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I will stand in front of you on a rock at Mount Sinai. Hit that rock with the stick, and water will come out of it so that the people can drink.” Moses did these things as the elders of Israel watched. He named that place Massah,[a] because the Israelites tested the Lord when they asked, “Is the Lord with us or not?” He also named it Meribah,[b] because they quarreled.

The Amalekites Fight Israel

At Rephidim the Amalekites came and fought the Israelites.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:7 Massah This name is the Hebrew word for “testing.”
  2. 17:7 Meribah This name is the Hebrew word for “quarrel.”

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