Exodus 17:4 - Prayer Tents

17Directed by GOD, the whole company of Israel moved on by stages from the Wilderness of Sin. They set camp at Rephidim. And there wasn't a drop of water for the people to drink.H5712H1121H3478H5265H4057H5512H4550H6310H3068H2583H7508H4325H5971H8354 2The people took Moses to task: "Give us water to drink." But Moses said, "Why pester me? Why are you testing GOD?"H5971H7378H4872H559H5414H4325H8354H4872H559H7378H5254H3068 3But the people were thirsty for water there. They complained to Moses, "Why did you take us from Egypt and drag us out here with our children and animals to die of thirst?"H5971H6770H4325H5971H3885H4872H559H5927H4714H4191H1121H4735H6772 4Moses cried out in prayer to GOD, "What can I do with these people? Any minute now they'll kill me!"H4872H6817H3068H559H6213H5971H4592H5619 5GOD said to Moses, "Go on out ahead of the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel. Take the staff you used to strike the Nile. And go.H3068H559H4872H5674H6440H5971H3947H2205H3478H4294H5221H2975H3947H3027H1980 6I'm going to be present before you there on the rock at Horeb. You are to strike the rock. Water will gush out of it and the people will drink." Moses did what he said, with the elders of Israel right there watching.H5975H6440H6697H2722H5221H6697H3318H4325H5971H8354H4872H6213H5869H2205H3478 7He named the place Massah (Testing-Place) and Meribah (Quarreling) because of the quarreling of the Israelites and because of their testing of GOD when they said, "Is GOD here with us, or not?"H7121H8034H4725H4532H4809H7379H1121H3478H5254H3068H559H3426H3068H7130 8Amalek came and fought Israel at Rephidim.H935H6002H3898H3478H7508 9Moses ordered Joshua: "Select some men for us and go out and fight Amalek. Tomorrow I will take my stand on top of the hill holding God's staff."H4872H559H3091H977H582H3318H3898H6002H4279H5324H7218H1389H4294H430H3027 10Joshua did what Moses ordered in order to fight Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill.H3091H6213H4872H559H3898H6002H4872H175H2354H5927H7218H1389 11It turned out that whenever Moses raised his hands, Israel was winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, Amalek was winning.H4872H7311H3027H3478H1396H5117H3027H6002H1396 12But Moses' hands got tired. So they got a stone and set it under him. He sat on it and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side. So his hands remained steady until the sun went down.H4872H3027H3515H3947H68H7760H3427H175H2354H8551H3027H259H259H3027H530H935H8121 13Joshua defeated Amalek and its army in battle.H3091H2522H6002H5971H6310H2719 14GOD said to Moses, "Write this up as a reminder to Joshua, to keep it before him, because I will most certainly wipe the very memory of Amalek off the face of the Earth."H3068H559H4872H3789H2146H5612H7760H241H3091H4229H4229H2143H6002H8064 15Moses built an altar and named it "GOD My Banner."H4872H1129H4196H7121H8034H3071 16He said, Salute GOD's rule! GOD at war with Amalek Always and forever!H559H3050H3027H3676H3068H4421H6002H1755H1755