Dual Panel1The whole community of Israel set out from the wilderness of Sin and travelled by stages as the LORD directed. They encamped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink,
2and a dispute arose between them and Moses. When they said, “Give us water to drink,” Moses said, “Why do you dispute with me? Why do you challenge the LORD?”
3The people became so thirsty there that they raised an outcry against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt with our children and our herds to let us die of thirst?”
4Moses appealed to the LORD, “What shall I do with these people? In a moment they will be stoning me.”
5The LORD answered, “Go forward ahead of the people; take with you some of the elders of Israel and bring along the staff with which you struck the Nile. Go,
6you will find me waiting for you there, by a rock in Horeb. Strike the rock; water will pour out of it for the people to drink.” Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7He named the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites had disputed with him and put the LORD to the test with their question, “Is the LORD in our midst or not?”
8The Amalekites came and attacked Israel at Rephidim.
9Moses said to Joshua, “Pick men for us, and march out tomorrow to fight against Amalek; and I shall stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
10Joshua did as Moses commanded and fought against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of the hill.
11Whenever Moses raised his hands Israel had the advantage, and when he lowered his hands the advantage passed to Amalek.
12When his arms grew heavy they took a stone and put it under him and, as he sat, Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady till sunset.
13Thus Joshua defeated Amalek and put its people to the sword.
14The LORD said to Moses, “Record this in writing, and tell it to Joshua in these words: I am resolved to blot out all memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
15Moses built an altar, and named it “The LORD is my Banner” and said,
16“My oath upon it: the LORD is at war with Amalek generation after generation.”