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Exodus 17
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1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Jehovah, and encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
1The entire community of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They set up camp at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
2Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?
2So the people argued with Moses and said, 'Give us water to drink.' Moses replied, 'Why are you arguing with me? Why are you testing the LORD?'
3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
3But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses. They said, 'Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Was it to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?'
4And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.
4Moses cried out to the LORD, 'What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!'
5And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.
5The LORD said to Moses, 'Go out in front of the people. Take some of the elders of Israel with you, and take the staff you used to strike the Nile River in your hand, and go.'
6Behold, 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.
6'Look, I will stand there before you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it so the people can drink.' Moses did this while the elders of Israel watched.
7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?
7He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites argued and because they tested the LORD, asking, 'Is the LORD with us or not?'
8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
8Then the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
9And 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 my hand.
9Moses said to Joshua, 'Choose some men for us and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.'
10So 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.
10Joshua did exactly what Moses told him and fought Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill.
11And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
11As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.
12But 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.
12When Moses’ arms grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him so he could sit on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until sunset.
13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
13So Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword.
14and Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
14Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure Joshua hears it: I will completely erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.'