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Moses Striking the Rock is a late 16th century painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts a scene from the Old Testament in which the prophet Moses strikes the grounds to draw forth water for the Israelites. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]
The narrative continues with Moses following the instructions to take Aaron's staff and to gather the Israelites, [13] but instead of speaking to the rock, which Yahweh had stated would result in water flowing from it, [14] Moses speaks to the crowd and strikes the rock, doing so twice, resulting in a strong flow of water. [15]
To the northwest of this mountain is a large plain and a massive split rock that shows signs of water erosion (Rephidim is also where Moses is recorded as striking a rock and water coming from it for the parched Hebrews). [7] The plain, or wadi runs from this split rock all the way to Jabal Maqla.
According to Exodus 3:5, the ground of the mountain was considered holy, and Moses was commanded by God to remove his sandals. Exodus 17:6 describes the incident when the Israelites were in the wilderness without water. When Moses was "upon the rock at Horeb", he strikes the rock and obtains drinking water from the rock. [12]
During the Exodus, Moses stretches his hand with the staff to part the Red Sea. While in the "wilderness" after leaving Egypt, Moses follows God's command to strike a rock with the rod to create a spring for the Israelites to drink from (Exodus 17:5–7). Moses does so, and water springs forth from the rock in the presence of the Elders of Israel.
Moses at the Rock of Horeb, Moses and the Water from the Rock of Horeb, or Moses Striking the Rock, is a 1669–1670 or 1670–1674 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, still in the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville for which it was originally painted. [1] It was restored in 2018. [2]
Moses strikes water from the rock (painting by Nicolas Poussin) The people were without water, and they complained against Moses and Aaron. Moses and Aaron fell on their faces at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and the Presence of God appeared to them, telling them to take the rod and order the rock to yield its water.
On the fourth level are two frescoes which allow the complex to be dated, one showing Moses striking the rock to make water flow and the other showing two scenes from the Book of Jonah. They can be dated to the late 3rd or early 4th century, whilst an inscription dedicated to a Severa can be dated to 269.