Deuteronomy 8:15
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15 Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock!
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Psalm 114:8
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8 He turned the rock into a pool of water;
yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.
Numbers 21:6
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6 So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died.
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Numbers 20:11
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11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their livestock drank their fill.
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Jeremiah 2:6
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6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord
who brought us safely out of Egypt
and led us through the barren wilderness—
a land of deserts and pits,
a land of drought and death,
where no one lives or even travels?’
Deuteronomy 1:19
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19 “Then, just as the Lord our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
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Hosea 13:5
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5 I took care of you in the wilderness,
in that dry and thirsty land.
Isaiah 63:12-14
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12 Where is the one whose power was displayed
when Moses lifted up his hand—
the one who divided the sea before them,
making himself famous forever?
13 Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea?
They were like fine stallions
racing through the desert, never stumbling.
14 As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley,
the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
You led your people, Lord,
and gained a magnificent reputation.”
1 Corinthians 10:4
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4 and all of them drank the same spiritual water. For they drank from the spiritual rock that traveled with them, and that rock was Christ.
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Isaiah 35:7
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7 The parched ground will become a pool,
and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.
Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish
where desert jackals once lived.
Psalm 136:16
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16 Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness.
His faithful love endures forever.
Psalm 105:41
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41 He split open a rock, and water gushed out
to form a river through the dry wasteland.
Psalm 78:15-16
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15 He split open the rocks in the wilderness
to give them water, as from a gushing spring.
16 He made streams pour from the rock,
making the waters flow down like a river!
Exodus 17:5-6
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5 The Lord said to Moses, “Walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you. 6 I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai.[a] Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink.” So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.
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- 17:6 Hebrew Horeb, another name for Sinai.
Deuteronomy 32:13
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13 He let them ride over the highlands
and feast on the crops of the fields.
He nourished them with honey from the rock
and olive oil from the stony ground.
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