Exodus 1717ExodusThe sea crossing and the wildernessThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. Water from the Rock

   (Numbers 20:1–13)

2. 1ENGOJBAnd kol Adat Bnei Yisroel journeyed from the midbar of Sin, setting out, according to the commandment of Hashem, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no mayim for HaAm to drink.BSBBSB: Then 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.
3. 2ENGOJBWherefore the people did chide (quarrel, become dissatisfied with) Moshe, and said, Give us mayim that we may drink. And Moshe said unto them, Why chide ye with me? Why do ye put Hashem to the test?BSBBSB: So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
4. 3ENGOJBAnd HaAm thirsted there for mayim; and the people murmured against Moshe, and said, Why is this that thou hast brought us up out of Mitzrayim, to kill me and my banim and my livestock with tzama (thirst)?BSBBSB: But 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?”
5. 4ENGOJBAnd Moshe cried unto Hashem, saying, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.BSBBSB: Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
6. 5ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe, Go on ahead of HaAm, and take with thee Ziknei Yisroel; and thy matteh (staff) wherewith thou struck the Nile, take in thine yad, and go.BSBBSB: And 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.
7. 6ENGOJBHineni, I will stand before thee there upon the tzur in Chorev; thou shalt strike the tzur, and there shall come mayim out of it, that HaAm may drink. Moshe did so in the sight of the Ziknei Yisroel.BSBBSB: Behold, 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.
8. 7ENGOJBAnd he called the shem of the place Massah (Testing), and Merivah (Dissatisfaction), because of the riv (chiding, quarreling) of the Bnei Yisroel, and because they put Hashem to the test, saying, Is Hashem among us, or not?BSBBSB: He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

9. The Defeat of the Amalekites

10. 8ENGOJBThen came Amalek, and did battle against Yisroel in Rephidim.BSBBSB: After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
11. 9ENGOJBAnd Moshe said unto Yehoshua, Choose for us anashim, and go out, do battle with Amalek; tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the matteh HaElohim in mine yad.BSBBSB: So 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.”
12. 10ENGOJBSo Yehoshua did as Moshe had said to him, and did battle with Amalek; and Moshe, Aharon, and Chur went up to the top of the hill.BSBBSB: Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
13. 11ENGOJBAnd it came to pass, as long as Moshe held up his yad, that Yisroel prevailed; and when he let down his yad, Amalek prevailed.BSBBSB: As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.
14. 12ENGOJBWhen the hands of Moshe grew heavy, they took an even (stone), and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aharon and Chur supported his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands held emunah (steady) until bo hashemesh (sunset).BSBBSB: When 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.
15. 13ENGOJBAnd Yehoshua disabled Amalek and his army with the edge of the cherev.BSBBSB: So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
16. 14ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe, Write this for a zikaron (memorial, remembering) in a sefer, and rehearse it in the ears of Yehoshua; for I will utterly efface the memory of Amalek from under Shomayim.BSBBSB: Then 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.”
17. 15ENGOJBAnd Moshe built a Mizbe'ach, and called the shem of it Hashem Nissi (Hashem is my Standard);BSBBSB: And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
18. 16ENGOJBFor he said, Because a yad has been against the kes Hashem (throne of Hashem), Hashem hath milchamah against Amalek from dor to dor.BSBBSB: “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”