Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Before thee, ready to grant thy request at Horeb, a rock to the west of Sinai, and a figure of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Paul; who says, (1 Corinthians 10:4,) that the spiritual rock followed the Hebrews. Some say a part of the real rock was carried in a chariot. Saint John Chrysostom Others, that the rivulet of waters accompanied them till it fell into the sea near Asiengaber. Usher.—The Rabbins say, that these waters never failed the Israelites till the death of Mary, for whose sake they were given, and that the bright cloud disappeared with Aaron, and manna at the decease of Moses.