1
Then
all the
congregation of the
sons of
Israel journeyed by
stages from the
wilderness of
Sin,
according to the
command of the
LORD, and
camped at
Rephidim, and
there was
no water for the
people to
drink.
!yis -r;B.diMim lea'r.fIy -yen.B t;d][ -l'K .W[.siY;w ? ~yidyip.riB .Wn]x;Y;w h'wh.y yiP -l;[ ~,hye[.s;m.l ? ~'['h t{T.vil ~Iy;m !yea.w
2
Therefore the
people quarreled with
Moses and
said,
"Give us
water that we may
drink." And
Moses said to them,
"Why do you
quarrel with me?
Why do you
test the
LORD?"
.Wn'l -.Wn.T .Wr.ma{Y;w h,v{m -mi[ ~'['h b,r'Y;w ? !.Wbyir.T -h;m h,v{m ~,h'l r,ma{Y;w h,T.vin.w ~Iy;m ? h'wh.y -t,a !.WS;n.T -h;m yid'Mi[
3
But the
people thirsted there for
water; and they
grumbled against Moses and
said,
"Why,
now, have you
brought us up from
Egypt, to
kill us and our
children and our
livestock with
thirst?"
h,v{m -l;[ ~'['h !,l'Y;w ~Iy;M;l ~'['h ~'v a'm.ciY;w ? tyim'h.l ~Iy;r.ciMim .Wn'tyil/[,h h,Z h'M'l r,ma{Y;w ? a'm'C;B y;n.qim -t,a.w y;n'B -t,a.w yit{a
4
So
Moses cried out to the
LORD,
saying,
"What shall I
do to
this people? A
little more and they will
stone me."
h,f/[,a h'm r{mael h'wh.y -l,a h,v{m q;[.ciY;w ? yinUl'q.s.W j;[.m dw{[ h,Z;h ~'['l
5
Then the
LORD said to
Moses,
"Pass before the
people and
take with you
some of the
elders of
Israel; and
take in your
hand your
staff with
which you
struck the
Nile, and
go.
~'['h yen.pil r{b][ h,v{m -l,a h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? 'tyiKih r,v]a '$.J;m.W lea'r.fIy yen.qiZim '$.Tia x;q.w ? 'T.k'l'h.w '$.d'y.B x;q r{a.y;h -t,a w{B
6
"Behold, I will
stand before you
there on the
rock at
Horeb; and you shall
strike the
rock, and
water will
come out of it, that the
people may
drink." And
Moses did so in the
sight of the
elders of
Israel.
ber{x.B r.WC;h -l;[ ~'V '$y,n'p.l dem{[ yin.nih ? h't'v.w ~Iy;m .WN,Mim .Wa.c'y.w r.WC;b 'tyiKih.w ? lea'r.fIy yen.qiz yenye[.l h,v{m !eK f;[;Y;w ~'['h
7
He
named * the
place Massah and
Meribah because of the
quarrel of the
sons of
Israel, and
because they
tested the
LORD,
saying, "Is the
LORD among us,
or not?"
byir -l;[ h'byir.m.W h'S;m ~w{q'M;h ~ev a'r.qiY;w ? r{mael h'wh.y -t,a ~'t{S;n l;[.w lea'r.fIy yen.B ? !Iy'a -mia .WneB.riq.B h'wh.y vey]h