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Exodus
Chapter 17
1 And all the congregation of the children
of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of
Sin, by their stages, according to the
commandment of the LORD, and encamped in
Rephidim; and there was no water for the
people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people
strove with Moses, and said: 'Give us
water that we may drink.' And Moses said
unto them: 'Why strive ye with me?
wherefore do ye try the LORD?' 3 And 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?' 4 And Moses cried
unto the LORD, saying: 'What shall I do
unto this people? they are almost ready to
stone me.' 5 And the LORD said unto Moses:
'Pass on before the people, and take with
thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod,
wherewith thou smotest the river, take in
thy hand, and go. 6 Behold, 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. 7 And the
name of the place was called Massah, and
Meribah, because of the striving of the
children of Israel, and because they tried
the LORD, saying: 'Is the LORD among us,
or not?'
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel
in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto Joshua:
'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with
Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top
of the hill with the rod of God in my
hand.' 10 So 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. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses
held up his hand, that Israel prevailed;
and when he let down his hand, Amalek
prevailed. 12 But 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. 13 And Joshua discomfited
Amalek and his people with the edge of the
sword.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write
this for a memorial in the book, and
rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I
will utterly blot out the remembrance of
Amalek from under heaven.' 15 And Moses
built an altar, and called the name of it
Adonai-nissi. 16 And he said: 'The hand
upon the throne of the LORD: the LORD will
have war with Amalek from generation to
generation.'
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