Transcript The Waters of Massah and Meribah

Thou shalt
smite the rock!
Exodus 17:7
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and
Meribah , because of the chiding of the children of
Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is
the Lord among us, or not?
Exodus 17:7
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and
Meribah , because of the chiding of the children of
Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is
the Lord among us, or not?
Numbers 20:13
13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of
Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in
them.
Psalms 81:1, 7-8
1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise
unto the God of Jacob.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I
answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved
thee at the waters of Meribah . Selah.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O
Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
Psalms 95: 7-9
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his
pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will
hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation
(meribah), and as in the day of temptation (massah) in
the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw
my work.
Massah
“temptation”
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Meribah
“provocation
or to quarrel”
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Rock in Horeb
Exodus 17: 1-7
Numbers 20: 1-13
Exodus 17:1-3
1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel
journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their
journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord,
and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for
the people to drink.
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said,
Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said
unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye
tempt the Lord?
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people
murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this
that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us
and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Exodus 17: 4-7
4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I
do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the
people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and
thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in
thine hand, and go.
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.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and
Meribah …
Numbers 20:1-13
1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole
congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month:
and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died
there, and was buried there.
2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they
gathered themselves together against Moses and
against Aaron.
3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying,
Would God that we had died when our brethren died
before the Lord!
4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the
Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle
should die there?
5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of
Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place
of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates;
neither is there any water to drink.
6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the
assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the
glory of the Lord appeared unto them.
7 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together,
thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the
rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water,
and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the
rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their
beasts drink.
9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he
commanded him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation
together before the rock, and he said unto them, …
…Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out
of this rock?
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he
smote the rock twice: and the water came out
abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their
beasts also.
12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because
ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the
children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this
congregation into the land which I have given them.
13 This is the water of Meribah …
Differences in time and location
Exodus 17:1
17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel
journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their
journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord,
and pitched in Rephidim:
Numbers 20:1
20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole
congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first
month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam
died there, and was buried there.
Exodus 14
In The First Year
Miriam
Took a Timbrel in her hand
and led all the women out.
(Exodus 15:20)
In The First Year
Marah
3 days journey
(bitter water)
made sweet
(Exodus 15: 23-25)
In The First Year
Elim
Twelve wells of water,
70 palm trees.
(Exodus 15: 27)
In The First Year
Entered the
Wilderness of Sin
On the 15th day of the
second month. Given
Quail and Manna.
(Exodus 16:1,13)
In The First Year
Rephidim
No water to drink.
(Exodus 17:1)
Rock in Horeb
Massah and Meribah
In The First Year
Amalek
defeated
Exodus 17: 8-16
and
Deut. 25: 17-18
In The First Year
Moses greets Jethro
Exodus 18
In The First Year
Mount Sinai
The giving of the law.
6th of Sivan
(Exodus 19:1)
In The Second Year
Following the Giving of the Law
Departed Sinai on the on the 20th day of the second
month of the second year (Numbers 10: 11)
Quail- Departing Sinai came to Kibroth-hattaavah.
(Numbers 11: 19-34)
Miriam- Became Leprous- when she spoke against
Moses because of Zipporah. (Numbers 12: 10)
Wilderness of Paran- camped there and God
commanded send out the spies (Numbers 13: 2)
In The Second Year
Joshua and Caleb
Numbers 14: 29-30
Now the (40th YEAR)
Miriam dies (Numbers 20: 1)
Waters of Meribah (Numbers 20: 1-13)
Asked passage through Edom but were refused and they
turned away (Numbers 20: 14-21)
Mount Hor – Aaron dies (Numbers 20: 22-29 )
(Numbers 33: 38-39)
Num 33:38-39
38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the
commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the
fortieth year after the children of Israel were come
out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth
month.
39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three
years old when he died in mount Hor. KJV
Wilderness
Red Sea
Fiery Serpents
Marah
Rock (Twice)
Elim
Korah
Manna/Quail
Spies
Rephidim Rock
Miriam
Sinai
Wanderings
Wilderness
Exodus 17
Numbers 20
Wanderings
Wilderness
Exodus 17
Numbers 20
Honorable
Self - Pride
Attitude
Wanderings
Wilderness
Exodus 17
Numbers 20
Honorable
Self – Pride
Strike
The Rock
Wanderings
Speak
Wilderness
Exodus 17
Numbers 20
Honorable
Self – Pride
Strike
The Rod
Moses’
Speak
Aaron’s
Wanderings
Wilderness
Exodus 17
Numbers 20
Honorable
Self – Pride
Strike
Present
Speak
Moses’
Aaron’s
Elders
Assembly
Wanderings
Wilderness
Exodus 17
Numbers 20
Honorable
Self – Pride
Strike
Lessons
Speak
Moses’
Aaron’s
Elders
Assembly
Wanderings
I Corinthians 10:4
… did all drink the
same spiritual drink:
for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that
followed them: and
that Rock was Christ.
“Christ died for us”
Romans 5: 8
“the just for the unjust”
1 Peter 3: 18
“let him come unto me”
John 7: 32
“And he shewed me a
pure river of water of
life, clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the
throne of God and of the
Lamb.”
Revelation 22: 1
Wilderness
Red Sea
Fiery Serpents
Marah
Rock (Twice)
Elim
Korah
Manna/Quail
Spies
Rephidim Rock
Miriam
Sinai
Wanderings
“Wherefore let him that
thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall.”
1 Corinthians 10:12
“I have caused thee to
see it with thine eyes”
Deuteronomy 34: 4
“I have caused thee to
see it with thine eyes”
Deuteronomy 34: 4
“Harden not
your hearts”
“hold fast the confidence
and the rejoicing of the
hope firm unto the end.”
Hebrews 3: 8 and 6