## Exodus Chapter 17

###### Exodus 17:1
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וַ֠יִּסְע֠וּ כׇּל־עֲדַ֨ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל מִמִּדְבַּר־סִ֛ין לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־פִּ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ בִּרְפִידִ֔ים וְאֵ֥ין מַ֖יִם לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת הָעָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The entire community of B’nei Yisrael journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, traveling according to the word of Adonoy. They camped in Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And all the congregation of the children of Yisra᾽el journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Refidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the entire congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the desert of Sin in their journeys by the word of the L-rd, and they encamped in Refidim; and there was no water to drink for the people.


###### Exodus 17:2
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וַיָּ֤רֶב הָעָם֙ עִם־מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ תְּנוּ־לָ֥נוּ מַ֖יִם וְנִשְׁתֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה מַה־תְּרִיבוּן֙ עִמָּדִ֔י מַה־תְּנַסּ֖וּן אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The people quarreled with Moshe, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moshe said to them, “Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing Adonoy?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wherefore the people did strive with Moshe, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moshe said to them, Why do you strive with me? why do you tempt the Lord?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the people quarreled with Moses, and they said: Give us water and let us drink. And Moses said to them: Why would you quarrel with me? Why would you try the L-rd [to see if He can give water in a dry land]?


###### Exodus 17:3
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וַיִּצְמָ֨א שָׁ֤ם הָעָם֙ לַמַּ֔יִם וַיָּ֥לֶן הָעָ֖ם עַל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לָ֤מָּה זֶּה֙ הֶעֱלִיתָ֣נוּ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לְהָמִ֥ית אֹתִ֛י וְאֶת־בָּנַ֥י וְאֶת־מִקְנַ֖י בַּצָּמָֽא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The people were suffering thirst for [the lack of] water, and the people complained against Moshe and said, “Why did you bring us up from Egypt—to kill me and my children, and my livestock with thirst?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moshe, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Miżrayim, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the people thirsted there for water, and the people caviled against Moses, and said: Why did you bring us up from Egypt to put to death me, my children, and my cattle by thirst?


###### Exodus 17:4
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וַיִּצְעַ֤ק מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֣ה לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה ע֥וֹד מְעַ֖ט וּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe cried out to Adonoy saying, “What shall I do for this people? Before long they will stone me.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? they are almost ready to stone me.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses cried out to the L-rd, saying: What can I do to this people? [If I wait] but a little more they will stone me!


###### Exodus 17:5
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה עֲבֹר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם וְקַ֥ח אִתְּךָ֖ מִזִּקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמַטְּךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִכִּ֤יתָ בּוֹ֙ אֶת־הַיְאֹ֔ר קַ֥ח בְּיָדְךָ֖ וְהָלָֽכְתָּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Pass to the front of the people and take with you the elders of the [B’nei] Yisrael. The staff with which you struck the river; take in to your hand, and go.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Moshe, Pass before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Yisra᾽el; and thy rod, with which thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses: Pass before the people [and see if they will stone you! (Why do you slander My children!)] And take with you some of the elders of Israel [to attest that you are bringing forth the waters, that they were not there before]. And your staff wherewith you smote the Nile take in your hand and go [that it not be said that it is a "punishment staff" (having been used against Pharaoh and Egypt, and that it cannot effect good)].


###### Exodus 17:6
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הִנְנִ֣י עֹמֵד֩ לְפָנֶ֨יךָ שָּׁ֥ם׀עַֽל־הַצּוּר֮ בְּחֹרֵב֒ וְהִכִּ֣יתָ בַצּ֗וּר וְיָצְא֥וּ מִמֶּ֛נּוּ מַ֖יִם וְשָׁתָ֣ה הָעָ֑ם וַיַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה לְעֵינֵ֖י זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Choreiv. You shall strike the rock and water will come out of it, and the people [will be able] to drink. Moshe did this in the sight [presence] of the elders of the [B’nei] Yisrael.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Ḥorev; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moshe did so in the sight of the elders of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Behold, I shall stand before you there on the rock in Chorev, and you shall strike in the rock [into it, the staff being of hard sapphire] and water will come out of it and the people will drink. And Moses did thus before the eyes of the elders of Israel.


###### Exodus 17:7
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וַיִּקְרָא֙ שֵׁ֣ם הַמָּק֔וֹם מַסָּ֖ה וּמְרִיבָ֑ה עַל־רִ֣יב**׀** בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְעַ֨ל נַסֹּתָ֤ם אֶת־יְהֹוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הֲיֵ֧שׁ יְהֹוָ֛ה בְּקִרְבֵּ֖נוּ אִם־אָֽיִן׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Moshe] named the place Massah and Merivah because the B’nei Yisrael had quarreled [Merivah] and because they had tested [Massah] Adonoy, saying, “Is Adonoy among us or not?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he called the name of the place Massa and Meriva, because of the strife of the children of Yisra᾽el, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he called the name of the place Massah and Merivah because of the "quarrel" (riv) of the children of Israel and because of their "proving" (nasotham) the L-rd, saying: "Is the L-rd in our midst or not?"


###### Exodus 17:8
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וַיָּבֹ֖א עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּרְפִידִֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Amaleik came and fought with [B’nei] Yisrael in Rephidim.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then came ῾Amaleq, and fought with Yisra᾽el in Refidim.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Amalek came and warred with Israel in Refidim [(the Holy One Blessed be He saying, as it were: After everything, you have the temerity to ask if I am in your midst? I shall "sic the dog (Amalek)" upon you!)]


