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All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin , by their journeys , according to Yahweh 's commandment, and encamped in Rephidim ; but there was no water for the people to drink .
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Therefore the people quarreled with Moses , and said , "Give us water to drink ." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh ?"
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The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Moses , and said , "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt , to kill us , our children , and our livestock with thirst ?"
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Moses cried to Yahweh , saying, "What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."
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Yahweh said to Moses , "Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile , and go .
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Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock , and water will come out of it, that the people may drink ." Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel .
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He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah , because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh , saying, "Is Yahweh among us , or not?"
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Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim .
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Moses said to Joshua , "Choose men for us , and go out , fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand ."
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So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses , Aaron , and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
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It happened, when Moses held up his hand , that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand , Amalek prevailed.
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But Moses ' hands were heavy; and they took a stone , and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands , the one on the one side , and the other on the other side . His hands were steady until sunset .
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Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword .
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Yahweh said to Moses , "Write this for a memorial in a book , and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky ."
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Moses built an altar , and called its name Yahweh our Banner.
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He said , "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation .'"