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Exodus 17:1-7
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Exodus 17:1-7
Het Boek
Water uit de rots
17 Volgens de opdracht van de Here verliet het volk Israël de woestijn Sin en trok langs diverse pleisterplaatsen naar Refidim, waar zij hun kamp opsloegen. Daar was echter geen water te vinden! 2 Opnieuw mopperde het volk en eiste van Mozes: ‘Geef ons water, zodat we kunnen drinken!’ ‘Waarom moppert u op mij?’ vroeg Mozes. ‘Wilt u soms de Here op de proef stellen om te zien hoe lang Hij geduld met u heeft?’ 3 Maar gekweld door de dorst, riepen zij: ‘Waarom hebt u ons uit Egypte gehaald? Waarom moeten wij, onze kinderen en ons vee hier sterven?’ 4 Toen bad Mozes tot de Here en smeekte Hem: ‘Wat moet ik doen? Nog even en zij stenigen mij!’
5 De Here antwoordde: ‘Roep de leiders van Israël bij u en breng het volk naar het Horeb-gebergte. 6 Daar zal Ik u ontmoeten. Sla daar met uw staf op een rots—dezelfde staf waarmee u op het water van de Nijl hebt geslagen—en er zal water tevoorschijn komen, zodat zij kunnen drinken!’ Mozes deed wat de Here had gezegd en het water golfde tevoorschijn!
7 Mozes noemde die plaats Massa (Verzoeking) en Meriba (Ruzie), omdat de Israëlieten tegen de Here waren opgestaan en Hem hadden uitgedaagd met de woorden: ‘Is de Here bij ons of niet?’
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Exodus 17:1-7
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Exodus 17:1-7
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17 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.
2 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?
3 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?
4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
6 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.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?
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Exodus 17:1-7
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Exodus 17:1-7
New International Version
Water From the Rock
17 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin,(A) traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim,(B) but there was no water(C) for the people to drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water(D) to drink.”(E)
Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”(F)
3 But the people were thirsty(G) for water there, and they grumbled(H) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die(I) of thirst?”
4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone(J) me.”
5 The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff(K) with which you struck the Nile,(L) and go. 6 I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.(M) Strike(N) the rock, and water(O) will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the place Massah[a](P) and Meribah[b](Q) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
Footnotes
- Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
- Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.
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