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Water from the Rock

¹ Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by ^(F1)stages from the wilderness of ^(C1)Sin, according to the ^(F2)command of Yahweh, and they camped at ^(C2)Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.² Therefore the people ^(C1)contended with Moses and said, "Give us water that we may drink." And Moses said to them, "^(C2)Why do you contend with me? ^(C3)Why do you test Yahweh?"³ But the people thirsted there for water; and ^(F1)they ^(C1)grumbled against Moses and said, "Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to put ^(F2)us and ^(F3)our children and ^(F3)(C2)our livestock to death with thirst?"⁴ So Moses cried out to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do to this people? A ^(C1)little more and they will stone me."⁵ Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Pass before the people and take with you some of ^(C1)the elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which ^(C2)you struck the Nile, and go.⁶ "Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at ^(C1)Horeb; and ^(C2)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.⁷ So he named the place ^(F1)(C1)Massah and ^(F2)(C2)Meribah because of the contending of the sons of Israel, and because they ^(C3)tested Yahweh, saying, "Is Yahweh among us or not?"

Israel Overwhelms Amalek

⁸ Then ^(C1)Amalek came and fought against Israel at ^(C2)Rephidim.⁹ So Moses said to ^(C1)Joshua, "Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will take my stand on the top of the hill with ^(C2)the staff of God in my hand."¹⁰ And Joshua did as Moses ^(F1)told him, to fight against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and ^(C1)Hur went up to the top of the hill.¹¹ So it happened when Moses raised his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand ^(F1)down, Amalek prevailed.¹² But Moses' hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur ^(C1)supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set.¹³ So Joshua ^(F1)overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

¹⁴ Then Yahweh said to Moses, "^(C1)Write this in ^(F1)a book as a memorial and ^(F2)recite it in Joshua's hearing, ^(F3)that ^(C2)I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."¹⁵ And Moses built an ^(C1)altar and named it ^(C2)Yahweh is My Banner;¹⁶ and he said, "^(C1)Because He has sworn with a hand upon the throne of Yah, Yahweh will have war against Amalek from generation to generation."