I-Eksodusi 17:6-7

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?”