“Take the staff; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it shall yield its water. So you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and have the congregation and their livestock drink.”

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Take the rod - That with which the miracles in Egypt had been performed (Exodus 7:8 and following; Exodus 7:19 and fo…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Take the rod. —Some have supposed, from the fact that the rod is represented as being taken from before the Lord ([Refere…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Take the rod. It is unquestionable that the faith of Moses had now begun to waver; but we gather from his prompt obedience that it had not…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Take thy rod
The rod of miracles, as the Targum of Jonathan; not the rod of Aaron, miraculous for its blossom and fr…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

After thirty-eight years of a tiresome stay in the wilderness, the armies of Israel advanced towards Canaan again. There was no water for the congr…