17:1And all the congregation of the children of
Israel journeyed from the
wilderness of
Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of
Jehovah, and encamped in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the
people to drink.
17:2Wherefore the
people stove with
Moses, and said, Give us
water that we may drink. And
Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt
Jehovah?
17:3And the
people thirsted there for
water; and the
people murmured against
Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of
Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
17:4And
Moses cried unto
Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this
people? They are almost ready to
stone me.
17:5And
Jehovah said unto
Moses, Pass on before the
people, and take with thee of the
elders of
Israel; and they
rod, wherewith thou smotest the
river, take in thy
hand, and go.
17:6Behold, I will
stand before thee there upon the rock in
Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come
water out of it, that the
people may drink. And
Moses did so in the sight of the
elders of
Israel.
17:7And he called the
name of the
place Massah, and
Meribah, because of the striving of the children of
Israel, and because they tempted
Jehovah, saying, Is
Jehovah among us, or not?
17:8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 17:9And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. 17:10So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 17:11And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 17:12But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 17:13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 17:14And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 17:15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi; 17:16And he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
