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Take the rod - which had been deposited in the tabernacle (Num 17:10), the wonder-working rod by which so many miracles had been performed, sometimes called “the rod of God” (Exo 4:20), sometimes Moses’ (Num 20:11) or Aaron’s rod (Exo 7:12).
10. [Moses] said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? - The conduct of the great leader on this occasion was hasty and passionate (Psa 106:33). He had been directed to speak to the rock [Num 20:8], but he smote it twice [Num 20:11] in his impetuosity, thus endangering the blossoms of the rod, and, instead of speaking to the rock, he spoke to the people in a fury.