Numbers 20 · Verse 11

Numbers 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.
Numbers 20:11, King James Version

Numbers 20:11 in other translations

BSBThen Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
WEBMoses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.
ASVAnd Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
YLTand Moses lifteth up his hand, and smiteth the rock with his rod twice; and much water cometh out, and the company drink, also their beasts.
DARBYAnd Moses lifted up his hand, and with his staff smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts.
BBEAnd lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.
WebsterAnd Moses lifted 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.

What does Numbers 20:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 20:2-13

2-13. there was no water for the congregation--There was at Kadesh a fountain, En-Mishpat (Ge 14:7), and at the first encampment of the Israelites there was no want of water. It was then either partially dried up by the heat of the season, or had been exhausted by the demands of so vast a multitude.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 20:1-13

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 we are, must expect to meet with something to put us out. It is a great mercy to have plenty of water, a mercy which, if we found the want of, we should more own the worth of. Hereupon they murmured against Moses and Aaron…

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Numbers 20:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֨רֶםvai.Ya.remand he raisedH7311
מֹשֶׁ֜הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יָד֗וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
וַיַּ֧ךְvai.Yakhand he struckH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַסֶּ֛לַעha.Se.la'the rockH5553
בְּמַטֵּ֖הוּbe.ma.Te.huwith rod hisH4294
פַּעֲמָ֑יִםpa.'a.Ma.yimtwo timesH6471
וַיֵּצְאוּ֙vai.ye.tze.'Uand they came outH3318
מַ֣יִםMa.yimwatersH4325
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227
וַתֵּ֥שְׁתְּva.Te.shetand it drankH8354
הָעֵדָ֖הha.'e.Dahthe congregationH5712
וּבְעִירָֽם\׃\ \סu.ve.'i.Ramand livestock theirH1165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 20:11

  • 1 Corinthians 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.

  • Exodus 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.

  • Deuteronomy 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;

  • Numbers 20:8

    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 water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

  • Psalms 78:16

    He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

  • Hosea 13:5

    I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

  • Matthew 28:20

    Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:13

    For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

  • 1 Samuel 15:24

    And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

  • James 1:20

    For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:2

    Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

  • 1 Samuel 15:19

    Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
smote.
8; Le 10:1; 1Sa 15:13,14,19,24; 1Ki 13:21-24; 1Ch 13:9,10
1Ch 15:2,13; Mt 28:20; Jas 1:20
the water.
Ex 17:6; De 8:15; Ho 13:5; 1Co 10:4

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Context

  • Numbers 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?

  • Numbers 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.

  • Numbers 20:12

    And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

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Numbers 20:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces alzó Moisés su mano, é hirió la peña con su vara dos veces: y salieron muchas aguas, y bebió la congregación, y sus bestias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse leva sa main, et frappa le rocher de sa verge, deux fois; et il en sortit des eaux en abondance, et l’assemblée but, et leurs bêtes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose erhob seine Hand und schlug den Felsen mit seinem Stabe zweimal; da kam viel Wasser heraus, und die Gemeinde trank und ihr Vieh.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque elevasset Moyses manum, percutiens virga bis silicem, egressæ sunt aquæ largissimæ, ita ut populus biberet et jumenta.