1. Ibandla lonke labantwana bakwa-Israyeli lasuka ehlane laseSini, bahamba ngamabanga njengesiyalo sikaJehova, bamisa eRefidimi; kwakungekho manzi okuba abantu baphuze.
2. Ngalokho abantu baphikisana noMose, bathi: “Siphe amanzi, siphuze.”UMose wathi kubo: “Yini ukuba niphikisane nami na? Nimlingelani uJehova na?”
3. Abantu bomela khona amanzi; abantu bakhonona ngoMose, bathi: “Usikhuphuleleni eGibithe ukuba usibulale, thina nabantwana bethu nezinkomo zethu ngokoma, na?”