Exodus 17

Water from the Rock

1 All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?"3 But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?"4 So Moses cried to the Lord, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."5 And the Lord said to Moses, "Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.7 And he called the name of the place Massaht and Meribah,t because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?"

Israel Defeats Amalek

8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.9 So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."10 So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.11 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.12 But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.13 And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."15 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner,16 saying, "A hand upon the thronet of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."

Exodus 17

Water at Massa and Meribah

1 s The whole communityt of the Israelites traveled on their journeyt from the Desert of Sin according to the Lord’s instruction, and they pitched camp in Rephidim.s Nowt there was no water for the people to drink.t2 So the people contendedt with Moses, and they said, “Give us water to drink!”ts Moses said to them, “Why do you contendt with me? Why do you testt the Lord?”

3 But the people were very thirstyt there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said, “Why in the worldt did you bring us up out of Egypt – to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”s
4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What will I do witht this people? – a little moret and they will stone me!”t5 The Lord said to Moses, “Go over before the people;t take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile and go.

6 I will be standingts before you there ont the rock in Horeb, and you will striket the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink.”ts And Moses did so in plain viewt of the elders of Israel.

7 He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the Lord,ss saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Victory over the Amalekites

8 s Amalek camet and attackedt Israel in Rephidim.

9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of ourt men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”
10 So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him;tand Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.11 Whenever Moses would raise his hands,t then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would restt his hands, then Amalek prevailed.12 Whent the hands of Moses became heavy,t they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other,t and so his hands were steadyt until the sun went down.

13 So Joshua destroyedt Amalek and his armyt with the sword.t
14 The Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in thet book, and rehearset it in Joshua’s hearing;t for I will surely wipe outt the remembrances of Amalek from under heaven.15 Moses built an altar, and he called it “The Lord is my Banner,”s

16 for he said, “For a hand was lifted up to the throne of the Lordt – that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”s