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?

And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? for they be almost ready to [a]stone me.

And the Lord answered to Moses, Go before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod wherewith thou (A)smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go:

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

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