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Exodus 17:2-7

2Whereforethepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971strovewithMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872,andsaidH559,Giveתְּנוּ־te.nu-H5414uswaterמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325thatwemaydrinkוְנִשְׁתֶּ֑הve.nish.TehH8354.AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872saidH559untothem,WhyH4100striveyewithme? whereforedoye temptJehovah?

3Andthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971thirstedthereforwaterלַמַּ֔יִםla.Ma.yimH4325;andthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971murmuredagainstMosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872,andsaidH559, Wherefore hast thoubroughtהֶעֱלִיתָ֣נוּhe.'e.li.Ta.nuH5927usupoutofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,tokillH4191usandourchildrenandourcattlewiththirstבַּצָּמָֽא׃ba.tza.Ma'H6772?

4AndMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872criedH6817untoJehovah,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,WhatshallIdountothispeopleלָעָ֣םla.'AmH5971?theyarealmostreadytostoneוּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃u.se.ka.Lu.niH5619me.

5AndJehovahsaidH559untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872,Passעֲבֹר֙'a.VorH5674onbeforethepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,andtakeוְקַ֥חve.KachH3947withtheeoftheeldersמִזִּקְנֵ֣יmi.zik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478;andthyrodH4294, wherewith thou smotesttheriverהַיְאֹ֔רhay.'OrH2975,takeקַ֥חkachH3947inthyhandבְּיָדְךָ֖be.ya.de.KhaH3027,andgoוְהָלָֽכְתָּ׃ve.ha.La.khe.taH1980.

6Behold,Iwillstandעֹמֵד֩'o.MedH5975beforetheethereupontherockהַצּוּר֮ha.TzurH6697inHorebבְּחֹרֵב֒be.cho.RevH2722;andthou shaltsmitetherockבַצּ֗וּרva.TzurH6697,andthereshallcomeוְיָצְא֥וּve.ya.tze.'UH3318waterמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325outofit,thatthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971maydrinkוְשָׁתָ֣הve.sha.TahH8354.AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872didsoכֵּן֙kenH3651inthesightoftheeldersזִקְנֵ֥יzik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

7Andhecalledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034oftheplaceהַמָּק֔וֹםha.ma.KomH4725Massahמַסָּ֖הma.SahH4532,andMeribahוּמְרִיבָ֑הu.me.ri.VahH4809,becauseofthestrivingofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andbecausetheytemptedJehovah,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,IsJehovahamongus,ornot?

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