Exodus 17:2
Some of them came and complained to Moses, saying, “Give us water to drink!” “Why are you complaining to me?” Moses asked. “Why are you trying to challenge the Lord?”
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Exodus 5:21and said, “May the Lord see what you have done and judge you accordingly! You have made us like a bad smell to Pharaoh and his officials. You have put a sword in their hands to kill us!”
Exodus 15:24So the people complained to Moses, asking, “What are we going to drink?”
Exodus 17:7He called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites argued there, and because they challenged the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord with us, or not?”
Numbers 14:2All the Israelites went and complained to Moses and Aaron, telling them, “If only we'd died in Egypt, or here in this desert!
Numbers 20:2However, there was no water there for anyone to drink, so the people gathered to confront Moses and Aaron.
Deuteronomy 6:16Don't test the Lord your God like you did at Massah.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 17:2-8
The Israelites Murmur for Water. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord , and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord ? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured… Read the whole commentary →