And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
We may walk in the way of duty and still meet troubles; God brings us into straits to test our faith and be glorified in our relief. Their violent thirst made them outrageous, and they demanded water from Moses as a debt, forgetting that former favors ought to humble the unbelieving rather than embolden them to insist on more.
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Commenting on Exodus 17:1-7
The people ran dry of water they'd carried from Alush and grew severely thirsty, then turned on Moses with bitter complaints. They didn't truly suppose he meant to murder them and their livestock, but they couldn't imagine why else he'd have dragged them to this waterless place to die.
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Mark this: had the Israelites themselves engineered their escape, they'd have secured provisions. Instead God kept them entirely dependent on Him, so when hardship struck they raged at Moses, their only visible mediator. That they left reluctantly and wanted to return proves no human scheme contrived this. It was God's work alone.
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