###### Exodus 17:9
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ בְּחַר־לָ֣נוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְצֵ֖א הִלָּחֵ֣ם בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק מָחָ֗ר אָנֹכִ֤י נִצָּב֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה וּמַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe said to Yehoshua, “Choose men for us and go out to battle Amaleik. Tomorrow, I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe said to Yehoshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with ῾Amaleq: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses said to Joshua: Choose for us [you and me (whence it is derived that the honor of one's disciple should be as dear to one as his own)] men [warriors and fearers of sin, whose merits will avail them] and go out [of the cloud] and do battle with Amalek. Tomorrow I shall stand upon the top of the hill with the staff of G-d in my hand.


###### Exodus 17:10
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וַיַּ֣עַשׂ יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמַר־לוֹ֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק וּמֹשֶׁה֙ אַהֲרֹ֣ן וְח֔וּר עָל֖וּ רֹ֥אשׁ הַגִּבְעָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yehoshua did as Moshe told him—to battle Amaleik. Moshe, Aharon and Chur went up to the top of the hill.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So Yehoshua did as Moshe had said to him, and fought with ῾Amaleq: and Moshe, Aharon and Ḥur went up to the top of the hill.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joshua did as Moses said to him, to war against Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Chur [the son of Miriam and Calev] went up to the top of the hill [(whence it is derived that three must officiate (in prayer) on a fast day (Israel fasting at that time)].


###### Exodus 17:11
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וְהָיָ֗ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרִ֥ים מֹשֶׁ֛ה יָד֖וֹ וְגָבַ֣ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָנִ֛יחַ יָד֖וֹ וְגָבַ֥ר עֲמָלֵֽק׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When Moshe raised his hand, [B’nei] Yisrael prevailed; but when he let his hand down [to rest] Amaleik prevailed.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, when Moshe held up his hand, that Yisra᾽el prevailed: and when he let down his hand, ῾Amaleq prevailed.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, when Moses lifted his hand, that Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. ["Now is it the hands of Moses that gain the victory!, etc." (see Rosh Hashanah 29a)]


###### Exodus 17:12
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וִידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ כְּבֵדִ֔ים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ תַחְתָּ֖יו וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב עָלֶ֑יהָ וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן וְח֜וּר תָּֽמְכ֣וּ בְיָדָ֗יו מִזֶּ֤ה אֶחָד֙ וּמִזֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י יָדָ֛יו אֱמוּנָ֖ה עַד־בֹּ֥א הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe’s hands became heavy. They took a stone and placed it under him and he sat upon it. Aharon and Chur supported his hands, one of them on one side and one on the other side. His hands remained an expression of faith [as he prayed] until sunset.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Moshe’s hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aharon and Ḥur supported his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the hands of Moses became heavy [because he was lax in the mitzvah and deputed it to another (Joshua)], and they [Aaron and Chur] took a stone [(but not a pillow)] and placed it beneath him [(Moses associating himself with Israel's suffering)], and he sat on it. And Aaron and Chur supported his hands — one on one side, one on the other. And he was [i.e., he persisted with] his hands [spread out in an attitude of] steadfastness [in prayer] until the sun set. [The Amalekites would determine "propitious hours" for victory astrologically, and Moses caused the sun to stand still, thus confounding their reckonings.]


###### Exodus 17:13
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וַיַּחֲלֹ֧שׁ יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֥ק וְאֶת־עַמּ֖וֹ לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yehoshua weakened Amaleik and his people with the edge of the sword.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yehoshua harried ῾Amaleq and his people with the edge of the sword.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joshua weakened Amalek and his people with the sword [(He decapitated their warriors and left only the weaker ones (whence we infer that he wrought by Divine command)].


###### Exodus 17:14
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה כְּתֹ֨ב זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר וְשִׂ֖ים בְּאׇזְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ כִּֽי־מָחֹ֤ה אֶמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Write this as a remembrance in the Book, [the Torah] and repeat it in Yehoshua’s ears, for I will totally obliterate the memory of Amaleik from under the heavens.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Moshe, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Yehoshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of ῾Amaleq from under the heaven.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses: Write this as a remembrance in the book [(that Amalek initiated war with Israel before all other nations], and place it in the ears of Joshua [who will bring Israel into the land, that he command Israel to give Amalek his due recompense (a hint to Moses that Joshua and not he will bring them into Eretz Yisrael)] because I desire to blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens, [for which reason I exhort you thus].


###### Exodus 17:15
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וַיִּ֥בֶן מֹשֶׁ֖ה מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יְהֹוָ֥ה׀נִסִּֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe built an altar and called it Adonoy nissi [Adonoy is my miracle].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe built an altar, and called the name of it Adonay Nissi (the Lord is my Banner:)

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses built an altar and he called its name "The L-rd is my miracle."


###### Exodus 17:16
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וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־יָד֙ עַל־כֵּ֣ס יָ֔הּ¹ מִלְחָמָ֥ה לַיהֹוָ֖ה בַּֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק מִדֹּ֖ר דֹּֽר׃{פ}

footnotes:
¹ (בכתר ארם צובה היה כתוב כֵּ֣סְיָ֔הּ בתיבה אחת)

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He said, “The hand is on God’s throne, Adonoy will be at war with Amaleik for all generations.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for he said, Because the Lord has sworn by his throne that the Lord will have war with ῾Amaleq from generation to generation.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: For [the] hand [of the L-rd is raised to swear] by the throne [kes (as opposed to the complete form, kissei)] of Kah (the L-rd) [(as opposed to the complete name, Yod-Keh-Vav-Keh)]: "The L-rd is at war with Amalek from generation to generation" [The import: G-d's name will not be complete and His throne will not be complete until the name of Amalek is blotted out.]