1 And the children of Israel went on from the waste land of Sin, by stages as the Lord gave them orders, and put up their tents in Rephidim: and there was no drinking-water for the people.

2 So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

3 And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

5 And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.

6 See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.

7 And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

8 Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.

9 And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and went to war with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11 Now while Moses' hand was lifted up, Israel was the stronger: but when he let his hand go down, Amalek became the stronger.

12 But Moses' hands became tired; so they put a stone under him and he took his seat on it, Aaron and Hur supporting his hands, one on one side and one on the other; so his hands were kept up without falling till the sun went down.

13 And Joshua overcame Amalek and his people with the sword.

14 And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth.

15 Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi:

16 For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.

1 Poi tutta la raunanza de’ figliuoli d’Israele partì dal deserto di Sin, marciando a tappe secondo gli ordini dell’Eterno, e si accampò a Refidim; e non c’era acqua da bere per il popolo.

2 Allora il popolo contese con Mosè, e disse: "Dateci dell’acqua da bere". E Mosè rispose loro: "Perché contendete con me? perché tentate l’Eterno?"

3 Il popolo dunque patì quivi la sete, e mormorò contro Mosè, dicendo: "Perché ci hai fatti salire dall’Egitto per farci morire di sete noi, i nostri figliuoli e il nostro bestiame?"

4 E Mosè gridò all’Eterno, dicendo: "Che farò io per questo popolo? Non andrà molto che mi lapiderà".

5 E l’Eterno disse a Mosè: "Passa oltre in fronte al popolo, e prendi teco degli anziani d’Israele; piglia anche in mano il bastone col quale percotesti il fiume, e va’.

6 Ecco, io starò la dinanzi a te, sulla roccia ch’è in Horeb; tu percoterai la roccia, e ne scaturirà dell’acqua, ed il popolo berrà". Mosè fece così in presenza degli anziani d’Israele.

7 E pose nome a quel luogo Massah e Meribah a motivo della contesa de’ figliuoli d’Israele, e perché aveano tentato l’Eterno, dicendo: "L’Eterno è egli in mezzo a noi, si o no?"

8 Allora venne Amalek a dar battaglia a Israele a Refidim.

9 E Mosè disse a Giosuè: "Facci una scelta d’uomini ed esci a combattere contro Amalek; domani io starò sulla vetta del colle col bastone di Dio in mano".

10 Giosuè fece come Mosè gli aveva detto, e combatté contro Amalek; e Mosè, Aaronne e Hur salirono sulla vetta del colle.

11 E avvenne che, quando Mosè teneva la mano alzata, Israele vinceva; e quando la lasciava cadere, vinceva Amalek.

12 Or siccome le mani di Mosè s’eran fatte stanche, essi presero una pietra, gliela posero sotto, ed egli vi si mise a sedere; e Aaronne e Hur gli sostenevano le mani: l’uno da una parte, l’altro dall’altra; così le sue mani rimasero immobili fino al tramonto del sole.

13 E Giosuè sconfisse Amalek e la sua gente, mettendoli a fil di spada.

14 E l’Eterno disse a Mosè: "Scrivi questo fatto in un libro, perché se ne conservi il ricordo, e fa’ sapere a iosuè che io cancellerò interamente di sotto al cielo la memoria di Amalek".

15 E Mosè edificò un altare, al quale pose nome: "L’Eterno è la mia bandiera"; e disse:

16 "La mano è stata alzata contro il trono dell’Eterno, e l’Eterno farà guerra ad Amalek d’età in età".