What did God promise would happen when Moses struck the rock at Horeb?
God promised that He would stand before Moses on the rock at Horeb, which is Mount Sinai, and that Moses was to strike the rock with his shepherd’s rod. When he did, water would come out of the rock so the people could drink.
Les explains that God told Moses to take the elders of Israel and the same shepherd’s rod used earlier in Egypt. He notes Horeb is the same as Mount Sinai. God promised to stand before Moses there upon the rock; Moses was to smite the rock with the rod, and water would come out so the people could drink. Moses did so in the sight of the elders. The water was abundant enough for all the Israelites and all their cattle, with enough left over that the neighbors fought over it.
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.
What did God say would happen when Moses smote the rock in Exodus 17?
God said that when Moses smote the rock, water would come out of it—not only enough for all those millions of people, but also for all their livestock. The smiting of the rock would therefore provide abundantly for the people and their animals.
Does the rock in Numbers still represent Christ even though Moses struck it instead of speaking to it?
Yes. The rock in Numbers still represents Christ even though Moses struck it instead of speaking to it. All through Scripture, when the rock appears as a type, it is Christ, and that figure never deviates. The manner of Moses' action did not change what the rock typified.
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What does 1 Corinthians 10 say the rock in the wilderness was?
In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul plainly identifies the rock from which the Israelites drank water in the wilderness as Christ.