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He gave the place the names Massah and Meribah because of the Israelites' contentiousness and because they put Yahweh to the test by saying, 'Is Yahweh with us, or not?' (Exodus 17, 7)
Moses said to Joshua, 'Pick some men and tomorrow morning go out and engage Amalek. I, for my part, shall take my stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.' (Exodus 17, 9)
But Moses' arms grew heavy, so they took a stone and put it under him and on this he sat, with Aaron and Hur supporting his arms on each side. Thus his arms remained unwavering till sunset, (Exodus 17, 12)
and Joshua defeated Amalek, putting their people to the sword. (Exodus 17, 13)
Yahweh then said to Moses, 'Write this down in a book to commemorate it, and repeat it over to Joshua, for I shall blot out all memory of Amalek under heaven.' (Exodus 17, 14)
Jethro, priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, had heard all about what God had done for Moses and for Israel his people: how Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt. (Exodus 18, 1)
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, then took back Zipporah, Moses' wife, whom Moses had sent home, (Exodus 18, 2)
with her two sons; one of them was called Gershom because, he had said, 'I am an alien in a foreign land,' (Exodus 18, 3)
and the other called Eliezer because 'My father's God is my help and has delivered me from Pharaoh's sword.' (Exodus 18, 4)
Moses then told his father-in-law all about what Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and about all the hardships that they had encountered on the way, and how Yahweh had rescued them. (Exodus 18, 8)
'Blessed be Yahweh', Jethro exclaimed, 'for having rescued you from the clutches of the Egyptians and the clutches of Pharaoh, for having rescued the people from the grasp of the Egyptians! (Exodus 18, 10)
On the following day, Moses took his seat to administer justice for the people, and the people were standing round him from morning till evening. (Exodus 18, 13)
