I-Eksodusi 17:1-7

Lonke ibandla labantu bakwa-Israyeli lasuka ehlane iSini lahamba ngezigaba, njengokuyala kukaSimakade. Lakanisa eRefidimi, kodwa kwakungekho manzi okuba abantu baphuze. Abantu baxabana noMose, bathi: “Sinike amanzi ukuze siphuze.” UMose wathi kubo: “Nilwelani nami na? Nimvivinyelani uSimakade na?” Abantu bomela amanzi lapho; bakhononda kuMose, bathi: “Wasikhuphulelani eGibhithe ukuba usibulalise ngokoma thina nabantwana bethu nemfuyo yethu na?” UMose wakhala kuSimakade, wathi: “Ngiyakwenzani ngalaba bantu na? Sekusele kancane ukuba bangikhande ngamatshe.” USimakade wathi kuMose: “Hamba phambi kwabantu, uthathe amanye amalunga akwa-Israyeli, nenduku yakho owashaya ngayo umfula, yiphathe ngesandla sakho, uhambe. Ngizobe ngimi phambi kwakho laphaya edwaleni eHorebhe. Uyakulishaya idwala kuphume amanzi kulo, ukuze abantu baphuze.” UMose wenza kanjalo ebuka amalunga akwa-Israyeli. Leyo ndawo wayibiza ngokuthi kuseMasa neMeribha, ngenxa yokuphikisana kwabantu bakwa-Israyeli, nangenxa yokuba bamvivinya uSimakade lapho, bethi: “Ngabe uSimakade ukhona yini phakathi kwethu noma qha?”