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Exodus 17 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Water in the Rock

(Num 20:1–13 )

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Then all the congregation of the children of Israel moved on from the Wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water so we may [have something to] drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you tempt the LORD and try His patience?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - But the people were thirsty for water; and the people murmured against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:4 - So Moses cried out to the LORD for help, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at [fn]Horeb; there you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may [have something to] drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - He named the place [where this miracle occurred] Massah (test) and [fn]Meribah (contention) because of the quarreling of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the [patience of the] LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?”

Amalek Fought

(Gen 14:7; Num 13:29; 14:25 )

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Then [fn]Amalek [and his people] came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - So Moses said to [fn]Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek [and his people]. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua did as Moses said, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and [fn]Hur went up to the hilltop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - Now when Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he lowered his hand [due to fatigue], Amalek prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - But Moses’ hands were heavy and he grew tired. So they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other side; so it was that his hands were steady until the sun set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - So Joshua overwhelmed and defeated [fn]Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this in the book as a memorial and [fn]recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly wipe out the memory of Amalek [and his people] from under heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - And Moses built an altar and named it [fn]The LORD Is My Banner;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - saying, “The LORD has sworn [an oath]; the LORD will have war against [the people of] Amalek from generation to generation.”
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AMP Footnotes
Horeb may refer to the mountain range of which Sinai is an individual mountain.
A similar incident occurred when the Israelites were in the Wilderness of Zin at Meribah-kadesh (Num 20:8-13; Deut 32:50-52). On that occasion Moses disobeyed God’s specific instruction and paid a terrible price for his action.
These were a group of nomads descended from Amalek, a grandson of Esau, Jacob’s twin brother.
Joshua, leader of the tribe of Ephraim, was one of the great warriors of the OT and was an attendant to and the successor of Moses.
According to Josephus, Hur was the husband of Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron.
These nomadic people were the descendants of Esau.
Lit put in the ears of.
Heb YHWH (Yahweh)-Nissi.
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