I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water(A) will come out of it and the people will drink.” Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.(A) Strike(B) the rock, and water(C) will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that abundant water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.(A)

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11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water(A) gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

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15 He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous[a] snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint rock for you.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:15 Lit burning

15 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness,(A) that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes(B) and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.(C)

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16 He brought streams out of the stone
and made water flow down like rivers.(A)

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16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
    and made water flow down like rivers.

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The Ransomed Return to Zion

35 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 35:1 Or meadow saffron; traditionally rose

Joy of the Redeemed

35 The desert(A) and the parched land will be glad;
    the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.(B)
Like the crocus,(C)

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Then the lame will leap like a deer,(A)
and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,(B)
for water will gush in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;(C)

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Then will the lame(A) leap like a deer,(B)
    and the mute tongue(C) shout for joy.(D)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams(E) in the desert.

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18 I will open rivers on the barren heights,(A)
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool
and dry land into springs.(B)
19 I will plant cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees
in the wilderness.(C)
I will put juniper, elm, and cypress trees together
in the desert,

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18 I will make rivers flow(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(B) into pools of water,(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.(D)
19 I will put in the desert(E)
    the cedar and the acacia,(F) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers(G) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress(H) together,(I)

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10 They will not hunger or thirst,
the scorching heat or sun will not strike them;
for their compassionate one will guide them,
and lead them to springs.(A)

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10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(A)
    nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(B)
He who has compassion(C) on them will guide(D) them
    and lead them beside springs(E) of water.

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For the Lord will comfort Zion;(A)
he will comfort all her waste places,
and he will make her wilderness like Eden,(B)
and her desert like the garden of the Lord.(C)
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.

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The Lord will surely comfort(A) Zion(B)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(C)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(D)
    her wastelands(E) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(F) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(G) and the sound of singing.

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