1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin , by their journeys , according to the commandment of Jehovah , and encamped in Rephidim : and there was no water for the people to drink . 2Wherefore the people strove with Moses , and said, Give us water that we may drink . And Moses said unto them , Why strive ye with me ? wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah ? 3And the people thirsted there for water ; and the people murmured against Moses , and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt , to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst ? 4And Moses cried unto Jehovah , saying, What shall I do unto this people ? they are almost ready to stone me . 5And Jehovah said unto Moses , Pass on before the people , and take with thee of the elders of Israel ; and thy rod , wherewith thou smotest the river , take in thy hand , and go . 6Behold , I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the rock , and there shall come water out of it , that the people may drink . And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel . 7And he called the name of the place Massah , and Meribah , because of the striving of the children of Israel , and because they tempted Jehovah , saying, Is Jehovah among us , or not ?
The Battle with Amalek
8Then came Amalek , and fought with Israel in Rephidim . 9And Moses said unto Joshua , Choose us out men , and go out , fight with Amalek : to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand . 10So Joshua did as Moses had said to him , and fought with Amalek : and Moses , Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill . 11And it came to pass , when Moses held up his hand , that Israel prevailed ; and when he let down his hand , Amalek prevailed . 12But Moses ’ hands were heavy ; and they took a stone, and put it under him , and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands , the one on the one side , and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun . 13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword . 14and Jehovah said unto Moses , Write this for a memorial in a book , and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven . 15And Moses built an altar , and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi ; 16and he said, Jehovah hath sworn : Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation .