Exodus 17:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 14:10 : 10 But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
  • John 8:59 : 59 So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
  • John 10:31 : 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
  • Acts 7:50 : 50 Did not my hand make all these things?
  • Num 16:19 : 19 And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.
  • Exod 15:25 : 25 And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;
  • Num 11:11 : 11 And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?
  • Exod 14:15 : 15 And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.

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  • Exod 17:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    2 So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

    3 And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

  • Exod 32:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11 But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

    12 Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.

  • Exod 15:24
    79%

    24 And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

  • Exod 17:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5 And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.

    6 See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.

    7 And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

  • Num 14:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.

    11 And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

  • Num 27:15
    77%

    15 Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • Exod 5:22
    76%

    22 And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?

  • Exod 32:9
    76%

    9 And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.

  • Num 20:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!

    4 Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?

  • Num 11:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

    11 And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?

  • Num 14:13
    75%

    13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Num 14:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    27 How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.

  • Lev 24:23
    75%

    23 And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, and they took the man who had been cursing outside the tent-circle and had him stoned. The children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • Exod 4:1
    75%

    1 And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.

  • Num 14:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.

    2 And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!

  • Lev 24:13
    74%

    13 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 14:15
    74%

    15 And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.

  • Num 11:15
    74%

    15 If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.

  • Num 11:2
    74%

    2 And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.

  • Exod 6:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.

    10 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 14:11
    74%

    11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

  • Num 20:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?

    11 And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.

  • Num 21:5
    74%

    5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

  • Num 20:7
    74%

    7 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 16:2
    73%

    2 And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:

  • Exod 32:21
    73%

    21 And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?

  • Exod 8:26
    73%

    26 And Moses said, It is not right to do so; for we make our offerings of that to which the Egyptians give worship; and if we do so before their eyes, certainly we will be stoned.

  • Acts 7:28
    73%

    28 Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?

  • Exod 3:11
    73%

    11 And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

  • Num 16:13
    72%

    13 Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?

  • Exod 19:17
    72%

    17 And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

  • Num 16:41
    72%

    41 But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

  • Num 16:44
    72%

    44 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 21:7
    72%

    7 Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people.

  • Exod 18:15
    72%

    15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

  • Num 14:39
    72%

    39 And when Moses put these words before the children of Israel, the people were full of grief.

  • Exod 19:21
    72%

    21 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

  • Exod 2:14
    72%

    14 And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.