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And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin , after their journeys according to the mouth of Jehovah , and they encamped in Rephidim ; and there was no water for the people to drink .
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And the people strove with Moses , and they said , Give ye water to us and we will drink . And Moses said to them, why strive you with me? why do you tempt Jehovah ?
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And the people thirsted there for waters, and the people murmured against Moses , and said , Why is this, that thou hast made us come··up out··of Egypt , to put · me ·to··death, and my sons, and my livestock , with thirst ?
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And Moses cried to Jehovah , saying, What shall I do for this people? A··little more and they will stone◦ me.
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And Jehovah said to Moses , Pass ··on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel ; and thy rod, with which thou smotest the river◦, take in thy hand , and go .
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Behold, I stand before thee there on the rock in Horeb*; and thou shalt smite the rock , and waters shall come··out of it, that the people may drink . And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel .
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And he called the name of the place Massah* and Meribah*, on··account··of the strife of the sons of Israel , and on··account··of their tempting Jehovah , saying, Is◦ Jehovah in the midst◦ of us , or not◦?
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And Amalek came , and fought with Israel in Rephidim .
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And Moses said to▵ Joshua , Choose for us men◦, and go ··out, fight against◦ Amalek; tomorrow I▵ will stand··up on the head of the hill, and the rod of God will be in my hand .
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And Joshua did as Moses had said to him, in fighting against Amalek; and Moses , Aaron and Hur went··up to the head of the hill.
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And it was, when▵ Moses lifted··high his hand , that Israel prevailed; and when▵ he rested his hand , that Amalek prevailed.
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And the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone , and set it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur upheld◦ his hands , one on this side , and one on that▵; and his hands were steady* even··until the setting* of the sun .
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And Joshua overcame* Amalek and his people with the mouth of the sword .
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And Jehovah said to▵ Moses , Write this for a memorial in the book , and set it in the ears of Joshua , that wiping I will wipe··out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens .
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And Moses built an altar , and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi*.
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And he said , Because◦ there is a hand against the throne of Jah , the war of Jehovah is against◦ Amalek from generation to generation .