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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Exodus 17 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Exodus 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/16.htm" title="Exodus 16">◄</a> Exodus 17 <a href="../exodus/18.htm" title="Exodus 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/exodus/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">God Provides Water from a Rock</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/numbers/20.htm">Numbers 20:1-13</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The whole congregation of the Israelis set out from the desert<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:1 Or wilderness">a</a></span> of Sin, traveling from place to place according to the command<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:1 Lit. mouth">b</a></span> of the LORD. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The people quarreled with Moses: “Give us water to drink.”</p> <p class="reg">Moses told them, “Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But the people were thirsty there for water, so they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:3 Lit. the people">c</a></span> complained against Moses: “Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So Moses cried out to the LORD: “What am I to do with these people? Just a little more and they’ll stone me.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the LORD told Moses, “Go over in front of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I’ll be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. You are to strike the rock and water will come out of it, so the people can drink.” Moses did this in front of the elders of Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He named the place Massah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:7 The Heb. name Massah means Testing">d</a></span> and Meribah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:7 The Heb. name Meribah means Quarreling">e</a></span> because the Israelis quarreled and tested the LORD by saying: “Is the LORD really among us or not?”</p> <p class="heading">The Amalekites Fight the Israelis</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>After this, the Amalekites came and fought with the Israelis at Rephidim. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Moses told Joshua, “Choose some men for us and go out to fight against the Amalekites. Tomorrow I’ll stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So Joshua did as Moses told him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Whenever Moses raised his hand, the Israelis prevailed, but when his hand remained at his side,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:11 Lit. rested">f</a></span> then the Amalekites prevailed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Moses’ hands became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Joshua defeated<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:13 Or weakened">g</a></span> Amalek and his army using swords.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the LORD told Moses, “Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:14 Lit. put it in the ear of">h</a></span> Joshua: ‘I’ll certainly wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Moses built an altar and named it “The LORD is My Banner.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Because,” he said, “a fist has been raised in defiance<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:16 The Heb. lacks in defiance">i</a></span> against the throne of the LORD, the LORD will wage war against Amalek from generation to generation.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 17:1 Or <i>wilderness</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 17:1 Lit. <i>mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 17:3 Lit. <i>the people</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 17:7 The Heb. name <i>Massah</i> means <i>Testing</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 17:7 The Heb. name <i>Meribah </i>means <i>Quarreling</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 17:11 Lit. <i>rested</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 17:13 Or <i>weakened</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 17:14 Lit. <i>put it in the ear of</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 17:16 The Heb. lacks <i>in defiance</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/exodus/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>