“The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:”
'The well that the leaders sank, that the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, with their staffs.' From the wilderness to Mattanah — the leaders and nobles dug the well using their scepters and staffs; labor with symbols of authority transforms the wilderness. The well's discovery moves from wilderness (midbar) to a named place (Mattanah, 'gift'). The well is a divine gift, yet Israel's leaders participate in its discovery and construction.
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