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Exodus 17-18
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Water from the Rock(A)

17 Then (B)all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of (C)Sin, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to (D)drink. 2 (E)Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.”

So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you (F)tempt the Lord?”

3 And the people thirsted there for water, and the people (G)complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our (H)livestock with thirst?”

4 So Moses (I)cried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to (J)stone[a] me!”

5 And the Lord said to Moses, (K)“Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which (L)you struck the river, and go. 6 (M)Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.”

And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 So he called the name of the place (N)Massah[b] and [c]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they [d]tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Victory over the Amalekites(O)

8 (P)Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with (Q)the rod of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And so it was, when Moses (R)held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands became [e]heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, (S)“Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that (T)I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, [f]The-Lord-Is-My-Banner; 16 for he said, “Because [g]the Lord has (U)sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

Jethro’s Advice(V)

18 And (W)Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that (X)God had done for Moses and for Israel His people—that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took (Y)Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, 3 with her (Z)two sons, of whom the name of one was [h]Gershom (for he said, (AA)“I have been a [i]stranger in a foreign land”) 4 and the name of the other was [j]Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my (AB)help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”); 5 and Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at (AC)the mountain of God. 6 Now he had said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her.”

7 So Moses (AD)went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and (AE)kissed him. And they asked each other about their well-being, and they went into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how the Lord had (AF)delivered them. 9 Then Jethro rejoiced for all the (AG)good which the Lord had done for Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said, (AH)“Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is (AI)greater than all the gods; (AJ)for in the very thing in which they [k]behaved (AK)proudly, He was above them.” 12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, [l]took a burnt (AL)offering and other sacrifices to offer to God. And Aaron came with all the elders of Israel (AM)to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

13 And so it was, on the next day, that Moses (AN)sat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening. 14 So when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone [m]sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”

15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because (AO)the people come to me to inquire of God. 16 When they have (AP)a [n]difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”

17 So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. 18 Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; (AQ)you are not able to perform it by yourself. 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you [o]counsel, and God will be with you: Stand (AR)before God for the people, so that you may (AS)bring the difficulties to God. 20 And you shall (AT)teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and (AU)the work they must do. 21 Moreover you shall select from all the people (AV)able men, such as (AW)fear God, (AX)men of truth, (AY)hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 And let them judge the people at all times. (AZ)Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for (BA)they will bear the burden with you. 23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their (BB)place in peace.”

24 So Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 25 And (BC)Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 So they judged the people at all times; the (BD)hard[p] cases they brought to Moses, but they judged every small case themselves.

27 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and (BE)he went his way to his own land.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:4 Put me to death by stoning
  2. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Tempted
  3. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Contention
  4. Exodus 17:7 tested
  5. Exodus 17:12 Weary of being held up
  6. Exodus 17:15 Heb. YHWH Nissi
  7. Exodus 17:16 Lit. a hand is upon the throne of the Lord
  8. Exodus 18:3 Lit. Stranger There
  9. Exodus 18:3 sojourner, temporary resident
  10. Exodus 18:4 Lit. My God Is Help
  11. Exodus 18:11 acted presumptuously
  12. Exodus 18:12 So with MT, LXX; Syr., Tg., Vg. offered
  13. Exodus 18:14 Sit as judge
  14. Exodus 18:16 dispute
  15. Exodus 18:19 advice
  16. Exodus 18:26 difficult matters
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出埃及 17-18
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)

耶和华命摩西击磐出水

17 以色列全会众都遵耶和华的吩咐，按着站口从汛的旷野往前行，在利非订安营。百姓没有水喝， 2 所以与摩西争闹，说：“给我们水喝吧！”摩西对他们说：“你们为什么与我争闹，为什么试探耶和华呢？” 3 百姓在那里甚渴，要喝水，就向摩西发怨言，说：“你为什么将我们从埃及领出来，使我们和我们的儿女并牲畜都渴死呢？” 4 摩西就呼求耶和华说：“我向这百姓怎样行呢？他们几乎要拿石头打死我。” 5 耶和华对摩西说：“你手里拿着你先前击打河水的杖，带领以色列的几个长老，从百姓面前走过去。 6 我必在何烈的磐石那里，站在你面前。你要击打磐石，从磐石里必有水流出来，使百姓可以喝。”摩西就在以色列的长老眼前这样行了。 7 他给那地方起名叫玛撒[a]，又叫米利巴[b]，因以色列人争闹，又因他们试探耶和华，说：“耶和华是在我们中间不是？”

战败亚玛力人

8 那时，亚玛力人来在利非订，和以色列人争战。 9 摩西对约书亚说：“你为我们选出人来，出去和亚玛力人争战。明天我手里要拿着神的杖，站在山顶上。” 10 于是约书亚照着摩西对他所说的话行，和亚玛力人争战。摩西、亚伦与户珥都上了山顶。 11 摩西何时举手，以色列人就得胜；何时垂手，亚玛力人就得胜。 12 但摩西的手发沉，他们就搬石头来，放在他以下，他就坐在上面。亚伦与户珥扶着他的手，一个在这边，一个在那边，他的手就稳住，直到日落的时候。 13 约书亚用刀杀了亚玛力王和他的百姓。 14 耶和华对摩西说：“我要将亚玛力的名号从天下全然涂抹了，你要将这话写在书上做纪念，又念给约书亚听。” 15 摩西筑了一座坛，起名叫耶和华尼西[c]， 16 又说：“耶和华已经起了誓，必世世代代和亚玛力人争战。”

