New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 The whole community of Israel set out from the wilderness of Sin
and travelled by stages as the Lord told them. They encamped at
Rephidim,
2 where there was no water for the people to drink, and a
dispute arose between them and Moses. When they said, ‘Give us
water to drink’, Moses said, ‘Why do you dispute with me? Why do
you challenge the Lord?’
3 There the people became so thirsty that they
raised an outcry against Moses: ‘Why have you brought us out of
Egypt with our children and our herds to let us all die of thirst?’
4 Moses cried to the Lord, ‘What shall I do with these people? In a
moment they will be stoning me.’
5 The Lord answered, ‘Go forward
ahead of the people; take with you some of the elders of Israel and the
staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 You will find me waiting
for you there, by a rock in Horeb. Strike the rock; water will pour out
of it, and the people shall drink.’ Moses did this in the sight of the
elders of Israel.
7 He named the place Massah note and Meribah, note because
the Israelites had disputed with him and challenged the Lord with
their question, ‘Is the Lord in our midst or not?’
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9 The Amalekites came and attacked Israel at Rephidim. Moses said
to Joshua, ‘Pick your men, and march out tomorrow to fight for us
against Amalek; and I will take my stand on the hill-top with the
staff of God in my hand.’
10 Joshua carried out his orders and fought
against Amalek while Moses, Aaron and Hur climbed to the top of the
hill.
11 Whenever Moses raised his hands Israel had the advantage, and
when he lowered his hands Amalek had the advantage.
12 But when his
arms grew heavy they took a stone and put it under him and, as he sat,
Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side, so that his hands
remained steady till sunset.
13 Thus Joshua defeated Amalek and put its
people to the sword.
14 The Lord said to Moses, ‘Record this in writing, and tell it to
Joshua in these words: “I am resolved to blot out all memory of Amalek
from under heaven.”’
15 Moses built an altar, and named it Jehovah-nissi
and said, ‘My oath upon it: note
16 the Lord is at war with Amalek generation
after generation.’
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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