Tempt the Lord - It is a general characteristic of the Israelites that the miracles, which met each need as it arose, failed to produce a ha…

The people chided. Water is scarce along the route by which, it is supposed, Rephidim was reached. Any supply they might have brou…

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. Here now reveals itself both their impiety against God—since, neglecting and despising Him, the…

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses
Contended with him by words, expostulating with him in a very angry and in…

The 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 ther…