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Exodus 17:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?” "

Exodus 17:2

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1 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to the LORD’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?”

3 The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”

4 Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

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"Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me?"

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"They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;"

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Exodus 17:1

"All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to the LORD’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink."

Exodus 17:3

"The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”"

Exodus 17:4

"Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”"

Exodus 17:5

"The LORD said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go."

Exodus 17:6

"Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel."

Exodus 17:7

"He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?”"

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