² So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water^(A) to drink.”^(B)

Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”^(C)

³ But the people were thirsty^(D) for water there, and they grumbled^(E) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die^(F) of thirst?”

⁴ Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone^(G) me.”