The rod — That which was laid up before the Lord in the tabernacle; whether it was Aaron's rod, which was laid up there, Numbers 17:10, or Moses's rod by which he wrought so many miracles. For it is likely, that wonder — working rod, was laid up in some part of the tabernacle, though not in or near the ark, where Aaron's blossoming rod was put.
TAKE THE ROD - That with which the miracles in Egypt had been performed (Exodus 7:8 ff; Exodus 7:19 ff; Exodus 8:5 ff, etc.), and which had been used on a similar occasion at Rephidim ...
10. AT KADESH IN THE FORTIETH YEAR: MURMURING AND CONQUEST CHAPTER 20 _ 1. The death of Miriam (Numbers 20:1)_ 2. The murmuring of the people (Numbers 20:2) 3. The divine instruction (Numbers 20:6...
NUMBERS 20:2 (mainly JE). THE LACK OF WATER SUPPLIED BY A MIRACLE. The account of the people's demand for water, and of the means by which it was supplied, seems to be a duplicate of the narrative in...
THE ROD. Compare Numbers 17:5. Some think (from Numbers 20:9) the rod "from before the testimony", as in Numbers 17:10. but Numbers 20:11 it is "his
_The striking of the rock at Meribah_. Many characteristics of language indicate that this is mainly the work of P. In Exodus 17:1-7 there is another account (E) of the striking of the rock, the place...
_Take the_ STAFF] Moses here receives no directions as to what he is to do with the staff: perhaps some clauses which originally contained them have been lost. -The staff" is spoken of as a definite w...
TAKE THE ROD— The celebrated rod, wherewith Moses had wrought so many miracles in Egypt, and which, it is probable, had been laid up somewhere in the sanctuary; because it is said, Numbers 20:9 _he to...
B. SIN OF MOSES AT MERIBAH vv. 2-13 TEXT Numbers 20:2. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3. And the people chode with...
_AND THERE WAS NO WATER FOR THE CONGREGATION: AND THEY GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST MOSES AND AGAINST AARON._ There was no water for the congregation. There was at Kadesh a fountain, En-mishp...
DEATH OF MIRIAM. MURMURING AT MERIBAH. DEATH OF AARON 1. Miriam dies while the people are at Kadesh (see on Numbers 13:21; Numbers 13:26). The first month is the first month of the fortieth year. As t...
THE ROD] Seeing he took the rod from before the LORD (Numbers 20:9) it has been thought that Aaron's rod is meant: cp. Numbers 17:10. But it was more probably Moses' staff which was associated with fo...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 WATER COMES OUT OF A ROCK – NUMBERS 20:1-13 V1 The *Israelites arrived at the Zin *desert during the fir
TAKE THE ROD. — It has been supposed by some, from the fact that the rod is represented as being taken “from before the Lord” (Numbers 20:9), that the reference is to the rod of Aaron which was kept “...
קַ֣ח אֶת ־הַ מַּטֶּ֗ה וְ הַקְהֵ֤ל אֶת
SORROW AND FAILURE AT KADESH Numbers 20:1 THERE is a mustering at Kadesh of the scattered tribes, for now the end of the period of wandering approaches, and the generation that has been disciplined i...
THE SIN OF MOSES AND AARON Numbers 20:1 Again the people, as the long years of their Wilderness life drew to an end, gathered around the Tabernacle at Kadesh. Again the murmuring spirit broke out, a...
We now reach the record of events at the close of the forty years. The people were again at Kadesh. Here Miriam died and was buried. A study of the district will show that perhaps the severest part of...
Take the (d) rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to the...
_The rod, with which Moses had wrought so many miracles, and which was placed in the tabernacle, ver. 9. It is called his rod, in the Hebrews v. 11. We do not find that the rod of Aaron, which budded,...
What is the glory of GOD but the goodness of GOD manifested in redemption! See Exodus 33:17....
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
8._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 altogether failed; for he wastes no time in discussion, b...
Miriam the prophetess dies; this character of testimony is closed. Israel grows old, so to speak, in the wilderness; and the voice which sang songs of triumph in coming up from the depths of the Red S...
TAKE THY ROD,.... The rod of miracles, as the Targum of Jonathan; not the rod of Aaron, miraculous for its blossom and fruit, as some Jewish writers think; but the rod of Moses, with which he had done...
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them wa...
_Take the rod_ That which was laid up before the Lord in the tabernacle; whether it was Aaron's rod, which was laid up there, (Numbers 17:10,) or Moses's rod, by which he wrought so many miracles. For...
1 The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dieth. 2 They murmure for want of water. 7 Moses smiting the rocke bringeth forth water at Meribah. 14 Moses at Kadesh desireth passage thorow Edo...
Water Out of the Rock....
Take the rod, the same shepherd's staff which had already figured so largely in various miracles, Exodus 17:5, AND GATHER THOU THE ASSEMBLY TOGETHER, THOU AND AARON, THY BROTHER, AND SPEAK YE UNTO THE...
MOSES DISOBEDIENT BECAUSE PROVOKED (vs.1-13) Journeying again, the congregation came to the wilderness of ZIN and stopped at Kadesh, where Miriam died and was buried. The forty years of wandering ha...
1-13 After thirty-eight years' tedious abode in the wilderness, the armies of Israel advanced towards Canaan again. There was no water for the congregation. We live in a wanting world, and wherever w...
THE ROD; that rod which was laid up before the Lord in the tabernacle, as appears from NUMBERS 20:9. But whether it was Aaron's rod, which was undoubtedly laid up there, NUMBERS 17:10, or Moses's rod,...
"Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin, in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there." Verse 1. The c...
Numbers 20:8 Take H3947 (H8798) rod H4294 brother H251 Aaron H175 gather H6950 (H8685) congregation H5712 Speak...
YAHWEH PROMISES WATER FROM A ROCK AT THE VOICE OF MOSES' COMMAND (NUMBERS 20:7). Yahweh's response was gracious and generous. He recognised the strain under which His people were, and He responded acc...
SPEAK YE UNTO THE ROCK BEFORE THEIR EYES See (Exodus 17:5). (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 17:5). _ The rock (Christ) (1 Corinthians 10:4) once smitten, needs not to be smitten (crucified) agai
CONTENTS: Water from the rock and Moses' sin. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Eleazar, King of Edom. CONCLUSION: God is able to supply His people with necessaries even in their greatest strai...
Numbers 20:1. _The desert of Zin._ Critics are not agreed whether this was the same wilderness, and the same Kadesh to which the people arrived on the eighth journey after leaving Egypt. The arguments...
_Neither is there any water to drink._ THE PRIVATIONS OF MAN AND THE RESOURCES OF GOD I. There are privations in the pilgrimage of human life. One man thinks that without health his life would be wor...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 20:1 Marching from Kadesh to the Plains of Moab. After nearly 40 years of aimless wandering in the wilderness, Israel is ready to enter the Land of Promise. Most of the older g...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 20:2__ Even though Moses’ error seems minor, v. Numbers 20:12 indicates that carelessness in responding to God’s command was the real issue: Bec
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES We now enter upon the narrative of the third and last stage of the journey of Israel from Sinai to the Promised Land: this narrative is given in this and the following c...
EXPOSITION THE LAST MARCH: FROM KADESH TO HOR (Numbers 20:1). NUMBERS 20:1 THEN CAME THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, EVEN THE WHOLE CONGREGATION. T
Chapter twenty records the verse, the death of Miriam, the sister of Moses. And she died there in Kadesh the desert of sin and was buried. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gather...
Acts 1:14; Acts 2:1; Exodus 14:16; Exodus 17:5; Exodus 17:9;...