About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
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About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Exodus 17:5-7 has God instructing Moses to strike (smite) the rock with his rod. Numbers 20:7-8 has God instructing Moses to SPEAK to the rock — and the whole point of Numbers 20's narrative is that Moses' striking (instead of speaking) is the transgression that bars him from the promised land.
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"Deuteronomy 33:8 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/deuteronomy/33/8?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).