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
.
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
?"
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
?"
So Moses cried
out to the LORD
, saying
, "What
shall I do
to this
people
? A alittle
more
and they will stone
me."
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
.
"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
.
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?"
Then aAmalek came
and fought
against
Israel
at bRephidim
.
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
."
Joshua did
as Moses
1told
him, 2and fought
against Amalek
; and Moses
, Aaron
, and aHur
went
up to the top
of the hill
.
So it came about when
Moses
held
his hand
up, that Israel
prevailed
, and when
he let his hand
1down
, Amalek
prevailed
.
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
.
So Joshua 1overwhelmed
Amalek
and his people
with the edge
of the sword
.
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
."
Moses built
an aaltar
and named
it bThe LORD
is My Banner
;
and he said, " 1 aThe LORD
has sworn
; the LORD
will have war
against Amalek
from generation
to generation
."