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Deuteronomy 9:21

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I took: Exodus 32:20; Isaiah 2:18-21, Isaiah 30:22, Isaiah 31:7; Hosea 8:11

the brook: This was the stream which flowed from the rock that Moses smote with his rod (Exodus 17:6), and to which the Psalmist alludes in Psalms 78:16-20; Psalms 105:41. Philo relates, that upon Moses' striking the rock, the water poured out like a torrent, affording not only a sufficient quantity for allaying their present thirst, but to fill their water vessels, to carry with them on their journey.

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