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2 So they complained to Moses by saying, |Give us water to drink!| Moses said to them, |Why are you complaining to me? Why are you testing the LORD?| 3 But the people were thirsty for water there. They complained to Moses and asked, |Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Was it to make us, our children, and our livestock die of thirst?| 4 So Moses cried out to the LORD, |What should I do with these people? They're almost ready to stone me!| 5 The LORD answered Moses, |Bring some of the leaders of Israel with you, and go to where the people can see you. Take the staff you used to strike the Nile River. 6 I'll be standing in front of you there by a rock at Mount Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.| Moses did this while the leaders of Israel watched him. 7 He named that place Massah [Testing] and Meribah [Complaining] because the Israelites complained and because they tested the LORD, asking, |Is the LORD with us or not?| Exodus 17:2-7, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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