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Éxodo 17:3

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3 Pero el pueblo tuvo allí sed, y murmuró el pueblo contra Moisés, y dijo: ¿Por qué nos has hecho subir de Egipto para matarnos de sed a nosotros, a nuestros hijos y a nuestros ganados?

Éxodo 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.

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Éxodo 17:3 In-Context

1 Toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel marchó por jornadas desde el desierto de Sin, conforme al mandamiento del SEÑOR; y acamparon en Refidim, y no había agua para que el pueblo bebiera.
2 Entonces el pueblo contendió con Moisés, y dijeron: Danos agua para beber. Y Moisés les dijo: ¿Por qué contendéis conmigo? ¿Por qué tentáis al SEÑOR?
3 Pero el pueblo tuvo allí sed, y murmuró el pueblo contra Moisés, y dijo: ¿Por qué nos has hecho subir de Egipto para matarnos de sed a nosotros, a nuestros hijos y a nuestros ganados?
4 Y clamó Moisés al SEÑOR, diciendo: ¿Qué haré con este pueblo? Un poco más y me apedrearán.
5 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Pasa delante del pueblo y toma contigo a algunos de los ancianos de Israel, y toma en tu mano la vara con la cual golpeaste el Nilo, y ve.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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