When You Quarrel With Moses You Are Testing the Lord

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 261:15

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"And Moses said to them: Why do you quarrel with me?" (Exodus 17:2). He said to them: As long as you keep disputing with me, you are putting the Omnipresent to the test, as it is said, "Why do you test the LORD?" (Exodus 17:2).

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