By hebrew on Skatehive
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Exodus 17:1- 6 Lake in the Desert... We just finished chapter 16 last week, where we saw how they dealt with hunger in the wilderness. Now we are moving into chapter 17 and a different problem comes up. I would like to add that I see a pattern developing which involves memories of how nice it was to be slaves back in Mitsraim (Egypt). The chapter starts out with a move. They just left a place called Sin and, according to God's command, they arrived and set up camp at Rephidim. That is where it all starts up again. They complained due to the lack of water. Then Moshe (Moses) basically says, "What do you want me to do about it?" Then he adds, "Why do you put God to the test?" but the people of Israel did not seem to hear that part. They went on to talk about how nice it was back in Egypt when they were slaves. They complained that Moshe had brought them out of Mitsraim so that they could die of thirst. "You are killing us..." they said, add