Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

After thirty-eight years' tedious marches, or rather tedious rests, in the wilderness, backward towards the Red Sea, the armies of Israel now at length set their faces towards Canaan again, and had come not far off from the place where they were when, by the righteous sentence of divine Justice, they were made to begin their wanderings.

Commenting on Numbers 20:1-13

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock,.... To which they were directed, and were to speak unto; before this they gathered not only the elders of the people, but as many of the congregation as could be well assembled together: and he said unto them; Moses, who was bid to take the rod, and was the principal person concerned in this...

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

Num 20:9-11 Moses then took the rod “from before Jehovah,” - i.e., the rod with which he had performed miracles in Egypt (Exo 17:5), and which was laid up in the sanctuary, not Aaron’s rod which blossomed (Num 17:10), - and collected the congregation together before the rock, and said to them, “Hear, ye rebels, shall we fetch you water out of this rock?” He...

Commenting on Numbers 20:9-11