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The Lord said to Moses, “Go before the Israelites. Take some of the elders of the people with you. Carry your walking stick with you. This is the stick that you used when you hit the Nile River. I will stand before you on a rock at Horeb.[a] Hit that rock with the walking stick and water will come out of it. Then the people can drink.”

Moses did these things and the elders of Israel saw it. Moses named that place Meribah[b] and Massah,[c] because this was the place that the Israelites turned against him and tested the Lord. The people wanted to know if the Lord was with them or not.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:6 Horeb Another name for Mount Sinai.
  2. Exodus 17:7 Meribah This name means “argument” or “rebellion.”
  3. Exodus 17:7 Massah This name means “trial,” “temptation,” or “test.”

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