Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Exodus:
Chapter 17
1. AND all the
congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of
Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and
pitched in Reph-i-dim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water
that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me?
wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
3. And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured
against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up
out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4. And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this
people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on 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.
6. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and
thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that
the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders
of Israel.
7. 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?
8. Then came Am-a-lek, and fought with Israel in Reph-i-dim.
9. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with
Am-a-lek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of
God in mine hand.
10. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Am-a-lek:
and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel
prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Am-a-lek prevailed.
12. But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under
him, and he sat 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 going down of the sun.
13. And Joshua discomfited Am-a-lek and his people with the edge of the
sword.
14. And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book,
and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the
remembrance of Am-a-lek from under heaven.
15. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nis-si:
16. For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war
with Am-a-lek from generation to generation.
Jan. 27 Daily reading schedule.. go to chapter 18
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