Exodus 17
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- 1The entire community of Israel left the wilderness of Sin, traveling from place to place as the LORD directed. They set up camp at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
- 2The people confronted Moses and demanded, "Give us water to drink!" Moses answered them, "Why are you fighting with me? Why are you testing the LORD?"
- 3The people were thirsty for water and murmured against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?"
- 4Moses cried out to the LORD, "What am I supposed to do with these people? They're about ready to stone me!"
- 5The LORD told Moses, "Walk out ahead of the people and bring some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you used to strike the Nile, and go."
- 6"Look, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it so that the people may drink." Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- 7He named the place Massah and Meribah because the children of Israel quarreled and tested the LORD by asking, 'Is the LORD among us or not?'
- 8Then the Amalekites came and attacked Israel at Rephidim.
- 9Moses told Joshua, "Pick out some men and go fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I'll stand on top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand."
- 10Joshua did what Moses told him and went out to fight the Amalekites. Meanwhile, Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of the hill.
- 11Whenever Moses raised his hand, Israel prevailed. But whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.
- 12Moses' hands grew heavy, so they brought a stone and set it under him to sit on. Aaron stood on one side and Hur on the other, each holding up one of his hands. His hands stayed steady until sunset.
- 13Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the sword.
- 14Then the LORD told Moses, "Write this down in a book as a memorial, and make sure Joshua hears it: I will completely erase the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
- 15Moses built an altar and named it Jehovahnissi — "The LORD Is My Banner."
- 16He said, "Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation."