UEksodusi 17:1-7

Ibandla lonke labantwana bakwa-Israyeli lasuka ehlane laseSini ngamabanga alo njengesiyalezo sikaJehova, lamisa eRafidimi; kwakungekho manzi okuba abantu baphuze. Ngakho abantu baphikisana loMozisi besithi: Siphe amanzi, siphuze. Wayesethi uMose kubo: “Niphikisana nami na? ubuzani eNkosini? Abantu bakhona bomele amanzi; abantu bakhonona ngoMose, bathi: “Usikhuphuleleni eGibithe ukuba usibulale ngokoma thina nabantwana bethu nemfuyo yethu na? UMose wayesebiza uJehova, wathi: “Ngizakwenzani kulaba bantu na? sebezongikhanda ngamatshe. UJehova wayesethi kuMose: “Phuma phambi kwabantu, uthathe amalunga akwa-Israyeli nawe; nentonga yakho owashaya ngayo umfula, yiphathe esandleni sakho, uhambe. Bheka, ngiyakuma lapho phambi kwakho edwaleni laseHorebe; uyakushaya idwala, kuphume amanzi kulo, abantu baphuze. Wenze njalo uMose emehlweni amalunga akwa-Israyeli. Wabiza indawo ngokuthi iMasa neMeriba ngenxa yokuxabana kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli nangenxa yokubuza kwabo uJehova ngokuthi: “Ingabe uJehova uphakathi kwethu noma qha?