“and the people murmured against Moses”KJV
Exodus
17:1-7 The whole Israelite community
set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord
commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to
drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.”
17:1-7 The whole Israelite community
set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord
commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to
drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.”
Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you
put the Lord to the test?”
put the Lord to the test?”
3 But the people were thirsty for water there,
and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of
Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of
Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to
do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
5 The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of
the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand
the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6 I will stand there
before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it
for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of
Israel. 7 And he called the place Massah[a] and Meribah[b] because the Israelites quarreled and because they
tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand
the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6 I will stand there
before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it
for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of
Israel. 7 And he called the place Massah[a] and Meribah[b] because the Israelites quarreled and because they
tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
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