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Selected Verse: Psalms 78:15 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 78:15 |
King James |
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
There were two similar miracles (Exo 17:6; Num 20:11).
great depths--and--rivers--denote abundance. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He clave the rocks in the wilderness - There were two occasions on which the rock was smitten for water; one Exo 17:6 at Mount Horeb, shortly after they came out of Egypt; and the other Num 20:11, when they had nearly ceased their wanderings in the wilderness. Hence, the plural term (rocks) is used here.
And gave them drink as out of the great depths - As if he had formed a lake or an ocean, furnishing an inexhaustible supply. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Wilderness - In Rephidim, and again in Kadesh. |
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.
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.
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.
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.