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Exodus 17

Water in the Rock

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Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by  1stages from the wilderness of  aSin, according to the  2command of the LORD, and camped at  bRephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.

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Therefore the people  aquarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water that we may drink." And Moses said to them, " bWhy do you quarrel with me?  cWhy do you test the LORD?"

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But the people thirsted there for water; and  1they  agrumbled against Moses and said, "Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to kill  2us and  3our children and  3 bour livestock with thirst?"

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So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do to this people? A  alittle more and they will stone me."

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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pass before the people and take with you some of  athe elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which  byou struck the Nile, and go.

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"Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at  aHoreb; and  byou shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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He named the place  1 aMassah and  2 bMeribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they  ctested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us, or not?"

Amalek Fought

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Then  aAmalek came and fought against Israel at  bRephidim.

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So Moses said to  aJoshua, "Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with  bthe staff of God in my hand."

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Joshua did as Moses  1told him,  2and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and  aHur went up to the top of the hill.

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So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand  1down, Amalek prevailed.

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But Moses' hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur  asupported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set.

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So Joshua  1overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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Then the LORD said to Moses, " aWrite this in  1a book as a memorial and  2recite it to Joshua,  3that  bI will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."

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Moses built an  aaltar and named it  bThe LORD is My Banner;

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and he said, " 1 aThe LORD has sworn; the LORD will have war against Amalek from generation to generation."



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