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Text -- Exodus 17:1-8 (NET)
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Water at Massa and Meribah
17:1 The whole community of the Israelites traveled on their journey from the Desert of Sin according to the Lord’s instruction , and they pitched camp in Rephidim . Now there was no water for the people to drink .
17:2 So the people contended with Moses , and they said , “Give us water to drink !” Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me ? Why do you test the Lord ?”
17:3 But the people were very thirsty there for water , and they murmured against Moses and said , “Why in the world did you bring us up out of Egypt – to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst ?”
17:4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord , “What will I do with this people ?– a little more and they will stone me!”
17:5 The Lord said to Moses , “Go over before the people ; take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile and go .
17:6 I will be standing before you there on the rock in Horeb , and you will strike the rock , and water will come out of it so that the people may drink .” And Moses did so in plain view of the elders of Israel .
17:7 He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah , because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the Lord , saying , “Is the Lord among us or not ?”
Victory over the Amalekites
17:8 Amalek came and attacked Israel in Rephidim .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Meribah |
Moses |
Rephidim |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
NUMBERS, BOOK OF |
CRITICISM |
PENTATEUCH, 2A |
Backsliders |
Blessing |
Exodus |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
Israel |
Prayer |
Ingratitude |
SINAI |
Government |
MASSAH AND MERIBAH |
Massah |
WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL |
Complaint |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Exo 17:1; Exo 17:1; Exo 17:1; Exo 17:1; Exo 17:1; Exo 17:1; Exo 17:2; Exo 17:2; Exo 17:2; Exo 17:2; Exo 17:2; Exo 17:3; Exo 17:3; Exo 17:3; Exo 17:4; Exo 17:4; Exo 17:4; Exo 17:5; Exo 17:6; Exo 17:6; Exo 17:6; Exo 17:6; Exo 17:6; Exo 17:6; Exo 17:6; Exo 17:7; Exo 17:8; Exo 17:8; Exo 17:8
NET Notes: Exo 17:1 Here the construction uses a genitive after the infinitive construct for the subject: “there was no water for the drinking of the people” ...
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NET Notes: Exo 17:2 The verb נָסָה (nasah) means “to test, tempt, try, prove.” It can be used of people simply trying to do some...
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NET Notes: Exo 17:3 Their words deny God the credit for bringing them out of Egypt, impugn the integrity of Moses and God by accusing them of bringing the people out here...
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NET Notes: Exo 17:4 The perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive almost develops an independent force; this is true in sentences where it follows an expression of...
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NET Notes: Exo 17:5 “Pass over before” indicates that Moses is the leader who goes first, and the people follow him. In other words, לִפ...
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NET Notes: Exo 17:7 The name Massah (מַסָּה, massah) means “Proving”; it is derived from the verb “test, prove, try....
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