Bible Dictionary: Water: The Want of, Considered a Great Calamity

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Exodus 17:1-3
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.
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Numbers 20:2
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
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2 Kings 3:9,10
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
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Isaiah 3:1
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
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National Sins and Miseries
... countrymen are at this day reduced by want of business ... their blood is poured on the
earth like water! ... which of these warriors all the while considered the wife ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 130 national sins and.htm

Concerning the Fortitude of Samson, and what Mischiefs He Brought ...
... for so had God commanded,] and be entirely contented with water. ... birth of a son out
of the want of any ... a great thirst came upon him, he considered that human ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 concerning the fortitude.htm

Sedition of the Jews against Pontius Pilate. Concerning Christ ...
... with what had been done about this water; and many ... best way to famish himself to
death for want of food ... for not believing it, when they considered the modesty ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 sedition of the.htm

The Siege and Taking of Gamala.
... had not a sufficient quantity either of water, or of ... But when they considered with
themselves that they had now no ... staid in the city, perished for want of food ...
/.../chapter 1 the siege and.htm

1 Thessalonians v. 19-22
... as any one, who has sprinkled both water and dust ... They are indeed trifling, and are
considered trifling, but they ... when fallen into straits, and in want of his ...
/.../homily xi 1 thessalonians v.htm

And ii.
... as for Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I water thee with ... not punish from want of
forbearance"from want of mercy ... Zion is not limited, it must be considered in as ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap i and ii.htm

Funeral Oration on the Great S. Basil, Bishop of Cæsarea in ...
... but their array was weak, from the want of a ... hopes; and had he not blended salt water
with the ... common danger of all"for each one considered this insolence a ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xliii funeral oration on.htm

Through the Fall and Revolt of Adam, the Whole Human Race Made ...
... flames, or a fountain without ceasing pours out water. ... have defined original sin
as the want of the ... predestination, which will afterwards be considered in its ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 1 through the fall.htm

Philippians iv. 14-Oct
... are themselves rendered more remiss, (for they considered themselves as ... Not for a
cup of cold water hath God promised ... so that ye may not be in want, but have ...
/.../homily xv philippians iv 14-oct.htm

Psalm LXXXVIII.
... man overcome and enfeebled, they became weak for want, as if ... the whole day, as the
night is considered a part ... round about me all day like water: they compassed ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxxviii.htm