At Marah Israel Grumbled Against Moses and the Might Above

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 255:4

"And they came to Marah" (Exodus 15:23). Rabbi Yehoshua says: Israel came to three places at that time, as it is said, "And they came to Marah," and so forth. Rabbi Elazar of Modi'in says: They came only to one place. "And the people murmured" (Exodus 15:24). Rabbi Yehoshua says: Israel ought to have first taken counsel with the greatest among them, saying, "What shall we drink?" Instead they stood and spoke words of complaint against Moses. Rabbi Elazar of Modi'in says: Israel were accustomed to speaking words of complaint against Moses, and they spoke not against Moses alone, but rather against the Might [on high]. Therefore it is said, "saying, What shall we drink?"

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