Exodus 17:6-8

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⁶Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at ^[a]Horeb; there you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may [have something to] drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.^(A) ⁷He named the place [where this miracle occurred] Massah (test) and ^[b]Meribah (contention) because of the quarreling of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the [patience of the] Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us, or not?”

Amalek Fought

⁸Then ^[c]Amalek [and his people] came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

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Footnotes

Exodus 17:6 Horeb may refer to the mountain range of which Sinai is an individual mountain.
Exodus 17:7 A similar incident occurred when the Israelites were in the Wilderness of Zin at Meribah-kadesh (Num 20:8-13; Deut 32:50-52). On that occasion Moses disobeyed God’s specific instruction and paid a terrible price for his action.
Exodus 17:8 These were a group of nomads descended from Amalek, a grandson of Esau, Jacob’s twin brother.