3And 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?
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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: …
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here is, I. The strait that the children of Israel were in for want of water; once before the were in the like distress, and now, a second time, Exod. 17:1. They journeyed according to the commandment of the Lord , led by the pillar of cloud and fire, and yet they came to a place where there was no water for them to drink. Note, We may be in the way of our duty, and yet may meet with troubles, whi…
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