And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
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And there was no water for the congregation,.... Which was so ordered, for the trial of this new generation, to see whether they would behave any better than their fathers had done in a like…
The language of the murmurers is noteworthy. It has the air of a traditional remonstrance handed down from the last generation. Compare marginal references.
After thirty-eight years' tedious marches, or rather tedious rests, in the wilderness, backward towards the Red Sea, the armies of Israel now at length set their faces towards Canaan again, and had…
The striking of the rock at Meribah. Many characteristics of language indicate that this is mainly the work of P. In Exo 17:1-7 there is another account (E) of the striking of the rock, the place…
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