Season 9 • Episode 3
Exodus 17 & 1 Corinthians 10
The Smitten Rock
Story Time: The Rebellious Mob at Rephidim, The Rod of Judgment & Rivers from the Cleaved Stone
Instead of striking a rebellious, stone-throwing nation, God commands Moses to strike the Rock at Horeb—releasing rivers of living water.
Theme Verse (1 Corinthians 10:4): “And all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.”
✦ Storytime Broadcast Player • S9E3
The Rebellious Mob at Rephidim, The Rod of Judgment & Rivers from the Cleaved Stone
Main Characters in S9E3 (2)
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Main Cast
Moses
The prophet and lawgiver who commanded the Passover blood on Egypt's doors, struck the Rock at Rephidim so rivers gushed for a rebellious camp, and ascended smoking Mount Sinai.
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Main Cast
The People of Israel
The covenant nation delivered from Egypt — who drank from the smitten Rock at Rephidim, trembled before the fire of Sinai, reaped Canaan's first grain at Gilgal, and fell on their faces on Mount Carmel crying, 'The LORD, He is God!'
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Original Greek & Hebrew Root Words in S9E3
Hebrew • H6697
Tzur — “The Rock”
A massive cliff, bedrock boulder, or sharp crag; used throughout the Old Testament as a title for Yahweh's immovable strength and refuge.
Hebrew • H5221
Nakah — “Smitten / Struck”
To strike violently, beat down, wound, or slay; the exact verb used in Exodus 17 and in Isaiah 53 ('smitten by God').
Hebrew • H4325
Mayim Chayim — “Living Water”
Fresh, bubbling, running spring water—as opposed to stagnant, muddy water trapped in a man-made cistern.