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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:10

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock ,.... To which they were directed, and were to speak unto; before this they gathered not only the elders of the people, but as many of the congregation as could be well assembled together: and he said unto them ; Moses, who was bid to take the rod, and was the principal person concerned in this affair: hear now, ye rebels ; such their fathers had been, and such they now were, a rebellious generation ever since... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:11

And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice ,.... At first it only brought out some drops, as Jarchi conjectures, and therefore Moses smote again, when it brought forth water plentifully: the Targum of Jonathan says,"at the first time it dropped blood, at the second time came out much water.'Could this be credited, it would make the agreement between this rock and Christ appear very manifest, from whom, when his side was pierced with a spear, there came out blood... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:12

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron ,.... Out of the cloud, where his glory appeared, and still continued: because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel ; that Moses and Aaron committed an evil which was displeasing to the Lord is certain, but what that was is variously represented. Some say their sin was, that the order was to speak to the rock, whereas it was smitten, and not spoken to; but why then was Moses bid to take the rod with him, if it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:13

This is the water of Meribah ,.... Or "strife": this is the name by which the water had in this place, and from this rock, was called; and which is the same name given to the place at Horeb, where a rock had been smitten, and water had flowed, as now, the first year they came out of Egypt; and to distinguish this from that, this is sometimes called Meribah-Kadesh, Deuteronomy 32:51 , this being at Kadesh, as that was at Rephidim: because the children of Israel strove with the Lord :... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:1

Then came the children of Israel, etc. - This was the first month of the fortieth year after their departure from Egypt. See Numbers 33:38 , compared with Numbers 20:28 ; of this chapter, and Deuteronomy 1:3 . The transactions of thirty-seven years Moses passes by, because he writes not as a historian but as a legislator; and gives us particularly an account of the laws, ordinances, and other occurrences of the first and last years of their peregrinations. The year now spoken of was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:2

And there was no water for the congregation - The same occurrence took place to the children of Israel at Kadesh, as did formerly to their fathers at Rephidim, see Exodus 17:1 ; and as the fathers murmured, so also did the children. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:12

Because ye believed me not - What was the offense for which Moses was excluded from the promised land? It appears to have consisted in some or all of the following particulars: God had commanded him ( Numbers 20:8 ;) to take the rod in his hand, and go and Speak To The Rock, and it should give forth water. It seems Moses did not think speaking would be sufficient, therefore he smote the rock without any command so to do. He did this twice, which certainly in this case indicated a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:1

Verse 1 1.Then came the children of Israel. In the twenty-third chapter of this book many intermediate stations are mentioned, which are not here referred to: perhaps because, from the time that God compelled them to draw back, they had made no advance for thirty whole years, but had wandered about by circuitous paths. In connecting the history, therefore, in this place he relates that they passed from the desert of Paran to the desert of Sin; because they then began to direct their journey... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:2

Verse 2 2.And there was no water for the congregation. We have already seen a similar, though not the same, history. For, when the people had hardly come out of Egypt, they began to rebel in Rephidim on account of the scarcity of water; and now, after thirty-eight years, or thereabouts, a new sedition arose in Kadesh, because there, too, they wanted water. Their first murmuring, indeed, sufficiently showed how great was their depravity and contumacy; for, when God gave them their food from... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:6

Verse 6 6.And Moses and Aaron went from the presence. It is probable that they fled in fear, inasmuch as the tabernacle was a kind of refuge for them from the violence of the people. Still, we may conjecture from other passages that they had consideration not only for themselves, but for the wretched people, howsoever unworthy of it they might be so also, when they throw themselves upon their faces, I understand that they did so, not so much (to pray) that God would protect them from the wrath... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:6

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