1. Ekuphumeni kwintlango iSin onke amaSirayeli ahamba amabanga ngamabanga ngokuyalelwa *nguNdikhoyo, ada aya kufika eRefidim, akhe aphumla khona. Kule ndawo ke ayengekho amanzi.
2. AmaSirayeli asuka ke alwa noMosis, athi: “Sinxaniwe; siphe amanzi!”UMosis wathi kuwo: “Kutheni nisilwa nam nje? Nimlingelani uNdikhoyo?”
3. Kambe ke amaSirayeli akayekanga ukumkhalazela uMosis, kuba ayenxaniwe. Athi: “Kodwa kodwa, ungathini ukusikhupha eJiputa, ukuze uze kusichana ngonxano, thina nentsapho nemfuyo yethu?”
4. UMosis wazibika kuNdikhoyo, wathi: “Kodwa ndiza kubathini aba bantu? Bangasuka bandixulube ngamatye.”
5. UNdikhoyo wayalela uMosis, wathi: “Thatha amadoda amakhulu, uhambe nawo, uwashiye amaSirayeli; ungayishiyi induku yakho owabetha ngayo umlambo iNayile.