Numbers 20:11

“And Moses raised his hand and struck the crag with his staff twice, and much water came out, and the community and their livestock drank.”

Numbers 20:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Explicit type · 1 Corinthians 10:4

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Paul speaks of the rock from which Israel drank in the wilderness (also Numbers 20:11) and says: “the rock was the Messiah.”

The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:

ἡ πέτρα δὲ ἦν ὁ Χριστός “and the rock was the Messiah” (1 Corinthians 10:4)

  • סֶּלַעselaH5553πέτραςpetrasG4073“crag”
  • תֵּשְׁתְּteshtH8354ἔπιονepionG4095“drink”

Numbers 20:11, word by word

And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

Where else “moshe” appears
raisedיָּרֶםyarem

lift up

To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.

Where else “yarem” appears
his handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears
and struckיַּךְyach

strike

To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.

Where else “yach” appears
the cragסֶּלַעsela

crag

A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.

Where else “sela” appears
with his staffמַטֵּmate

staff

A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.

Where else “mate” appears
twiceפַּעֲמָיִםpaamayim

time

Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.

Where else “paamayim” appears
and muchרַבִּיםrabim

much

In great quantity, more than expected.

Where else “rabim” appears
waterמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
came outיֵּצְאוּyetsu

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yetsu” appears
and the communityעֵדָהeda

community

Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.

Where else “eda” appears
and their livestockבְעִירָveira

animals, livestock

Beasts of burden, livestock.

Where else “veira” appears
drankתֵּשְׁתְּtesht

drink

Drink.

Where else “tesht” appears

Translation note

God had ordered him to speak to the crag (20:8); Moses struck it and said, “Shall we bring out water for you from this crag?” (20:10). Paul says that the rock from which Israel drank was the Messiah (1 Corinthians 10:4).

The context

10And Moses and Aaron assembled the assembly in front of the crag, and he said to them, “Hear, please, you rebels! Shall we bring out water for you from this crag?”

11 · This verse (above)

12And YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to treat me as holy in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”

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