“What Should I Do with These People?”

On the way to Sinai

Exodus 17:4–6

⁴Moses cried out to the LORD, "What am I supposed to do with these people? They're about ready to stone me!" ⁵The LORD told Moses, "Walk out ahead of the people and bring some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you used to strike the Nile, and go." ⁶"Look, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it so that the people may drink." Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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About this passage

Prayers of Moses“What Should I Do with These People?”

What happened

At Rephidim the people had no water and were close to stoning Moses. He cried out to the LORD, asking what to do. The LORD told him to strike the rock at Horeb, and water would come out.

Where this fits

One of 17 passages in Moses' Prayers of Moses, in the group “On the way to Sinai.”

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