The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 'Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and your brother Aaron, and command the rock before their eyes to yield its water. Thus you shall bring water out of the rock for them; thus you shall provide drink for the assembly and their livestock' — God's command is explicit: 'speak to the rock' (dabar el-ha-sela). The staff is a symbol of authority, yet the action required is speech, not striking. The rock represents the LORD's faithfulness; water from rock symbolizes life from the apparently lifeless.

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