Exodus 17:1-7
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17 1 The Israelites come into Rephidim, and grudge for water. 6 Water is given them out of the rock. 11 Moses holdeth up his hands, and they overcome the Amalekites. 15 Moses buildeth an altar to the Lord.
1 And all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys at the [a]commandment of the Lord, and camped in [b]Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
2 (A)Wherefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why contend ye with me? wherefore do ye [c]tempt the Lord?
3 So the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought us 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 to this people? for they be almost ready to [d]stone me.
5 And the Lord answered to Moses, Go before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod wherewith thou (B)smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go:
6 (C)Behold, I will stand there before thee upon the rock in Horeb, and thou shalt smite on the rock, and water shall come 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 [e]Massah and [f]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted the Lord, saying, Is the [g]Lord among us, or no?
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- Exodus 17:1 Hebrew, at the mouth.
- Exodus 17:1 Moses here noteth not every place where they camped, as Num. 33, but only those places, where some notable thing was done.
- Exodus 17:2 Why distrust you God? why look ye not for succor of him without murmuring against us?
- Exodus 17:4 How ready the people are for their own matters to slay the true Prophets, and how slow they are to revenge God’s cause against his enemies and false Prophets.
- Exodus 17:7 Or, tentation.
- Exodus 17:7 Or, strife.
- Exodus 17:7 When in adversity we think God to be absent, then we neglect his promise, and make him a liar.
Numbers 20:10
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10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the Congregation together before the rock: and Moses said unto them, Hear now ye rebels: [a]shall we bring you water out of this rock?
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- Numbers 20:10 The punishment which followed hereof, declared that Moses and Aaron believed not the Lord’s promise, as appeareth, verse 12.
Numbers 20:11
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11 Then Moses lift up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice, and the water came out abundantly: so the Congregation, and their beasts drank.
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Psalm 78:15-20
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15 (A)He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as of the great depths.
16 (B)He brought floods also out of the stony rock, so that he made the waters to descend like the rivers.
17 Yet they [a]sinned still against him, and provoked the Highest in the wilderness,
18 And tempted God in their hearts in [b]requiring meat for their lust.
19 (C)They spake against God also, saying, Can God [c]prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 (D)Behold, he smote the rock, that the water gushed out, and the streams overflowed: can he give bread also? or prepare flesh for his people?
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- Psalm 78:17 Their wicked malice could be overcome by no benefits, which were great and many.
- Psalm 78:18 Then to require more than is necessary, and to separate God’s power from his will, is to tempt God.
- Psalm 78:19 Thus when we give place to sin, we are moved to doubt of God’s power, except he will always be ready to serve our lust.
Psalm 105:41
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41 He opened the rock, and the water flowed out, and ran in the dry places like a river.
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