Exodus 17:2 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

Wherefore why; therefore Still heard today: the whys and wherefores, the reasons Webster’s 1828 · Wherefore
chide to scold; to rebuke Still heard today: she chided him for being late, scolded him Webster’s 1828 · Chide
tempt to test; to try Still heard today: tempt fate, put it to the test Webster’s 1828 · Tempt

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

The Israelites murmur for water at Rephidim, God sendeth it out of the rockThe children of Israel journeyed according to the commandment of the Lord, led by the pillar of cloud and fire, yet they came to a place where there was no...

Thompson Chains

Presumption (1)See the chain from Numbers 15:30 · 7 links

Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Psalms 78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Isaiah 7:12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Matthew 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
1 Corinthians 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Psalms 95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Hebrews 3:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Exodus 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Numbers 14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Numbers 20:2–5 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. …
Numbers 21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Psalms 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Psalms 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Malachi 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Luke 4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Acts 5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
Acts 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Exodus 14:11–12 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? …
Exodus 15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
Exodus 16:2–3 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: …
Luke 15:12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

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Topics

Backsliders At Meribah
Blessing Water
Ingratitude Israelites to Moses
Israel Complained for lack of water at Rephidim
Meekness Moses
Meribah 1. A place in Rephidim, where Moses struck a rock and brought forth water
Moses People complain against Moses and Aaron
Murmuring Israelites
Presumption Complaining at Meribah
Trouble About water

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Bible Dictionary

MosesDrawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen 45:17–25), Jacob and his sons went down into...
LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

Wherefore the people הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the
did chide וַיָּרֶב wayyāreb רִיב Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
with Moses עִם ʿim Preposition מֹשֶׁה mōšê מֹשֶׁה Proper name
and said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
Give תְּנוּ tĕnû נָתַן Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural
us water לָנוּ lānû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural מַיִם mayim מַיִם Noun · masculine plural
that we may drink וְנִשְׁתֶּה wĕništê שָׁתָה Verb · qal imperfect, first person common plural · with and
And Moses לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural מֹשֶׁה mōšê מֹשֶׁה Proper name
said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
unto them, Why chide מַה mah Interrogative תְּרִיבוּן tĕrîbûn רִיב Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural עִמָּדִי ʿimmādî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular מַה mah Interrogative
ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt תְּנַסּוּן tĕnassûn נָסָה Verb · piel imperfect, second person masculine plural
the LORD אֶת ʾet Object marker יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name

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