Exodus 17

Water from the Rock

(Numbers 20:1–13)

1Then the wholeH3605 congregationH5712H1121 of IsraelH3478 leftH5265 the DesertH4057 of SinH5512,1 moving from place to placeH4550 asH5921 the LORDH3068 commandedH6310. They campedH2583 at RephidimH7508, but there was noH369 waterH4325 for the peopleH5971 to drinkH8354. 2So the peopleH5971 contendedH7378 withH5973 MosesH4872, “GiveH5414 us waterH4325 to drinkH8354.”

“WhyH4100 do you contendH7378 with meH5978?” MosesH4872 repliedH559. “WhyH4100 do you testH5254 the LORDH3068?”

3But the peopleH5971 thirstedH6770 for waterH4325 thereH8033, and they grumbledH3885H5971 againstH5921 MosesH4872H559: “WhyH4100 have you brought usH5927 out of EgyptH4714—to makeH4191 usH853 andH853 our childrenH1121 and livestockH4735 die of thirstH6772?”

4Then MosesH4872 cried outH6817 toH413 the LORDH3068H559, “WhatH4100 should I doH6213 with theseH2088 peopleH5971? A little moreH5750H4592 and they will stone meH5619!”

5And the LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 MosesH4872, “Walk onH5674 ahead ofH6440 the peopleH5971 and takeH3947 some of the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 with youH854. Take alongH3947 in your handH3027 the staffH4294 with whichH834 you struckH5221 the NileH2975, and goH1980. 6BeholdH2005, I will standH5975 thereH8033 beforeH6440 youH5921 by the rockH6697 at HorebH2722.2 And when you strikeH5221 the rockH6697, waterH4325 will come outH3318 of itH4480 for the peopleH5971 to drinkH8354.”

So MosesH4872 didH6213 thisH3651 in the sightH5869 of the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478. 7He namedH7121H8034 the placeH4725 MassahH45323 and MeribahH48094 becauseH5921 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 quarreledH7379, and becauseH5921 they testedH5254 the LORDH3068, sayingH559, “IsH3426 the LORDH3068 among usH7130 orH518 notH369?”

The Defeat of the Amalekites

8After this, the AmalekitesH6002 cameH935 and attackedH3898H5973 the IsraelitesH3478 at RephidimH7508. 9So MosesH4872 saidH559 toH413 JoshuaH3091, “ChooseH977 some of our menH582 and go outH3318 to fightH3898 the AmalekitesH6002. TomorrowH4279 IH595 will standH5324 onH5921 the hilltopH7218H1389 with the staffH4294 of GodH430 in my handH3027.”

10JoshuaH3091 didH6213 asH834 MosesH4872 had instructedH559 him and foughtH3898 against the AmalekitesH6002, while MosesH4872, AaronH175, and HurH2354 went upH5927 to the topH7218 of the hillH1389.

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As long asH834 MosesH4872 held upH7311 his handsH3027, IsraelH3478 prevailedH1396; but whenH834 he loweredH5117 them, AmalekH6002 prevailedH1396. 12When MosesH4872’ handsH3027 grew heavyH3515, they tookH3947 a stoneH68 and putH7760 it under himH8478, and he satH3427 on itH5921. Then AaronH175 and HurH2354 heldH8551 his hands upH3027, oneH2088 on eachH259H2088 sideH259, so that his handsH3027 remainedH1961 steadyH530 untilH5704 the sunH8121 went downH935.

13So JoshuaH3091 overwhelmedH2522 AmalekH6002 and his armyH5971H6310 with the swordH2719.

14Then the LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 MosesH4872, “Write thisH3789H2063 on a scrollH5612 as a reminderH2146 and reciteH7760H241 it to JoshuaH3091, becauseH3588 I will utterly blot outH4229 the memoryH2143 of AmalekH6002 from underH8478 heavenH8064.”

15And MosesH4872 builtH1129 an altarH4196 and namedH7121 itH8034 The LORDH3068 Is My BannerH5251.5 16“IndeedH3588,” he saidH559, “a handH3027 was lifted up towardH5921 the throneH3676 of the LORDH3050. The LORDH3068 will warH4421 against AmalekH6002 from generationH1755 to generationH1755.”