Exodus 17:3-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ But the people thirsted there for water, and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”^(A)

⁴ Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me!”^(B)

⁵ The Lord answered Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go.