And all the congregation of the children
of Israel
journeyed
from the wilderness
of Sin
, after their journeys
, according to the commandment
of the LORD
, and pitched
in Rephidim
: and there was no water
for the people
to drink
.
Wherefore the people did chide
with Moses
, and said
, Give
us water
that we may drink
. And Moses
said
unto them, Why chide
ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt
the LORD
?
And the people thirsted
there for water
; and the people
murmured
against Moses
, and said
, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought
us up out of Egypt
, to kill
us and our children
and our cattle
with thirst
?
And Moses cried
unto the LORD
, saying
, What shall I do
unto this people
? they be almost
ready to stone
me.
And the LORD said
unto Moses
, Go on
before
the people
, and take
with thee of the elders
of Israel
; and thy rod
, wherewith thou smotest
the river
, take
in thine hand
, and go
.
Behold, I will stand before
thee there upon the rock
in Horeb
; and thou shalt smite
the rock
, and there shall come
water
out of it, that the people
may drink
. And Moses
did
so in the sight
of the elders
of Israel
.
And he called the name
of the place
Massah
, and Meribah
, because of the chiding
of the children
of Israel
, and because they tempted
the LORD
, saying
, Is
the LORD
among
us, or not?
Then came Amalek
, and fought
with Israel
in Rephidim
.
And Moses said
unto Joshua
, Choose us out
men
, and go out
, fight
with Amalek
: to morrow
I will stand
on the top
of the hill
with the rod
of God
in mine hand
.
So Joshua did
as Moses
had said
to him, and fought
with Amalek
: and Moses
, Aaron
, and Hur
went up
to the top
of the hill
.
And it came to pass, when Moses held up
his hand
, that Israel
prevailed
: and when he let down
his hand
, Amalek
prevailed
.
But Moses' hands
were heavy
; and they took
a stone
, and put
it under him, and he sat
thereon; and Aaron
and Hur
stayed up
his hands
, the one on the one side
, and the other on the other side
; and his hands
were steady
until the going down
of the sun
.
And Joshua discomfited
Amalek
and his people
with the edge
of the sword
.
And the LORD said
unto Moses
, Write
this for a memorial
in a book
, and rehearse
it in the ears
of Joshua
: for I will utterly
put out
the remembrance
of Amalek
from under heaven
.
And Moses built
an altar
, and called
the name
of it Jehovahnissi
:
For he said, Because the LORD
hath sworn
that the LORD
will have war
with Amalek
from generation
to generation
.