Read Exodus 17 here or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
17:1-7 {p} YHVH provides water from the rock at Massah and Meribah
17:8-13 {p} Amalek fought with Israel / Joshua defeated Amalek
17:14-16 {p} YHVH will have war with Amalek from generation to generation
Chapter 17 completes a Chiastic Structure begun Chapter 13:
At the place of no water, there YHVH tested Israel, and there Israel tested YHVH. His test for us, is Do you know the meaning of My name? Do you trust Me? And we test Him by our complaints. I had always known that complaining and discontent were not fruits of the Spirit. But it was not until I started studying Torah, and asking to learn how to apply Torah in my life, that God really delivered me of a discontented spirit. If YHVH is on His throne, and He is, then all that happens to me He has His eye upon. For all that happens to me, He has either planned, or has a plan for deliverance, if I will but learn to rest in Him (speaking of, look at the central axis of the structure). It was when I began resting on the Sabbath that I started becoming acutely aware of just how far away I really was from true Sabbath rest. Fortunately for all of us, Abba is a gentle and patient teacher!
If there are questions, these are good resources:
Yehovah Nissi, Yehovah my Banner – Christine Miller
War with Amalek from Generation to Generation – Christine Miller
The Tares Among the Wheat – Brad Scott
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