The Truth About Moses, the Rock, and the Water | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
How did Moses get water out of the rock? Did he strike the rock (Exodus 17:5-6) or was he to talk to it (Numbers 20:7-8)? Is there a contradiction?
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Where did Moses get water from the rock? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
Where did Moses get water from a rock? Was it in the wilderness of sin in Rephidim (Exodus 17:1-7) or was it in the desert of Zin in Kadesh (Numbers 20:1-8; 27:14; Deuteronomy 32:51)? Is there a contradiction?
The Golden Calf: Israel’s Great Sin at Mount Sinai
Three months after leaving Egypt, the Hebrews came to Mount Sinai, where God would give His law to them. He spoke to all the people from the top of Mount Sinai, revealing His covenant with Israel. Then, He called Moses to come up Sinai, so He might give him the tablets of stone on which the law would be written (Exodus 24:12). The next several chapters reveal details of the law of Moses.
Moses would be with the Lord on the top of Sinai for 40 days. No sooner had God finished revealing & recording His law (Exodus 31:18) than trouble began in the camp. The Lord commanded Moses,
Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ (Exodus 32:7-8)
Who made the ark of the covenant? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
Who made the ark of the covenant? Was it Moses (Deuteronomy 10:1-3) or Bezaleel (Exodus 37:1)? Is there a contradiction?
Sinai and Horeb: The Truth About the Giving of the Law | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments? Was it on Mount Sinai (Exodus 31:18; 34:4, 32; Leviticus 26:46; 27:34; Nehemiah 9:13) or on Mount Horeb (1 Kings 8:9; 2 Chronicles 5:10; Malachi 4:4)? Is there a contradiction?
Moses’ personality | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
What kind of personality did Moses have? Do Numbers 12:3 and Numbers 31:14, 17, 18 contradict?
