17:1 And all the congregation 5712 of the children 1121 of Israel 3478 journeyed 5265 8799 from the wilderness 4057 of Sin 5512, after their journeys 4550, according to the commandment 6310 of the LORD 3068, and pitched 2583 8799 in Rephidim 7508: and [there was] no water 4325 for the people 5971 to drink 8354 8800.

17:2 Wherefore the people 5971 did chide 7378 8799 with Moses 4872, and said 559 8799, Give 5414 8798 us water 4325 that we may drink 8354 8799. And Moses 4872 said 559 8799 unto them, Why chide 7378 8799 ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt 5254 8762 the LORD 3068?

17:3 And the people 5971 thirsted 6770 8799 there for water 4325; and the people 5971 murmured 3885 8686 against Moses 4872, and said 559 8799, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought 5927 8689 us up out of Egypt 4714, to kill 4191 8687 us and our children 1121 and our cattle 4735 with thirst 6772?

17:4 And Moses 4872 cried 6817 8799 unto the LORD 3068, saying 559 8800, What shall I do 6213 8799 unto this people 5971? they be almost 4592 ready to stone 5619 8804 me.

17:5 And the LORD 3068 said 559 8799 unto Moses 4872, Go on 5674 8798 before 6440 the people 5971, and take 3947 8798 with thee of the elders 2205 of Israel 3478; and thy rod 4294, wherewith thou smotest 5221 8689 the river 2975, take 3947 8798 in thine hand 3027, and go 1980 8804.

17:6 Behold, I will stand 5975 8802 before 6440 thee there upon the rock 6697 in Horeb 2722; and thou shalt smite 5221 8689 the rock 6697, and there shall come 3318 8804 water 4325 out of it, that the people 5971 may drink 8354 8804. And Moses 4872 did 6213 8799 so in the sight 5869 of the elders 2205 of Israel 3478.

17:7 And he called 7121 8799 the name 8034 of the place 4725 Massah 4532, and Meribah 4809, because of the chiding 7379 of the children 1121 of Israel 3478, and because they tempted 5254 8763 the LORD 3068, saying 559 8800, Is 3426 the LORD 3068 among 7130 us, or not?(Massah: that is, Temptation)(Meribah: that is, Chiding, or, Strife)

17:8 Then came 935 8799 Amalek 6002, and fought 3898 8735 with Israel 3478 in Rephidim 7508.

17:9 And Moses 4872 said 559 8799 unto Joshua 3091, Choose us out 977 8798 men 582, and go out 3318 8798, fight 3898 8734 with Amalek 6002: to morrow 4279 I will stand 5324 8737 on the top 7218 of the hill 1389 with the rod 4294 of God 430 in mine hand 3027.(Joshua: called Jesus)

17:10 So Joshua 3091 did 6213 8799 as Moses 4872 had said 559 8804 to him, and fought 3898 8736 with Amalek 6002: and Moses 4872, Aaron 175, and Hur 2354 went up 5927 8804 to the top 7218 of the hill 1389.

17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses 4872 held up 7311 8686 his hand 3027, that Israel 3478 prevailed 1396 8804: and when he let down 5117 8686 his hand 3027, Amalek 6002 prevailed 1396 8804.

17:12 But Moses' 4872 hands 3027 [were] heavy 3515; and they took 3947 8799 a stone 68, and put 7760 8799 [it] under him, and he sat 3427 8799 thereon; and Aaron 175 and Hur 2354 stayed up 8551 8804 his hands 3027, the one on the one side 259, and the other on the other side 259; and his hands 3027 were steady 530 until the going down 935 8800 of the sun 8121.

17:13 And Joshua 3091 discomfited 2522 8799 Amalek 6002 and his people 5971 with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719.

17:14 And the LORD 3068 said 559 8799 unto Moses 4872, Write 3789 8798 this [for] a memorial 2146 in a book 5612, and rehearse 7760 8798 [it] in the ears 241 of Joshua 3091: for I will utterly 4229 8800 put out 4229 8799 the remembrance 2143 of Amalek 6002 from under heaven 8064.

17:15 And Moses 4872 built 1129 8799 an altar 4196, and called 7121 8799 the name 8034 of it Jehovahnissi 3071:(Jehovahnissi: that is, The LORD my banner)

17:16 For he said 559 8799, Because the LORD 3050 hath sworn 3027 3676 [that] the LORD 3068 [will have] war 4421 with Amalek 6002 from generation 1755 to generation 1755.(Because…: or, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, therefore, etc)(the LORD hath…: Heb. the hand upon the throne of the LORD)

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