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Exodus 17 (WEBP)
[1] All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
[2] Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
[3] The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
[4] Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
[5] Yahweh said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
[6] Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
[7] He called the name of the place Massah,° and Meribah,° because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
[8] Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
[9] Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”
[10] So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
[11] When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
[12] But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
[13] Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
[14] Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
[15] Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”.°
[16] He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’ ”
Exodus 17:7a Massah means testing.
Exodus 17:7b Meribah means quarreling.
Exodus 17:15 Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Exodus 17 (KJVS)
[1] And all the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 (8799) from the wilderness H4057 of Sin H5512, after their journeys H4550, according to the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068, and pitched H2583 (8799) in Rephidim H7508: and [there was] no water H4325 for the people H5971 to drink H8354 (8800).
[2] Wherefore the people H5971 did chide H7378 (8799) with Moses H4872, and said H559 (8799), Give H5414 (8798) us water H4325 that we may drink H8354 (8799). And Moses H4872 said H559 (8799) unto them, Why chide H7378 (8799) ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt H5254 (8762) the LORD H3068?
[3] And the people H5971 thirsted H6770 (8799) there for water H4325; and the people H5971 murmured H3885 (8686) against Moses H4872, and said H559 (8799), Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought H5927 (8689) us up out of Egypt H4714, to kill H4191 (8687) us and our children H1121 and our cattle H4735 with thirst H6772?
[4] And Moses H4872 cried H6817 (8799) unto the LORD H3068, saying H559 (8800), What shall I do H6213 (8799) unto this people H5971? they be almost H4592 ready to stone H5619 (8804) me.
[5] And the LORD H3068 said H559 (8799) unto Moses H4872, Go on H5674 (8798) before H6440 the people H5971, and take H3947 (8798) with thee of the elders H2205 of Israel H3478; and thy rod H4294, wherewith thou smotest H5221 (8689) the river H2975, take H3947 (8798) in thine hand H3027, and go H1980 (8804).
[6] Behold, I will stand H5975 (8802) before H6440 thee there upon the rock H6697 in Horeb H2722; and thou shalt smite H5221 (8689) the rock H6697, and there shall come H3318 (8804) water H4325 out of it, that the people H5971 may drink H8354 (8804). And Moses H4872 did H6213 (8799) so in the sight H5869 of the elders H2205 of Israel H3478.
[7] And he called H7121 (8799) the name H8034 of the place H4725 Massah H4532, and Meribah H4809, because of the chiding H7379 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478, and because they tempted H5254 (8763) the LORD H3068, saying H559 (8800), Is H3426 the LORD H3068 among H7130 us, or not?
[8] Then came H935 (8799) Amalek H6002, and fought H3898 (8735) with Israel H3478 in Rephidim H7508.
[9] And Moses H4872 said H559 (8799) unto Joshua H3091, Choose us out H977 (8798) men H582, and go out H3318 (8798), fight H3898 (8734) with Amalek H6002: to morrow H4279 I will stand H5324 (8737) on the top H7218 of the hill H1389 with the rod H4294 of God H430 in mine hand H3027.
[10] So Joshua H3091 did H6213 (8799) as Moses H4872 had said H559 (8804) to him, and fought H3898 (8736) with Amalek H6002: and Moses H4872, Aaron H175, and Hur H2354 went up H5927 (8804) to the top H7218 of the hill H1389.
[11] And it came to pass, when Moses H4872 held up H7311 (8686) his hand H3027, that Israel H3478 prevailed H1396 (8804): and when he let down H5117 (8686) his hand H3027, Amalek H6002 prevailed H1396 (8804).
[12] But Moses H4872’ hands H3027 [were] heavy H3515; and they took H3947 (8799) a stone H68, and put H7760 (8799) [it] under him, and he sat H3427 (8799) thereon; and Aaron H175 and Hur H2354 stayed up H8551 (8804) his hands H3027, the one on the one side H259, and the other on the other side H259; and his hands H3027 were steady H530 until the going down H935 (8800) of the sun H8121.
[13] And Joshua H3091 discomfited H2522 (8799) Amalek H6002 and his people H5971 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.
[14] And the LORD H3068 said H559 (8799) unto Moses H4872, Write H3789 (8798) this [for] a memorial H2146 in a book H5612, and rehearse H7760 (8798) [it] in the ears H241 of Joshua H3091: for I will utterly H4229 (8800) put out H4229 (8799) the remembrance H2143 of Amalek H6002 from under heaven H8064.
[15] And Moses H4872 built H1129 (8799) an altar H4196, and called H7121 (8799) the name H8034 of it Jehovahnissi H3071:
[16] For he said H559 (8799), Because the LORD H3050 hath sworn H3027 H3676 [that] the LORD H3068 [will have] war H4421 with Amalek H6002 from generation H1755 to generation H1755.
Young’s Literal Translation
Exodus 17 (YLT)
[1] And all the company of the sons of Israel journey from the wilderness of Sin, on their journeyings, by the command of Jehovah, and encamp in Rephidim, and there is no water for the people to drink;
[2] and the people strive with Moses, and say, ‘Give us water, and we drink.’ And Moses saith to them, ‘What?-ye strive with me, what?-ye try Jehovah?’
[3] and the people thirst there for water, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, ‘Why is this?-thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to put us to death, also our sons and our cattle, with thirst.’
[4] And Moses crieth to Jehovah, saying, ‘What do I to this people? yet a little, and they have stoned me.’
[5] And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Pass over before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy rod with which thou hast smitten the River take in thy hand, and thou hast gone:
[6] Lo, I am standing before thee there on the rock in Horeb, and thou hast smitten on the rock, and waters have come out from it, and the people have drunk.’ And Moses doth so before the eyes of the elders of Israel,
[7] and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the ‘strife’ of the sons of Israel, and because of their ‘trying’ Jehovah, saying, ‘Is Jehovah in our midst or not?’
[8] And Amalek cometh, and fighteth with Israel in Rephidim,
[9] and Moses saith unto Joshua, ‘Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand.’
[10] And Joshua doth as Moses hath said to him, to fight with Amalek, and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, have gone up to the top of the height;
[11] and it hath come to pass, when Moses lifteth up his hand, that Israel hath been mighty, and when he letteth his hands rest, that Amalek hath been mighty.
[12] And the hands of Moses are heavy, and they take a stone, and set it under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun;
[13] and Joshua weakeneth Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword.
[14] And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Write this, a memorial in a Book, and set it in the ears of Joshua, that I do utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens;’
[15] and Moses buildeth an altar, and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi,
[16] and saith, ‘Because a hand is on the throne of Jah, war is to Jehovah with Amalek from generation-generation.’