Exodus 17:4-7 And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? they be almost ready to stone me.… The manna was simply sent from heaven, but the water, on the contrary, was brought out of the smitten rock — the most unlikely place that could be imagined. Some men went about collecting funds for an important charity. They arrived in course of time at a very rich man's door who was known to be churlish in his manner and niggardly in his gifts; whereupon they said that there was no need to call on him, "he is not likely to give." How. ever, they entered, and laid their case before him, and to their surprise he at once responded by giving them the largest donation they had yet received. Rephidim-Rock was a most unlikely place from which to receive supplies of water. Parallel Verses KJV: And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. |
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