17:1 All
the
congregation
of
the
people
of
Israel
moved
on
from
the
wilderness
of
Sin
by
stages,
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
LORD,
and
camped
at
Rephidim,
but
there
was
no
water
for
the
people
to
drink.
17:2 Therefore
the
people
quarreled
with
Moses
and
said,
"Give
us
water
to
drink."
And
Moses
said
to
them,
"Why
do
you
quarrel
with
me
Why
do
you
test
the
LORD"
17:3 But
the
people
thirsted
there
for
water,
and
the
people
grumbled
against
Moses
and
said,
"Why
did
you
bring
us
up
out
of
Egypt,
to
kill
us
and
our
children
and
our
livestock
with
thirst"
17:4 So
Moses
cried
to
the
LORD,
"What
shall
I
do
with
this
people
They
are
almost
ready
to
stone
me."
17:5 And
the
LORD
said
to
Moses,
"Pass
on
before
the
people,
taking
with
you
some
of
the
elders
of
Israel,
and
take
in
your
hand
the
staff
with
which
you
struck
the
Nile,
and
go.
17:6 Behold,
I
will
stand
before
you
there
on
the
rock
at
Horeb,
and
you
shall
strike
the
rock,
and
water
shall
come
out
of
it,
and
the
people
will
drink."
And
Moses
did
so,
in
the
sight
of
the
elders
of
Israel.
17:7 And
he
called
the
name
of
the
place
Massah
and
Meribah,
because
of
the
quarreling
of
the
people
of
Israel,
and
because
they
tested
the
LORD
by
saying,
"Is
the
LORD
among
us
or
not"
17:8 Then
Amalek
came
and
fought
with
Israel
at
Rephidim.
17:9 So
Moses
said
to
Joshua,
"Choose
for
us
men,
and
go
out
and
fight
with
Amalek.
Tomorrow
I
will
stand
on
the
top
of
the
hill
with
the
staff
of
God
in
my
hand."
17:10 So
Joshua
did
as
Moses
told
him,
and
fought
with
Amalek,
while
Moses,
Aaron,
and
Hur
went
up
to
the
top
of
the
hill.
17:11 Whenever
Moses
held
up
his
hand,
Israel
prevailed,
and
whenever
he
lowered
his
hand,
Amalek
prevailed.
17:12 But
Moses'
hands
grew
weary,
so
they
took
a
stone
and
put
it
under
him,
and
he
sat
on
it,
while
Aaron
and
Hur
held
up
his
hands,
one
on
one
side,
and
the
other
on
the
other
side.
So
his
hands
were
steady
until
the
going
down
of
the
sun.
17:13 And
Joshua
overwhelmed
Amalek
and
his
people
with
the
sword.
17:14 Then
the
LORD
said
to
Moses,
"Write
this
as
a
memorial
in
a
book
and
recite
it
in
the
ears
of
Joshua,
that
I
will
utterly
blot
out
the
memory
of
Amalek
from
under
heaven."
17:15 And
Moses
built
an
altar
and
called
the
name
of
it,
The
LORD
Is
My
Banner,
17:16 saying,
"A
hand
upon
the
throne
of
the
LORD!
The
LORD
will
have
war
with
Amalek
from
generation
to
generation."