
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    15 And 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.

  • Num 14:26
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    26 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Exod 7:19-20
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    19 And the Lord said, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the waters of Egypt, and over the rivers and the streams and the pools, and over every stretch of water, so that they may be turned to blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

    20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had said; and when his rod had been lifted up and stretched out over the waters of the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, all the water in the Nile was turned to blood;

  • Exod 15:24
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    24 And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

  • Num 16:20
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    20 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Ps 105:41
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    41 His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river.

  • Exod 14:16
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    16 And let your rod be lifted up and your hand stretched out over the sea, and it will be parted in two; and the children of Israel will go through on dry land.

  • 1 Cor 10:4
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    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.

  • Deut 32:51
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    51 Because of your sin against me before the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath Kadesh in the waste land of Zin; because you did not keep my name holy among the children of Israel.

  • Num 17:5-6
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    5 And the rod of that man who is marked out by me for myself will have buds on it; so I will put a stop to the outcries which the children of Israel make to me against you.

    6 So Moses gave these orders to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him rods, one for the head of every family, making twelve rods: and Aaron's rod was among them.

  • Num 20:4
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    4 Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?

  • Num 16:44
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    44 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 8:5
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    5 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the streams and the waterways and the pools, causing frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.

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    17 And the Lord said to Moses,

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    2 And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.