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1. The whole Israelite community left the Desert of Sin and traveled from place to place, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water there for the people to drink.
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1. And all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 from the wilderness H4480 H4057 of Sin H5512 , after their journeys H4550 , according to H5921 the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 , and pitched H2583 in Rephidim H7508 : and there was no H369 water H4325 for the people H5971 to drink H8354 .
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2. So they quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why are you testing the Lord?"
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2. Wherefore the people H5971 did chide H7378 with H5973 Moses H4872 , and said H559 , Give H5414 us water H4325 that we may drink H8354 . And Moses H4872 said H559 unto them, Why H4100 chide H7378 ye with H5978 me? wherefore H4100 do ye tempt H5254 H853 the LORD H3068 ?
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3. But the people were very thirsty for water, so they grumbled against Moses. They said, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Was it to kill us, our children, and our farm animals with thirst?"
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3. And the people H5971 thirsted H6770 there H8033 for water H4325 ; and the people H5971 murmured H3885 against H5921 Moses H4872 , and said H559 , Wherefore H4100 is this H2088 that thou hast brought us up H5927 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , to kill H4191 us and our children H1121 and our cattle H4735 with thirst H6772 ?
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4. So Moses cried to the Lord, "What can I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me to death."
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4. And Moses H4872 cried H6817 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , What H4100 shall I do H6213 unto this H2088 people H5971 ? they be almost H4592 ready H5750 to stone H5619 me.
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5. The Lord said to Moses, "Go ahead of the people, and take some of the older leaders of Israel with you. Carry with you the walking stick that you used to strike the Nile River. Now go!
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5. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Go on H5674 before H6440 the people H5971 , and take H3947 with H854 thee of the elders H4480 H2205 of Israel H3478 ; and thy rod H4294 , wherewith H834 thou smotest H5221 H853 the river H2975 , take H3947 in thine hand H3027 , and go H1980 .
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6. I will stand in front of you on a rock at Mount Sinai. Hit that rock with the stick, and water will come out of it so that the people can drink." Moses did these things as the older leaders of Israel watched.
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6. Behold H2009 , I will stand H5975 before H6440 thee there H8033 upon H5921 the rock H6697 in Horeb H2722 ; and thou shalt smite H5221 the rock H6697 , and there shall come H3318 water H4325 out of H4480 it , that the people H5971 may drink H8354 . And Moses H4872 did H6213 so H3651 in the sight H5869 of the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 .
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7. He named that place Massah, because the Israelites tested the Lord when they asked, "Is the Lord with us or not?" He also named it Meribah, because they quarreled.
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7. And he called H7121 the name H8034 of the place H4725 Massah H4532 , and Meribah H4809 , because of H5921 the chiding H7379 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and because H5921 they tempted H5254 H853 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , Is H3426 the LORD H3068 among H7130 us, or H518 not H369 ?
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8. At Rephidim the Amalekites came and fought the Israelites.
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8. Then came H935 Amalek H6002 , and fought H3898 with H5973 Israel H3478 in Rephidim H7508 .
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9. So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men and go and fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill, holding the walking stick of God in my hands."
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9. And Moses H4872 said H559 unto H413 Joshua H3091 , Choose us out H977 men H376 , and go out H3318 , fight H3898 with Amalek H6002 : tomorrow H4279 I H595 will stand H5324 on H5921 the top H7218 of the hill H1389 with the rod H4294 of God H430 in mine hand H3027 .
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10. Joshua obeyed Moses and went to fight the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill.
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10. So Joshua H3091 did H6213 as H834 Moses H4872 had said H559 to him , and fought H3898 with Amalek H6002 : and Moses H4872 , Aaron H175 , and Hur H2354 went up H5927 to the top H7218 of the hill H1389 .
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11. As long as Moses held his hands up, the Israelites would win the fight, but when Moses put his hands down, the Amalekites would win.
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11. And it came to pass H1961 , when H834 Moses H4872 held up H7311 his hand H3027 , that Israel H3478 prevailed H1396 : and when H834 he let down H5117 his hand H3027 , Amalek H6002 prevailed H1396 .
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12. Later, when Moses' arms became tired, the men put a large rock under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands -- Aaron on one side and Hur on the other. They kept his hands steady until the sun went down.
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12. But Moses H4872 ' hands H3027 were heavy H3515 ; and they took H3947 a stone H68 , and put H7760 it under H8478 him , and he sat H3427 thereon H5921 ; and Aaron H175 and Hur H2354 stayed up H8551 his hands H3027 , the one H259 on the one side H4480 H2088 , and the other H259 on the other side H4480 H2088 ; and his hands H3027 were H1961 steady H530 until H5704 the going down H935 of the sun H8121 .
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13. So Joshua defeated the Amalekites in this battle.
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13. And Joshua H3091 discomfited H2522 H853 Amalek H6002 and his people H5971 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 .
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14. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write about this battle in a book so people will remember. And be sure to tell Joshua, because I will completely destroy the Amalekites from the earth."
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14. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Write H3789 this H2063 for a memorial H2146 in a book H5612 , and rehearse H7760 it in the ears H241 of Joshua H3091 : for H3588 I will utterly put out H4229 H4229 H853 the remembrance H2143 of Amalek H6002 from under H4480 H8478 heaven H8064 .
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15. Then Moses built an altar and named it The Lord is my Banner.
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15. And Moses H4872 built H1129 an altar H4196 , and called H7121 the name H8034 of it Jehovah H3071 -nissi:
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16. Moses said, "I lifted my hands toward the Lord's throne. The Lord will fight against the Amalekites forever."
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16. For he said H559 , Because H3588 the LORD H3050 hath sworn H3027 H5921 H3676 that the LORD H3068 will have war H4421 with Amalek H6002 from generation H4480 H1755 to generation H1755 .
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