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so, living water would be given to them. Thus, God told them
that He was their Rock, and that He would give them water
(Exodus 17:2-6). Naturally, when God the Rock made covenant
with Israel, He wrote it on stone (Exodus 24:12).
For years after that, Israel wandered in the wilderness. This
wilderness was full of rocks and huge stones. They were all
around Israel as she traveled, and they surrounded the people as
they gathered to Moses to hear the song of Deuteronomy 32.

I proclaim the name of the Lord,
Ascribe greatness to our God!
The Rock! His work is perfect,
For all His ways are just;
A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and upright is He
(Deuteronomy 32:3-4).

In other words, God is constant and unfailing to His peo-
ple. Like a rock, God does not change from day to day, from
time to time.

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked –
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek –
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
They made Him jealous with strange gods,
With abominations they provoked Him to anger. . . .
You neglected the Rock who begot you,
And forgot the God who gave you birth
(Deuteronomy 32:15-16, 18).

Moses told them that God would forsake them if they turned
to other ‘rocks”:

How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had given them up?
Indeed their rock is not like our Rock.
Even our enemies themselves judge this
(Deuteronomy 32:30-31).