Exodus:17

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* Then all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin , according to the commandment of the LORD , and camped in Rephidim ; but there was no water for the people to drink . * Therefore the people contended with Moses , and said , "Give us water , that we may drink ." So Moses said to them , "Why do you contend with me ? Why do you tempt the LORD ?" * And the people thirsted there for water , and the people complained against Moses , and said , "Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt , to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst ?" * So Moses cried out to the LORD , saying , "What shall I do with this people ? They are almost ready to stone me !" * And the LORD said to Moses , "Go on before the people , and take with you some of the elders of Israel . Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river , and go . * Behold , I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb ; and you 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 . * So he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah , because of the contention of the children of Israel , and because they tempted the LORD , saying , "Is the LORD among us or not ?" * Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim . * And Moses said to Joshua , "Choose us some men and go out , fight with Amalek . Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand ." * So Joshua did as Moses said to him , and fought with Amalek . And Moses , Aaron , and Hur went up to the top of the hill . * And so it was , when Moses held up his hand , that Israel prevailed ; and when he let down his hand , Amalek prevailed . * But Moses ' hands became heavy ; so they took a stone and put it under him , and he sat on it . And Aaron and Hur supported his hands , one on one side , and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun . * So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword . * Then the LORD said to Moses , "Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua , that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven ." * And Moses built an altar and called its name , The-LORD-Is-My-Banner ; * for he said , "Because the LORD has sworn : the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation ."

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