Post by Lee on Feb 10, 2014 1:36:34 GMT
Looking for the answer to the question Dan posted on Hur, and came across this in the Publishers note to Elpis Israel on a correction to Dr. Thomas's original.
On pages 267–8, the erroneous supposition that Ex. 17. and Num. 20. refer to one and the same incident (the smiting of the rock by Moses), is corrected by a slight change in the wording. The first incident was before the giving of the law, in Horeb, and the smiting was in obedience to a command of God. The second incident was nearly forty years later, at Kadesh, about 150 miles north of Horeb, and smiting was not commanded—only speaking to the rock.
On pages 267–8, the erroneous supposition that Ex. 17. and Num. 20. refer to one and the same incident (the smiting of the rock by Moses), is corrected by a slight change in the wording. The first incident was before the giving of the law, in Horeb, and the smiting was in obedience to a command of God. The second incident was nearly forty years later, at Kadesh, about 150 miles north of Horeb, and smiting was not commanded—only speaking to the rock.