rsv Exodus:17:4-5
rsv@Exodus:17:4 @ So Moses cried to the LORD, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."
rsv@Exodus:17:5 @ And the LORD said to Moses, "Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand the rod with which you struck the Nile, and go.