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Water from the rock at Horeb

Water from the rock at Horeb is dated 1446 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1491 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Exodus 17:6.

Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.”

So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Exodus 17:6 BSB
  1. a Horeb is another name for Sinai.

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
1446 BC
Traditional reckoning
1491 BC
How it's dated
the Bible's numbers

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Sources: Theographic verse years, Exodus 17.

Where is it in the Bible?

Promises kept

  • The rock was Christ: Water from the rock at Horeb → 1 Corinthians written, ~1,500 years (Modern).

Which verses connect to Exodus 17:6?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:425 votes

    and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

  2. Numbers 20:9–1119 votes

    So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” …

  3. Nehemiah 9:1519 votes

    In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.

  4. Psalm 105:4116 votes

    He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

  5. Deuteronomy 8:1515 votes

    He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

  6. Psalm 78:15–1614 votes

    He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.