Êxodo 17:3

3 Mas o povo, tendo sede ali, murmurou contra Moisés, dizendo: Por que nos fizeste subir do Egito, para nos matares de sede, a nós e aos nossos filhos, e ao nosso gado?

Êxodo 17:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 17:3

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?
where it would have been much better for us to have continued:

to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst:
which is intolerable to any, and especially to children and cattle, which require frequent drinking: they could not suppose that Moses had such a murderous view in bringing them out of Egypt, or that this was his intention in it, but that this would be the issue and event of it.

Êxodo 17:3 In-Context

1 Partiu toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel do deserto de Sim, pelas suas jornadas, segundo o mandamento do Senhor, e acamparam em Refidim; e não havia ali água para o povo beber.

2 Então o povo contendeu com Moisés, dizendo: Dá-nos água para beber. Respondeu-lhes Moisés: Por que contendeis comigo? por que tentais ao Senhor?

3 Mas o povo, tendo sede ali, murmurou contra Moisés, dizendo: Por que nos fizeste subir do Egito, para nos matares de sede, a nós e aos nossos filhos, e ao nosso gado?

4 Pelo que Moisés, clamando ao Senhor, disse: Que hei de fazer a este povo? daqui a pouco me apedrejará.

5 Então disse o Senhor a Moisés: Passa adiante do povo, e leva contigo alguns dos anciãos de Israel; toma na mão a tua vara, com que feriste o rio, e vai-te.