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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" /><title>Exodus 17 NLT</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="../">NLT</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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/exodus/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Water from the Rock</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>At the LORD’s command, the whole community of Israel left the wilderness of Sin<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> and moved from place to place. Eventually they camped at Rephidim, but there was no water there for the people to drink. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So once more the people complained against Moses. “Give us water to drink!” they demanded.</p><p class="reg">“Quiet!” Moses replied. “Why are you complaining against me? And 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 tormented by thirst, they continued to argue with Moses. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying 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>Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? They are ready to stone me!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The LORD said to Moses, “Walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink.” So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD here with us or not?”</p><p class="hdg">Israel Defeats the Amalekites</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>While the people of Israel were still at Rephidim, the warriors of Amalek attacked them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Moses commanded Joshua, “Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So Joshua did what Moses had commanded and fought the army of Amalek. Meanwhile, Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of a nearby hill. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As long as Moses held up the staff in his hand, the Israelites had the advantage. But whenever he dropped his hand, the Amalekites gained the advantage. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Moses’ arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up. So Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on. Then they stood on each side of Moses, holding up his hands. So his hands held steady until sunset. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As a result, Joshua overwhelmed the army of Amalek in battle.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>After the victory, the LORD instructed Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a permanent reminder, and read it aloud to Joshua: I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh-Nissi (which means “the LORD is my banner”). <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He said, “They have raised their fist against the LORD’s throne, so now<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> the LORD will be at war with Amalek generation after generation.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:1 </span><span class="ft">The geographical name </span><span class="it">Sin</span><span class="ft"> is related to </span><span class="it">Sinai</span><span class="ft"> and should not be confused with the English word </span><span class="it">sin.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Horeb,</span><span class="ft"> another name for Sinai.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Hands have been lifted up to the </span><span class="sc"><span class="it">Lord</span></span><span class="it">’s throne, and now.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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