Exodus 17:6-8
English Standard Version Anglicised
6 (A)Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place (B)Massah[a] and (C)Meribah,[b] because of the quarrelling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
Israel Defeats Amalek
8 (D)Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
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- Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing
- Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarrelling
Exodus 17:6-8
King James Version
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
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