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Exodus 17:3 Cross-References
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“And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”
Exodus 17:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Exodus 17:3
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses—Physical thirst produces spiritual complaint. The verb 'murmured' (לוּן, lun) appears again (cf. Ex 16:2), showing Israel's default response to hardship. Their accusation that Moses brought them from Egypt 'to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst' reveals staggering unbelief: they interpret every trial as murderous intent. This projecting of evil motives onto God's servants (and thereby onto God) demonstrates how unbelief breeds paranoia. The thirst is real, but the interpretation—that God/Moses inten...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Exodus 17:3
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“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:”
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