Exodus 17:2-7
New King James Version
2 (A)Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.”
So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you (B)tempt the Lord?”
3 And the people thirsted there for water, and the people (C)complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our (D)livestock with thirst?”
4 So Moses (E)cried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to (F)stone[a] me!”
5 And the Lord said to Moses, (G)“Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which (H)you struck the river, and go. 6 (I)Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.”
And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 So he called the name of the place (J)Massah[b] and [c]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they [d]tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
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- Exodus 17:4 Put me to death by stoning
- Exodus 17:7 Lit. Tempted
- Exodus 17:7 Lit. Contention
- Exodus 17:7 tested
Exodus 17:2-7
King James Version
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 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?
4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?
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Numbers 20:13
New King James Version
13 (A)This was the water of [a]Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the Lord, and He was hallowed among them.
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- Numbers 20:13 Lit. Contention
Numbers 20:13
King James Version
13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
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