4.Of what spiritual drink did each Israelite partake? .

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Each drank water poured from a physical rock (Exodus 17:6). This took place again at Kadesh (Numbers 20:8).

According to Paul, there was a spiritual rock that followed Israel through the wilderness, and it was Christ. The wilderness was an area of continuing miracles, including the cloud that led them, the fire by night, the daily manna, the Presence of God on the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the durability of their clothes (Deuteronomy 29:5).