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Exodus 17

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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And all the company of the sons of Israel journey from the wilderness of Sin, on their journeyings, by the command of Jehovah, and encamp in Rephidim, and there is no water for the people to drink ;
Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink .
and the people strive with Moses, and say, ` Give us water , and we drink. ' And Moses saith to them, `What? -- ye strive with me , what ? -- ye try Jehovah ? '
So the people contended with Moses, Give us water to drink. “Why do you contend with me? Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD ?
and the people thirst there for water, and the people murmur against Moses , and say, ` Why `is' this? -- thou hast brought us up out of Egypt , to put us to death, also our sons and our cattle, with thirst .'
But the people thirsted for water there , and they grumbled against Moses : Why have you brought us out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst ?”
And Moses crieth to Jehovah, saying , ` What do I to this people? yet a little , and they have stoned me .'
Then Moses cried out to the LORD , What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me !”
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Pass over before the people , and take with thee of the elders of Israel , and thy rod with which thou hast smitten the River take in thy hand, and thou hast gone:
And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile , and go.
Lo , I am standing before thee there on the rock in Horeb , and thou hast smitten on the rock, and waters have come out from it , and the people have drunk . ' And Moses doth so before the eyes of the elders of Israel ,
Behold , I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb . And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink . So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel .
and he calleth the name of the place Massah , and Meribah , because of the `strife' of the sons of Israel , and because of their `trying' Jehovah , saying, ` Is Jehovah in our midst or not? '
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled , and because they tested the LORD , saying, Is the LORD among us or not?
And Amalek cometh , and fighteth with Israel in Rephidim ,
After this , the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim .
and Moses saith unto Joshua, ` Choose for us men , and go out , fight with Amalek: to -morrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand. '
So Moses said to Joshua, Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.
And Joshua doth as Moses hath said to him , to fight with Amalek, and Moses, Aaron, and Hur , have gone up ` to ' the top of the height;
Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
and it hath come to pass, when Moses lifteth up his hand , that Israel hath been mighty, and when he letteth his hands rest , that Amalek hath been mighty .
As long as Moses held up his hands , Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them , Amalek prevailed .
And the hands of Moses `are' heavy, and they take a stone , and set ` it ' under him, and he sitteth on it : and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one , and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun ;
When Moses hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it . Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up , one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
and Joshua weakeneth Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword.
So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ` Write this , a memorial in a Book, and set ` it ' in the ears of Joshua, that I do utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens;'
Then the LORD said to Moses, Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
and Moses buildeth an altar , and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi,
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
and saith , `Because a hand `is' on the throne of Jah, war `is' to Jehovah with Amalek from generation -- generation. '
“Indeed , he said, a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.

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