Exodus:17:2-7

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* 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 ? * 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 ? * And Moses cried unto the LORD , saying , What shall I do unto this people ? they be almost ready to stone me . * And the LORD said unto Moses , Go on before the people , and take with thee of the elders of Israel Yisra #el #; and thy rod , wherewith thou smotest the river y @#or #, take in thine hand , and go . * 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 Yisra #el #. * And he called the name of the place Massah , and Meribah , because of the chiding of the children of Israel Yisra #el #, and because they tempted the LORD , saying , Is the LORD among us , or not ?

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