Exodus Chapter 17 Marks Another Degree of Difficulty in Dealing with the Complaints of the People

Learn To Keep Distance From Pessimistic People

Those Of Bad Mouth Over Everything In Daily Living — Cursing And Swearing

*Be reminded to bring it unto prayers; rather than murmuring, complaining, worst cursing and swearing!

“Test and Contention”
“Water from a Rock”
“Amalek”
“The Eternal Struggle Against Amalek”

The people contended with Moses and they said, “Give us water that we may drink!” Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you test Hashem?”
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Behold! – I shall stand before you by the rock in Horeb; you shall strike the rock and water will come forth from it and the people will drink.” …
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He called the place Massah U’Meribah, because of the contention of the Children of Israel and because of their test of Hashem, saying, “Is Hashem among us or not?”
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Amalek came and battled Israel in Rephidim.
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It happened that when Moses raised his hand Israel was stronger, and when he lowered his hand Amalek was stronger.
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Hashem said to Moses, “Write this as a remembrance in the Book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I shall surely erase the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.”
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Moses built an altar and called its name “Hashem Is My Miracle”;
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And he said, “For the hand is on the throne of God: Hashem maintains a war against Amalek, from generation to generation.”
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1 The entire community of the children of Israel journeyed from the desert of Sin to their travels by the mandate of the Lord. They encamped in Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.
2 So the people quarreled with Moses, and they said, Give us water that we may drink Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?
3 The people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moses, and they said, Why have you brought us up from Egypt to make me and my children and my livestock die of thirst?
4 Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, What shall I do for this people? Just a little longer and they will stone me!
5 And the Lord said to Moses, Pass before the people and take with you [some] of the elders of Israel, and take into your hand your staff, with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 Behold, I shall stand there before you on the rock in Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, and the people will drink Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.
7 He named the place Massah [testing] and Meribah [quarreling] because of the quarrel of the children of Israel and because of their testing the Lord, saying, Is the Lord in our midst or not?
8 Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 So Moses said to Joshua, Pick men for us, and go out and fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand
10 Joshua did as Moses had told him, to fight against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur ascended to the top of the hill.
11 It came to pass that when Moses would raise his hand, Israel would prevail, and when he would lay down his hand, Amalek would prevail.
12 Now Moses hands were heavy; so they took a stone and placed it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one from this [side], and one from that [side]; so he was with his hands in faith until sunset.
13 Joshua weakened Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 The Lord said to Moses, Inscribe this [as] a memorial in the book, and recite it into Joshua’s ears, that I will surely obliterate the remembrance of Amalek from beneath the heavens
15 Then Moses built an altar, and he named it The Lord is my miracle
16 And he said, For there is a hand on the throne of the Eternal, [that there shall be] a war for the Lord against Amalek from generation to generation.