Chapter 17
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 .’"