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Exodus 17:6-8
EasyEnglish Bible
Exodus 17:6-8
EasyEnglish Bible
6 I will stand there, in front of you, by the rock at Sinai. Hit the rock with your stick, and water will come out of it. Then the people can drink.’ So Moses did this, while the leaders of the Israelites watched him.
7 Moses called that place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarrelled there. They tried to test the Lord to see what he would do. They said, ‘Let us see if the Lord is really with us. Will he help us, or not?’[a]
The Israelites fight the Amalekites
8 At Rephidim, the Amalekites came and they fought against the Israelites.
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- 17:7 ‘Massah’ means ‘a test’. ‘Meribah’ means ‘a quarrel’.
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