18 摩西的岳父米甸祭司叶忒罗，听见神为摩西和神的百姓以色列所行的一切事，就是耶和华将以色列从埃及领出来的事， 2 便带着摩西的妻子西坡拉，就是摩西从前打发回去的， 3 又带着西坡拉的两个儿子，一个名叫革舜，因为摩西说：“我在外邦做了寄居的”， 4 一个名叫以利以谢，因为他说：“我父亲的神帮助了我，救我脱离法老的刀”—— 5 摩西的岳父叶忒罗带着摩西的妻子和两个儿子来到神的山，就是摩西在旷野安营的地方。 6 他对摩西说：“我是你岳父叶忒罗，带着你的妻子和两个儿子来到你这里。” 7 摩西迎接他的岳父，向他下拜，与他亲嘴，彼此问安，都进了帐篷。 8 摩西将耶和华为以色列的缘故向法老和埃及人所行的一切事，以及路上所遭遇的一切艰难，并耶和华怎样搭救他们，都述说于他岳父听。 9 叶忒罗因耶和华待以色列的一切好处，就是拯救他们脱离埃及人的手，便甚欢喜。 10 叶忒罗说：“耶和华是应当称颂的！他救了你们脱离埃及人和法老的手，将这百姓从埃及人的手下救出来。 11 我现今在埃及人向这百姓发狂傲的事上得知，耶和华比万神都大。” 12 摩西的岳父叶忒罗把燔祭和平安祭献给神。亚伦和以色列的众长老都来了，与摩西的岳父在神面前吃饭。

叶忒罗献策

13 第二天，摩西坐着审判百姓，百姓从早到晚都站在摩西的左右。 14 摩西的岳父看见他向百姓所做的一切事，就说：“你向百姓做的是什么事呢？你为什么独自坐着，众百姓从早到晚都站在你的左右呢？” 15 摩西对岳父说：“这是因百姓到我这里来求问神。 16 他们有事的时候就到我这里来，我便在两造之间施行审判，我又叫他们知道神的律例和法度。” 17 摩西的岳父说：“你这做的不好。 18 你和这些百姓必都疲惫，因为这事太重，你独自一人办理不了。 19 现在你要听我的话，我为你出个主意，愿神与你同在。你要替百姓到神面前，将案件奏告神。 20 又要将律例和法度教训他们，指示他们当行的道、当做的事。 21 并要从百姓中拣选有才能的人，就是敬畏神、诚实无妄、恨不义之财的人，派他们做千夫长、百夫长、五十夫长、十夫长，管理百姓。 22 叫他们随时审判百姓，大事都要呈到你这里，小事他们自己可以审判。这样，你就轻省些，他们也可以同当此任。 23 你若这样行，神也这样吩咐你，你就能受得住，这百姓也都平平安安归回他们的住处。” 24 于是，摩西听从他岳父的话，按着他所说的去行。 25 摩西从以色列人中拣选了有才能的人，立他们为百姓的首领，做千夫长、百夫长、五十夫长、十夫长。 26 他们随时审判百姓，有难断的案件就呈到摩西那里，但各样小事他们自己审判。 27 此后，摩西让他的岳父去，他就往本地去了。

Footnotes

  1. 出埃及 17:7 就是“试探”的意思。
  2. 出埃及 17:7 就是“争闹”的意思。
  3. 出埃及 17:15 就是“耶和华是我旌旗”的意思。
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Exodus 17-18
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Water From the Rock

17 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin,(A) traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim,(B) but there was no water(C) for the people to drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water(D) to drink.”(E)

Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”(F)

3 But the people were thirsty(G) for water there, and they grumbled(H) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die(I) of thirst?”

4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone(J) me.”

5 The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff(K) with which you struck the Nile,(L) and go. 6 I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.(M) Strike(N) the rock, and water(O) will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the place Massah[a](P) and Meribah[b](Q) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

The Amalekites Defeated

8 The Amalekites(R) came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.(S) 9 Moses said to Joshua,(T) “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff(U) of God in my hands.”

10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur(V) went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning,(W) but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.(X) 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite(Y) army with the sword.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write(Z) this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out(AA) the name of Amalek(AB) from under heaven.”

15 Moses built an altar(AC) and called(AD) it The Lord is my Banner. 16 He said, “Because hands were lifted up against[c] the throne of the Lord,[d] the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites(AE) from generation to generation.”(AF)

Jethro Visits Moses

18 Now Jethro,(AG) the priest of Midian(AH) and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.(AI)

2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah,(AJ) his father-in-law Jethro received her 3 and her two sons.(AK) One son was named Gershom,[e] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;(AL) 4 and the other was named Eliezer,[f](AM) for he said, “My father’s God was my helper;(AN) he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons and wife, came to him in the wilderness, where he was camped near the mountain(AO) of God. 6 Jethro had sent word to him, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down(AP) and kissed(AQ) him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent. 8 Moses told his father-in-law about everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake and about all the hardships(AR) they had met along the way and how the Lord had saved(AS) them.

9 Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things(AT) the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. 10 He said, “Praise be to the Lord,(AU) who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods,(AV) for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”(AW) 12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law,(AX) brought a burnt offering(AY) and other sacrifices(AZ) to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal(BA) with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence(BB) of God.

13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”

15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.(BC) 16 Whenever they have a dispute,(BD) it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”(BE)

17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.(BF) 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you.(BG) You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes(BH) to him. 20 Teach them his decrees and instructions,(BI) and show them the way they are to live(BJ) and how they are to behave.(BK) 21 But select capable men(BL) from all the people—men who fear(BM) God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain(BN)—and appoint them as officials(BO) over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case(BP) to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share(BQ) it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”

24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. 25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders(BR) of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.(BS) 26 They served as judges(BT) for the people at all times. The difficult cases(BU) they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.(BV)

27 Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.(BW)

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
  2. Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.
  3. Exodus 17:16 Or to
  4. Exodus 17:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  5. Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
  6. Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means my God is helper.
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