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Exodus 17:1

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All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

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Exodus 17:1 in other translations

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Jehovah, and encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

Exodus 17:1 · American Standard Version

Exodus 17:1 in context

  1. 1All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
  2. 2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.”
    Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
  3. 3The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”