And the people thirsted there for water,.... They saw there was no water when they first came thither, and therefore chid Moses for bringing them to such a place, where they could not subsist; and having stayed some little time here, and all the water they brought with them from Alush being spent, and having none to drink, began to be very thirsty:and the people murmured against Moses; became more impatient and enraged, and threw out their invectives against him with much acrimony and severity:wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt?
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Exodus 17:3
Exodus 17:3
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