Exodus 17
1. And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed * from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched * in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink * .
2. Wherefore the people did chide * with Moses, and said * , Give * us water that we may drink * . And Moses said * unto them, Why chide * ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt * the LORD?
3. And the people thirsted * there for water; and the people murmured * against Moses, and said * , Wherefore is this that thou hast 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 be almost ready to stone * me.
5. And the LORD said * unto Moses,Go on * before the people, and take * with thee of the elders of Israel;and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest * the river, take * in thine 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 he called * the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted * 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: to morrow I will stand * on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine 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 a book, and rehearse * it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly * put out * the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
15. And Moses built * an altar, and called * the name of it Jehovahnissi:
16. For he said * , Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
