Exodus 17:6
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.
Cross-references
Exodus 7:20 also has Moses striking water with his staff, but the result is blood — an opposite outcome to life-giving water.
Numbers 20:9-11 records a second striking of the rock, but Moses' disobedience in striking twice contrasts with the obedient first miracle.
In 1 Corinthians 10:4, Paul identifies the rock as Christ, giving the event a spiritual typological meaning.
In John 7:38, Jesus uses the rock-striking event as a type: from Him flow rivers of living water for believers.
John 7:37 invites the thirsty to come to Jesus, the true source of living water prefigured by the rock.
John 4:14 expands on living water becoming a spring within, echoing the rock as a source of life-giving water.
John 4:10 presents Jesus offering 'living water,' a spiritual fulfillment typified by the water from the rock.
Isaiah 48:21 directly recalls this event: God led them through deserts and made water flow from the rock.
Isaiah 43:20 repeats the promise: God provides water in the wilderness to give drink to His chosen people.
Isaiah 43:19 promises streams in the wasteland as a new exodus provision, directly echoing the water from the rock.
Psalm 114:8 describes God turning rock into a pool of water — a poetic parallel to the water-from-rock miracle.
Psalm 105:41 recalls God opening the rock to bring water in the desert — directly referencing the same miracle.
Psalm 78:20 explicitly mentions striking the rock so water gushed out — a direct poetic reference to this event.
Psalm 78:16 continues the poetic imagery of streams from the rock — expanding on the water miracle.
Psalm 78:15 poetically describes God splitting rocks to give drink — a direct reference to the water-from-rock miracle.
Nehemiah 9:15 recounts God giving bread from heaven and water from the rock — referencing both wilderness provisions including this miracle.
Deuteronomy 8:15 recalls God bringing water from the flinty rock in the wilderness — a direct summary of this miracle.
Psalm 81:7 recalls this event at Meribah, where God tested Israel and provided water from the rock.
Nehemiah 9:20 directly recalls God giving water to the thirsty in the wilderness, referencing this event.
Numbers 20:11 records a second rock-striking event, but Moses' disobedience there contrasts with the obedience here.
Isaiah 41:17 promises God will answer the thirsty and not forsake them, echoing His provision from the rock in the wilderness.
Isaiah 41:18 continues the promise: God will make rivers in barren places, transforming deserts like He did at the rock.
Revelation 22:17 echoes the invitation to the thirsty to take the water of life — a universal call reminiscent of the rock's provision.