Exodus 17:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 17:4

2 ^aTherefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you ^btempt the Lord?”

3 And the people thirsted there for water, and the people ^acomplained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our ^blivestock with thirst?”

4 So Moses ^acried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to ^bstone me!”

5 And the Lord said to Moses, ^a“Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which ^byou struck the river, and go.

6 ^aBehold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

7 So he called the name of the place ^aMassah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they³ tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Victory over the Amalekites

8 ^aNow Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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Definitions of words in Exodus 17:4:

Almost {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Moses {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Moses {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Moses {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ready {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Exodus 17:4:

Exodus, Book of {Easton's}
Meribah {Easton's}
Rephidim {Easton's}
Criticism {I.S.B.E.}
Exodus, The Book Of, 2 {I.S.B.E.}
Moses {I.S.B.E.}
Pentateuch, 2a {I.S.B.E.}
Pentateuch, 2b {I.S.B.E.}

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