Exodus 17:2

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2 Therefore the people ^acontended with Moses and said, “Give us water that we may drink.” And Moses said to them, “^bWhy do you contend with me? ^cWhy do you test Yahweh?”

Exodus 17:3

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3 But the people thirsted there for water; and ¹they ^agrumbled against Moses and said, “Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to put ²us and ³our children and ³^bour livestock to death with thirst?”