So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" (Exodus 15:22-24; NKJV)
Three days after the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob experienced the Passover, the crossing of the Red Sea on dry ground, the overthrowing of the Egyptian armies, and the Song of Moses, they "complained."
Complaining does not glorify Jehovah. "Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain" (Philippians 2:14-16; NKJV).
Jason Cicero
