Psalms 105:41
Context105:41 He opened up a rock and water flowed out;
a river ran through dry regions.
Deuteronomy 8:15
Context8:15 and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents 1 and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow 2 from a flint rock and
Deuteronomy 9:21
Context9:21 As for your sinful thing 3 that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down, 4 ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.
[8:15] 1 tn Heb “flaming serpents”; KJV, NASB “fiery serpents”; NAB “saraph serpents.” This figure of speech (metonymy) probably describes the venomous and painful results of snakebite. The feeling from such an experience would be like a burning fire (שָׂרָף, saraf).
[8:15] 2 tn Heb “the one who brought out for you water.” In the Hebrew text this continues the preceding sentence, but the translation begins a new sentence here for stylistic reasons.
[9:21] 3 tn Heb “your sin.” This is a metonymy in which the effect (sin) stands for the cause (the metal calf).