Thematic Bible
Exodus 17:1 (show verse)
And all the company of the children of Israel went on their journeys from the wilderness of Sin at the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: where was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 17:2 (show verse)
And the people chode with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said unto them, "Why chide ye with me, and wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?"
Exodus 17:3 (show verse)
There the people thirsted for water, and murmured against Moses and said, "Wherefore hast thou brought us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?"
Exodus 17:4 (show verse)
And Moses cried unto the LORD saying, "What shall I do unto this people? They be almost ready to stone me!"
Exodus 17:5 (show verse)
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Go before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel: and thy rod wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand and go.
Exodus 17:6 (show verse)
Behold, I will stand there before thee upon a rock in Horeb: and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out thereof, that the people may drink." And Moses did even so before the elders of Israel.
Exodus 17:7 (show verse)
And he called the name of the place: Massah-and-Meribah: because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"
Exodus 17:8 (show verse)
Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Exodus 17:9 (show verse)
And Moses said unto Joshua, "Choose out men and go fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill and the rod of God in mine hand."
Exodus 17:10 (show verse)
And Joshua did as Moses bade him, and fought with the Amalekites. And Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Exodus 17:11 (show verse)
And when Moses held up his hand, Israel had the better. And when he let his hand down, Amalek had the better.
Exodus 17:12 (show verse)
When Moses' hands were weary, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down 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 sun was down.
Exodus 17:13 (show verse)
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of his sword.
Exodus 17:14 (show verse)
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Write this for a remembrance in a book and tell it unto Joshua, for I will put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
Exodus 17:15 (show verse)
And Moses made an altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi,
Exodus 17:16 (show verse)
for he said, "The hand is on the seat of the LORD, that the LORD will have war with Amalek throughout all generations."