Exodus 17:3

And the people thirst for water there, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, “Why [is] this [that] you have brought us up out of Egypt to put us to death, also our sons and our livestock, with thirst?”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

In Context

2and the people strive with Moses, and say, “Give us water, and we drink.” And Moses says to them, “Why do you strive with me? Why do you try YHWH?”

4And Moses cries to YHWH, saying, “What do I do to this people? Yet a little, and they have stoned me.”

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Cross References

Exodus 14:11And they say to Moses, “Because there are no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in a wilderness? What is this you have done to us—to bring us out from Egypt?

Exodus 16:2And all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

Nehemiah 9:15And bread from the heavens You have given to them for their hunger, || And water from a rock have brought out to them for their thirst, || And say to them to go in to possess the land || That You have lifted up Your hand to give to them.

Psalms 107:5Hungry—indeed—thirsty, || Their soul becomes feeble in them,

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 →

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