Exodus 17

¹ And all the congregationcongregation of the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael journeyedjourneyed from the wilderness of Sinwilderness of Sin, after their journeysjourneys, according to the commandment of the LORDthe LORD, and encampedencamped in RephidimRephidim: and there was no waterwater for the people to drinkdrink.

² Wherefore the people contended with MosesMoses, and saidsaid, GiveGive usus waterwater that we may drinkdrink. And MosesMoses saidsaid to them, Why chide you with me? why do ye tempt the LORDthe LORD?

³ And the people thirstedthirsted there for waterwater; and the people murmuredmurmured against MosesMoses, and saidsaid, Why is this that thou hast brought usus out of EgyptEgypt to kill usus and our childrenchildren and our cattlecattle with thirstthirst?

⁴ And MosesMoses cried to the LORDthe LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? they are almost ready to stone me.

⁵ And the LORDthe LORD saidsaid to MosesMoses, GoGo on beforebefore the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israelelders of Israel: and thy rod, with which thou smotest the river, take in thy handhand, and GoGo.

⁶ Behold, I will standstand beforebefore thee there on the rockrock in Horeb; and thou shalt smitesmite the rockrock, and waterwater shall come out of it, that the people may drinkdrink. And MosesMoses did so in the sightsight of the elders of Israelelders of Israel.

⁷ And he calledcalled the namename of the placeplace Massah, and MeribahMeribah, because of the chiding of the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael, and because they tempted the LORDthe LORD, saying, Is the LORDthe LORD among usus, or not?

⁸ Then camecame Amalek, and fought with IsraelIsrael in RephidimRephidim.

⁹ And MosesMoses saidsaid to JoshuaJoshua, Choose usus out men, and go outgo out, fight with Amalek: to-morrowmorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of GodGod in my handhand.

¹⁰ So JoshuaJoshua did as MosesMoses had saidsaid to him, and fought with Amalek: and MosesMoses, AaronAaron, and HurHur, went up to the top of the hill.

¹¹ And it came to pass, when MosesMoses held up his handhand, that IsraelIsrael prevailed: and when he let down his handhand, Amalek prevailed.

¹² But Moses'sMoses's handshands were heavy; and they took a stonestone, and putput it underunder him, and he satsat upon it: and AaronAaron and HurHur supported his handshands, the oneone on the one sideone side, and the other on the other sideother side; and his handshands were steady until the going down of the sunsun.

¹³ And JoshuaJoshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the swordedge of the sword.

¹⁴ And the LORDthe LORD saidsaid to MosesMoses, WriteWrite this for a memorialmemorial in a bookbook, and rehearse it in the ears of JoshuaJoshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembranceremembrance of Amalek from underunder heavenheaven.

¹⁵ And MosesMoses builtbuilt an altaraltar, and calledcalled the namename of it JEHOVAH-nissiJEHOVAH-nissi:

¹⁶ For he saidsaid, Because the LORDthe LORD hath sworn that the LORDthe LORD will have warwar with Amalek from generationgeneration to generationgeneration.