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    Exodus 17

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    At Rephidim, a stone becomes Moses’ chair, Aaron and Hur become his arms, and the battle lasts until sunset.

    Water from the rockvv. 1–7

    Israel leaves the Desert of Sin and camps at Rephidim, where there is no water. The people quarrel with Moses, Moses fears they will stone him, and the LORD sends him ahead with the elders and the staff that struck the Nile. At Horeb, Moses strikes the rock; water comes out, and the place receives two names, Massah and Meribah, for quarrelling and testing the LORD.

    Hands until sunsetvv. 8–16

    The Amalekites attack Israel at Rephidim. Joshua leads the fight while Moses stands on the hilltop with the staff of God: raised hands mean Israel prevails, lowered hands mean Amalek prevails. When Moses tires, a stone is supplied as a seat and Aaron and Hur hold up his hands until sunset; Joshua then overwhelms Amalek. The LORD orders the victory written on a scroll, declares Amalek’s memory will be blotted out, and Moses builds an altar named The LORD Is My Banner.

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    1. Exod 17:1Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

    2. Exod 17:2So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

    3. Exod 17:3But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

    4. Exod 17:4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

    5. Exod 17:5And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

    6. Exod 17:6Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

    7. Exod 17:7He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

    8. Exod 17:8After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

    9. Exod 17:9So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

    10. Exod 17:10Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

    11. Exod 17:11As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

    12. Exod 17:12When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

    13. Exod 17:13So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

    14. Exod 17:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

    15. Exod 17:15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

    16. Exod 17:16“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

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    • 15Genesis 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
    • 15Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
    • 61 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
    • 6Numbers 20:9–11So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.
    • 6Nehemiah 9:15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.
    • 111 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
    • 12Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
    • 6Psalms 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
    • 6Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
    • 6John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
    • 11James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
    • 12Philippians 1:19because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.
    • 6Psalms 78:20When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
    • 6Psalms 114:8who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
    • 6Isaiah 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
    • 6Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

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