Exodus 17:6-8

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁶ I’ll be standing in front of you there by a rock at Mount Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.”

Moses did this while the leaders of Israel watched him.

⁷ He named that place Massah [Testing] and Meribah [Complaining] because the Israelites complained and because they tested the Lord, asking, “Is the Lord with us or not?”

God Defeats the Amalekites

⁸ The Amalekites fought Israel at Rephidim.