Exodus 17:3 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 17:3

But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

BSB

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ASV

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the people murmured - The reader must not forget what has so often been noted relating to the degraded state of the minds of the Israelites. A strong argument however may be drawn from this in favor of their supernatural escape from Egypt. Had it been a scheme concerted by the heads of the people, provision would necessarily have been made for such exigencies as these.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּצְמָ֨א	vai.yitz.Ma'	and it was thirsty	H6770 →
שָׁ֤ם	sham	there	H8033 →
הָעָם֙	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
לַמַּ֔יִם	la.Ma.yim	for <the> water	H4325 →
וַיָּ֥לֶן	vai.Ya.len	and it grumbled	H3885 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מֹשֶׁ֑ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and it said	H559 →
לָ֤מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
זֶּה֙	zeh	this	H2088 →
הֶעֱלִיתָ֣נוּ	he.'e.li.Ta.nu	did you bring up us	H5927 →
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
לְהָמִ֥ית	le.ha.Mit	to put to death	H4191 →
אֹתִ֛י	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בָּנַ֥י	ba.Nai	children my	H1121 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מִקְנַ֖י	mik.Nai	livestock my	H4735 →
בַּצָּמָֽא׃	ba.tza.Ma'	by <the> thirst	H6772 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 15:24
So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
leads to
- Exodus 16:2
  And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 14:11
  They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
- Numbers 20:2–5
  Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 14:1–4
  Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
- Psalms 78:19–20
  They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

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