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.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Therefore 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?”

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Cross References

Exodus 15:22Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Exodus 17:8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Numbers 9:17Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.

Numbers 20:2There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

Numbers 33:14They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 17:1

Two passages of story are recorded in this chapter, I. The watering of the host of Israel. 1. In the wilderness they wanted water, ver. 1 . 2. In their want they chided Moses, ver. 2, 3 . 3. Moses cried to God, ver. 4 . 4. God ordered him to smite the rock, and fetch water out of that; Moses did so, ver. 5, 6 . 5. The place named from it, ver. 7 . II. The defeating of the host of Amalek. 1. The victory obtained by the prayer of Moses, ver. 8-12 . 2. By the sword of Joshua, ver. 13 . 3. A record kept of it, ver. 14… Read the whole commentary →

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