Exodus 17:2
and the people were contentious with Mosheh, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Mosheh said, Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt before the Lord?
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Exodus 5:21And they said to them, May the Lord manifest Himself to you and adjudge; because you have made our savour evil in the eyes of Pharoh, and in the eyes of his servants, and have put a sword into their hands to kill us!
Exodus 15:24And the people were fretful against Mosheh, saying, What shall we drink?
Exodus 17:7And he called the name of the place, Temptation and Strife, because of the striving of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted before the Lord, saying, Is the Majesty of the Lord among us, or not?
Numbers 14:2And all the children of Israel murmured against Mosheh and Aharon; and the whole congregation said to them, O that we had died in the land of Mizraim, or that we had died in this wilderness!
Numbers 20:2And there was no water for the congregation; and they gathered against Mosheh and against Aharon;
Deuteronomy 6:16You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in the temptation:
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 →