Exo 17 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin , according to the command of the Lord , and camped at Rephidim , and there was no water for the people to drink .

Exodus 17

Water in the Rock

1 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by ^{▼▼Lit their journeyings}stages from the wilderness of ^bSin, according to the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of the Lord, and camped at ^dRephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 So the people ^equarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water so that we may drink!” And Moses said to them, “ ^fWhy do you quarrel with me? ^gWhy do you test the Lord?” 3 But the people were thirsty for water there; and ^{▼▼Lit the people}they ⁱgrumbled against Moses and said, “Why is it that you have brought us up from Egypt, to kill ^{▼▼Lit me}us and ^{▼▼Lit my}our children and ^{▼▼Lit my
,} ^mour livestock with thirst?” 4 So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “What am I to do with this people? A ⁿlittle more and they will stone me!” 5 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of ^othe elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which ^pyou struck the Nile, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at ^qHoreb; and ^ryou shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 Then he named the place ^{▼▼I.e., test
,} ^tMassah and ^{▼▼I.e., quarrel
,} ^vMeribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they ^wtested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us, or not?”

Miraculous Battle against Amalek

8 Then ^xAmalek came and fought against Israel at ^yRephidim. 9 So Moses said to ^zJoshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with ^aathe staff of God in my hand.” 10 Joshua did just as Moses ^{▼▼Lit said to}told him, ^{▼▼Lit to fight}and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and ^adHur went up to the top of the hill. 11 So it came about, when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed; but when he let his hand ^{▼▼Lit rest}down, Amalek prevailed. 12 And Moses’ hands were heavy. So they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur ^afsupported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. So his hands were steady until the sun set. 13 And Joshua ^{▼▼Lit weakened}defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “ ^ahWrite this in ^{▼▼Lit the book}a book as a memorial and ^{▼▼Lit place it in the ears of}recite it to Joshua, ^{▼▼Or for}that ^alI will utterly wipe out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an ^amaltar and named it ^anThe Lord is My Banner; 16 and he said, “ ^{▼▼Or Because a hand is against the throne of the Lord; lit Because a hand upon the throne of Yah
,} ^apBecause the Lord has sworn, the Lord will have war against Amalek from generation to generation.”