Exodus 17:3-6

New International Version

³ But the people were thirsty^(A) for water there, and they grumbled^(B) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die^(C) of thirst?”

⁴ Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone^(D) me.”

⁵ The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff^(E) with which you struck the Nile,^(F) and go. ⁶ I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.^(G) Strike^(H) the rock, and water^(I) will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.