Exodus 17

¹On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.

²After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

⁸After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

¹²They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

¹³They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

¹⁸They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

¹⁶Do not test the Lord your God as you tested Him at Massah.

⁹We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

⁴¹Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

¹²But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the Lord.”

⁹where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

²And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

³“If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

²⁴So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

⁶And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.

¹⁰But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.

⁵⁹At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.

³¹At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

¹⁹Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

¹⁹When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole congregation.

¹⁹And the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

²⁰Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.

⁸“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”

⁹So Moses took the staff from the Lord’s presence, just as he had been commanded.

⁶But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.

²³I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

²⁴But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

⁴and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

¹⁵In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.

⁹So Moses took the staff from the Lord’s presence, just as he had been commanded.

¹⁰Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”

⁴¹He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

¹⁵He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

¹⁵He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

¹⁶He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

⁷You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

¹³These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord, and He showed His holiness among them.

⁸do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

²²You continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.

²So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the Lord?”

⁸do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

⁹where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

¹⁷Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

¹⁸how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.

¹²Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

²⁰Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

²This is what the Lord of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.

¹On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

¹⁶Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

⁴⁴Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

¹³So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

²⁰So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

²And the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

⁸For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

³So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the Lord’s vengeance on them.

⁴Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”

¹⁴And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

²“See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

¹²When 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.

¹⁵As the Lord had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁰and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

⁵His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

⁸Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

¹⁶Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

⁹Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

¹Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

³Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

¹⁹because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.

¹²Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

¹⁸Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

¹¹as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

³⁷Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

³⁸Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

⁴²And because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

¹²Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.

³²And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.

³⁷They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.

²⁸On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

²⁷The Lord also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

¹On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

¹⁷And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

²⁰Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

¹²from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

¹⁷Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

¹⁸how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.

¹⁴And Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

²⁴So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

⁴You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah

²⁰There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

⁸Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

⁹You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the Lord will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

¹This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

⁴⁹‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?