Exodus 17:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ The people suffered from thirst because there was no water, so they murmured against Moses and said, “Why did you make us leave Egypt to die of thirst along with our children and our animals?” ⁴ Moses called upon the help of the Lord saying, “What will I do for this people? Only a little more and they will stone me.”

⁵ The Lord said to Moses, “Walk in front of the people and bring some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff with which you struck the Nile in your hand and go!