Dual Panel1The whole <03605> community <05712> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> traveled <05265> on their journey <04550> from the Desert <04057> of Sin <05512> according to <05921> the Lord’s <03068> instruction <06310>, and they pitched camp <02583> in Rephidim <07508>. Now there was no <0369> water <04325> for the people <05971> to drink <08354>.
2So the people <05971> contended <07378> with <05973> Moses <04872>, and they said <0559>, “Give <05414> us water <04325> to drink <08354>!” Moses <04872> said <0559> to them, “Why <04100> do you contend <07378> with me <05978>? Why <04100> do you test <05254> the Lord <03068>?”
3But the people <05971> were very thirsty <06770> there <08033> for water <04325>, and they <05971> murmured <03885> against <05921> Moses <04872> and said <0559>, “Why <04100> in the world did you bring <05927> us up <05927> out of Egypt <04714>– to kill <04191> us and our children <01121> and our cattle <04735> with thirst <06772>?”
4Then Moses <04872> cried out <06817> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, “What <04100> will I do <06213> with this <02088> people <05971>?– a little <04592> more <05750> and they will stone <05619> me!”
5The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Go over <05674> before <06440> the people <05971>; take <03947> with <0854> you some of the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> and take <03947> in your hand <03027> your staff <04294> with which <0834> you struck <05221> the Nile <02975> and go <01980>.
6I will be standing <05975> before <06440> you there <08033> on <05921> the rock <06697> in Horeb <02722>, and you will strike <05221> the rock <06697>, and water <04325> will come out <03318> of <04480> it so that the people <05971> may drink <08354>.” And Moses <04872> did <06213> so <03651> in plain view <05869> of the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>.
7He called <07121> the name <08034> of the place <04725> Massah <04532> and Meribah <04809>, because <05921> of the contending <07379> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> and because <05921> of their testing <05254> the Lord <03068>, saying <0559>, “Is <03426> the Lord <03068> among <07130> us or <0518> not <0369>?”
8Amalek <06002> came <0935> and attacked <03898> Israel <03478> in Rephidim <07508>.
9So Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> Joshua <03091>, “Choose <0977> some of our men <0376> and go out <03318>, fight <03898> against Amalek <06002>. Tomorrow <04279> I <0595> will stand <05324> on <05921> top <07218> of the hill <01389> with the staff <04294> of God <0430> in my hand <03027>.”
10So Joshua <03091> fought <03898> against Amalek <06002> just as <0834> Moses <04872> had instructed <0559> him;and Moses and <04872> Aaron and <0175> Hur went <02354> up to <05927> the top of <07218> the hill <01389>.
11Whenever <0834> <01961> Moses <04872> would raise <07311> his hands <03027>, then Israel <03478> prevailed <01396>, but whenever <0834> he would rest <05117> his hands <03027>, then Amalek <06002> prevailed <01396>.
12When the hands <03027> of Moses <04872> became heavy <03515>, they took <03947> a stone <068> and put <07760> it under <08478> him, and Aaron <0175> and Hur <02354> held up <08551> his hands <03027>, one on one <0259> side and one <0259> on the other, and so <01961> his hands <03027> were steady <0530> until <05704> the sun <08121> went down <0935>.
13So Joshua <03091> destroyed <02522> Amalek <06002> and his army <05971> with the sword <02719> <06310>.
14The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Write <03789> this <02063> as a memorial <02146> in the book <05612>, and rehearse <07760> it in Joshua’s <03091> hearing <0241>; for <03588> I will surely wipe out <04229> <04229> the remembrance <02143> of Amalek <06002> from under <08478> heaven <08064>.
15Moses <04872> built <01129> an altar <04196>, and he called <08034> <07121> it “The Lord <03068> is my Banner <05251>,”
16for he said <0559>, “For <03588> a hand was lifted up <03676> <05921> <03027> to the throne of the Lord <03050>– that the Lord <03068> will have war <04421> with Amalek <06002> from generation <01755> to generation <01755>.”