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Exd 17:6 — Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I will		Exd 16:10
the rock		This rock, which is a vast block of red granite, 15 feet long, 10 broad, and 12 high, lies in the wilderness of Rephidim, to the west of Mount Horeb, a part of Sinai. There are abundant traces of this wonderful miracle remaining at this day. This rock has been visited, drawn, and described by Dr. Shaw and others; and holes and channels appear in the stone, which could only have been formed by the bursting out and running of water.
in Horeb		Exd 3:1-5
and thou		Num 20:9-11; Deu 8:15; Neh 9:15; Psa 78:15,16,20; Psa 105:41; Psa 114:8; Isa 48:21; 1Cr 10:4
that the people		Psa 46:4; Isa 41:17,18; Isa 43:19,20; Jhn 4:10,14; Jhn 7:37,38; Rev 22:17

Correlating Passages

I will

Exd 16:10

And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

in Horeb

	Exd 3:1	Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, [even] to Horeb.
	Exd 3:2	And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.
	Exd 3:3	And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
	Exd 3:4	And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I.
	Exd 3:5	And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.

and thou

	Num 20:9	And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
	Num 20:10	And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
	Num 20:11	And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts [also].
	Deu 8:15	Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
	Neh 9:15	And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
	Psa 78:15	He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.
	Psa 78:16	He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
	Psa 78:20	Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
	Psa 105:41	He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
	Psa 114:8	Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
	Isa 48:21	And they thirsted not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
	1Cr 10:4	And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

that the people

	Psa 46:4	[There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.
	Isa 41:17	[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
	Isa 41:18	I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
	Isa 43:19	Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.
	Isa 43:20	The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
	Jhn 4:10	Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
	Jhn 4:14	But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
	Jhn 7:37	In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
	Jhn 7:38	He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
	Rev 22:17	And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 17:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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