Exodus 17
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Exodus 17
1¶ And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and set up camp in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.
2And the people chided with Moses and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? Why do ye tempt the Lord?
3So the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses and said, Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?
4Then Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.
5And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people and take with thee of the elders of Israel and thy rod, with which thou didst smite the river take in thine hand and go.
6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb, and thou shalt smite the rock, and water shall come out of it that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah because of the chiding of the sons of Israel and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?
8¶ Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9And 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.
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.
11And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; but when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12And Moses’ hands were heavy, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side and the other on the other side; thus his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13And Joshua disabled Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in the book and tell Joshua that I must utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
15And Moses built an altar and called the name of it The Lord is my Banner, {YHWH-nissi}
16for he said, Because Amalek lifted his hand against the throne of the Lord, the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Exodus 17
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The LORD gives water from a rock
1The Israelites left the desert and moved from one place to another each time the LORD ordered them to. Once they camped at Rephidim,#17.1 Rephidim: The last stopping place for the Israelites between the Red Sea and Mount Sinai; the exact location is not known. but there was no water for them to drink.#Nu 20.2-13.
2The people started complaining to Moses, “Give us some water!”
Moses replied, “Why are you complaining to me and trying to put the LORD to the test?”
3But the people were thirsty and kept on complaining, “Moses, did you bring us out of Egypt just to let us and our families and our animals die of thirst?”
4Then Moses prayed to the LORD, “What am I going to do with these people? They are about to stone me to death!”
5The LORD answered, “Take some of the leaders with you and go ahead of the rest of the people. Also take along the walking stick you used to strike the River Nile, 6and when you get to the rock at Mount Sinai,#17.6 Sinai: The Hebrew text has “Horeb”, another name for Sinai. I will be there with you. Strike the rock with the stick, and water will pour out for the people to drink.” Moses did this while the leaders watched.
7The people had complained and tested the LORD by asking, “Is the LORD really with us?” So Moses named that place Massah, which means “testing” and Meribah, which means “complaining”.
Israel defeats the Amalekites
8When the Israelites were at Rephidim, they were attacked by the Amalekites. 9So Moses told Joshua, “Have some men ready to attack the Amalekites tomorrow. I will stand on a hilltop, holding this walking stick that has the power of God.”
10Joshua led the attack as Moses had commanded, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur stood on the hilltop. 11The Israelites out-fought the Amalekites as long as Moses held up his arms, but they started losing whenever he had to lower them. 12Finally, Moses was so tired that Aaron and Hur got a rock for him to sit on. Then they stood beside him and supported his arms in the same position until sunset. 13That's how Joshua defeated the Amalekites.
14Afterwards, the LORD said to Moses, “Write an account of this victory and read it to Joshua. I want the Amalekites to be forgotten for ever.”#Dt 25.17-19; 1 S 15.2-9.
15Moses built an altar and named it “The LORD Gives me Victory”. 16Then Moses explained, “This is because I depended on the LORD.#17.16 This…LORD: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. But in future generations, the LORD will have to fight the Amalekites again.”
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