Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the congregation drank, and their beasts—Physically the water afforded the same kind of needful refreshment to both. But from a religious point of view, this, which was only a common element to the cattle, was a sacrament to the people (I Corinthians 10:3-4) —It possessed a relative sanctity imparted to it by its divine origin and use.
there was no water for the congregation—There was at Kadesh a fountain, En-Mishpat (Genesis 14:7), and at the first encampment of the Israelites there was no want of water. It was then either partially dried up by the heat of the season, or had been exhausted by the demands of so vast a multitude.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Numbers 20:11:
Numbers 20:8
Numbers 20:10
Psalms 78:15-16
Psalms 106:32-33
Song of Solomon 2:14
Isaiah 48:21
Habakkuk 3:9
Hebrews 3:8
1 Peter 2:4
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