Preacher's Analyst Numbers 20:2-13 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.… I. THE PLACE HERE SPOKEN OF. The wilderness. The people were led thither — 1. For discipline. 2. For solitude. 3. For proving. How sadly they failed. II. THE WANT. Water — 1. A necessity for sustenance. 2. A necessity for purity. 3. A want which they were unable to provide for themselves. III. THE PEOPLE'S ACTION. "They murmured." An act natural to the human heart; but very sinful and foolish — 1. Because it distrusted God. 2. Because it did no good. 3. Because it made themselves more wretched and miserable still. IV. THE PROVISION MADE. 1. Unexpected in its source. 2. Unexpected in the manner of its attainment. 3. Unexpected in quantity. V. THE INSTRUCTION AFFORDED. That rock was a type of Christ. He was appointed of God, stricken of man, means of salvation to those appointed to die, &c. (Preacher's Analyst.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. |
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