And all the congregation of the children of Israeljourneyedfrom the wilderness of Sin, aftertheirjourneys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Wherefore the people did chidewithMoses, and said, Give us waterthat we may drink. And Mosessaiduntothem, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
And the peoplethirstedthere for water; and the peoplemurmuredagainstMoses, and said, Wherefore is thisthatthouhastbrought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattlewiththirst?
And the LORDsaiduntoMoses, Go on before the people, and takewiththee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewiththousmotest the river, take in thinehand, and go.
Behold, I willstandbeforetheethereupon the rock in Horeb; and thoushaltsmite the rock, and thereshallcomewater out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
And he called the name of the placeMassah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and becausetheytempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORDamong us, or not?
But Moses’handswereheavy; and theytook a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the otherside; and his handsweresteadyuntil the goingdown of the sun.
And the LORDsaiduntoMoses, Writethis for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I willutterly put out the remembrance of Amalekfromunderheaven.