Exodus 17:4 meaning and explanation

Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

Exodus 17:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses speaks these words at Rephidim, where the Israelites have no water and are quarreling with him, ready to blame him for bringing them out of Egypt to die. His cry is not a calm prayer but the exhausted outburst of a leader caught between a thirsty, frightened people and God.

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