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Exodus 17

Ex. 17:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
did chide
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
r with Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
us water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
that we may drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
. And Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, Why chide
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt
nacah (Hebrew #5254)
to test; by implication, to attempt
KJV usage: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
t the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Num. 20:3‑4• 3And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
 4And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts? (Num. 20:3‑4)
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Deut. 6:18• 18And thou shalt do what is right and good in the sight of Jehovah, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest enter in and possess the good land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, (Deut. 6:18)
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Psa. 78:18,41• 18And they tempted *God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
 41And they turned again and tempted *God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel. (Psa. 78:18,41)
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Psa. 95:8‑9• 8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah, in the wilderness;
 9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. (Psa. 95:8‑9)
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Isa. 7:12• 12And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and will not tempt Jehovah. (Isa. 7:12)
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Matt. 4:7• 7Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. (Matt. 4:7)
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1 Cor. 10:9• 9Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents. (1 Cor. 10:9)

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To Tempt; Temptation

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the people.
Ex. 5:21• 21And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, that ye have made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen, putting a sword into their hand to kill us! (Ex. 5:21)
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Ex. 14:11‑12• 11And they said to Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? why hast thou done this to us, that thou hast led us out of Egypt?
 12Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness. (Ex. 14:11‑12)
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Ex. 15:24• 24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? (Ex. 15:24)
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Ex. 16:2‑3• 2And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
 3And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger! (Ex. 16:2‑3)
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Num. 11:4‑6• 4And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
 5We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
 6and now our soul is dried up: there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes. (Num. 11:4‑6)
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Num. 14:2• 2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness would that we had died! (Num. 14:2)
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Num. 20:3‑5• 3And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
 4And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
 5And why have ye made us to go up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink. (Num. 20:3‑5)
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Num. 21:5• 5and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread. (Num. 21:5)
Give us.
Gen. 30:1‑2• 1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
 2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? (Gen. 30:1‑2)
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1 Sam. 8:6• 6And the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah. (1 Sam. 8:6)
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Luke 15:12• 12and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls to me. And he divided to them what he was possessed of. (Luke 15:12)
wherefore.
Ex. 17:7• 7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not? (Ex. 17:7)
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Ex. 16:2• 2And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness. (Ex. 16:2)
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Num. 14:22• 22for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice, (Num. 14:22)
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Deut. 6:16• 16Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. (Deut. 6:16)
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Psa. 78:18,41,56• 18And they tempted *God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
 41And they turned again and tempted *God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.
 56But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies, (Psa. 78:18,41,56)
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Psa. 95:9• 9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. (Psa. 95:9)
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Psa. 106:14• 14And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted *God in the desert. (Psa. 106:14)
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Isa. 7:12• 12And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and will not tempt Jehovah. (Isa. 7:12)
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Mal. 3:15• 15And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape. (Mal. 3:15)
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Matt. 4:7• 7Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. (Matt. 4:7)
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Matt. 16:1‑3• 1And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to him, asked him, tempting him, to shew them a sign out of heaven.
 2But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;
 3and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red and lowering; ye know how to discern the face of the sky, but ye cannot the signs of the times. (Matt. 16:1‑3)
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Luke 4:12• 12And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. (Luke 4:12)
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Acts 5:9• 9And Peter said to her, Why is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Lo, the feet of those that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out. (Acts 5:9)
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Acts 15:10• 10Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? (Acts 15:10)
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1 Cor. 10:9• 9Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents. (1 Cor. 10:9)
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Heb. 3:9• 9where your fathers tempted me, by proving me, and saw my works forty years. (Heb. 3:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink! And Moses said to them, Why do ye dispute with me? Why do ye temptd Jehovah?

JND Translation Notes

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Or "prove." so. ver. 7, "proved."