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Exodus 17:2
“Therefore 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 Yahweh?”
Exodus 17:2 in the King James Version
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?Read Exodus 17:2 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Exodus 17
All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to Yahweh's commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
Therefore 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 Yahweh?
The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?
Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.
Cross references for Exodus 17:2
- Psalms 78:18
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
- Deuteronomy 6:16
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
- Psalms 78:41
They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
- Hebrews 3:9
where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works for forty years.
- Isaiah 7:12
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.
- Matthew 4:7
Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.
- Numbers 21:5
The people spoke against God, and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
- Psalms 95:9
when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
- Acts 15:10
Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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About Exodus
God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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