17The whole congregation of the Israelites set out from the desert of Sin, traveling from place to place according to the command of the Lord. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.H5712H1121H3478H5265H4057H5512H4550H6310H3068H2583H7508H4325H5971H83542The people quarreled with Moses: "Give us water to drink." M oses said to them, "Why are you quarreling with me - Why are you testing the Lord?"H5971H7378H4872H559H5414H4325H8354H4872H559H7378H5254H30683But the people were thirsty there for water and they complained against Moses: "Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"H5971H6770H4325H5971H3885H4872H559H5927H4714H4191H1121H4735H67724So Moses cried out to the Lord: "What shall I do with these people - Just a little more and they'll stone me."H4872H6817H3068H559H6213H5971H4592H56195Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go over in front of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.H3068H559H4872H5674H6440H5971H3947H2205H3478H4294H5221H2975H3947H3027H19806I'll be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. You are to strike the rock and water will come out of it, so the people can drink." Moses did this in front of the elders of Israel.H5975H6440H6697H2722H5221H6697H3318H4325H5971H8354H4872H6213H5869H2205H34787He named the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord by saying: "Is the Lord really among us or not?"H7121H8034H4725H4532H4809H7379H1121H3478H5254H3068H559H3426H3068H7130
The Amalekites Fight the Israelis
8Then the Amalekites came and fought with the Israelites at Rephidim.H935H6002H3898H3478H75089Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out to fight against the Amalekites. Tomorrow I'll stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."H4872H559H3091H977H582H3318H3898H6002H4279H5324H7218H1389H4294H430H302710So Joshua did as Moses told him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.H3091H6213H4872H559H3898H6002H4872H175H2354H5927H7218H138911Whenever Moses raised his hand, the Israelites prevailed, but when his hand remained at his side, then the Amalekites prevailed.H4872H7311H3027H3478H1396H5117H3027H6002H139612When Moses' hands became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down.H4872H3027H3515H3947H68H7760H3427H175H2354H8551H3027H259H259H3027H530H935H812113Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword.12H3091H2522H6002H5971H6310H271914Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua: 'I'll certainly wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven.'"H3068H559H4872H3789H2146H5612H7760H241H3091H4229H4229H2143H6002H806415Moses built an altar and named it "The Lord Is My Banner."H4872H1129H4196H7121H8034H307116He said, "Because a fist has been raised in defiance against the throne of the Lord, the Lord will wage war against Amalek from generation to generation."H559H3050H3027H3676H3068H4421H6002H1755H1755
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