Exodus · Chapter 17

[ edit] Thanne goon forþ al þe multitude of þe ſones of Yrael fro þe deſert of Syn, bi her manſiouns, after þe word of þe Lord, ſetten tentis into Raphidym, where was not water to þe puple for to drynke. Þe which ianglynge aȝens Moyſes, ſeiþ, Ȝif to vs water, þat we drynken. To whom anſwerde Moyſes, What iangle ȝe aȝens me, whi tempte ȝe þe Lord? Þe puple þanne þriſtide þere, for meſchef of water, and it grucchide aȝen Moyſes, ſeiynge, Whi haſt þow maad vs to goo out of Egipte, þat þow myȝte ſlee vs, and oure fre children, and beeſtes, þurȝ þriſt? Moyſes forſoþe criede to þe Lord, ſeiynge, What ſhal Y do to þis puple? ȝit a litil while, and it ſhal ſtonen me.

Þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Goo before þe puple, and tak wiþ þee of þe aldren of Yrael, and þe ȝerde, wiþ þe which þow ſmoot þe floode tak in þin hoond, and goo; loo! Y ſhal ſtoond before þee þere, vpon þe ſtoon of Oreb, and þow ſhalt ſmyte þe ſtoon, and þere ſhal goon out of it water, þat þe puple drynk. Moyſes dide ſo beforn þe eldren men of Yrael; and he clepide þe name of þat place Temptynge, for þe ianglyng of þe ſones of Yrael, and for þei temptiden þe Lord, ſeiynge, Wheþer is God in vs, or noon? Forſoþe Amalech cam, and fauȝte aȝen Yrael in Raphidym.

And Moyſes ſeide to Joſue, Chees men, and þow goon out, fiȝt aȝens Amalech, to morwen; and Y ſhal ſtoond in þe frount of þe hil, hauynge þe ȝerde of God in myn hoond. Joſue dide as Moyſes had ſpokun, and he fauȝte aȝens Amalech. Moyſes forſoþe, and Aaron, and Hur ſteiden vp vpon þe cop of þe hil; and whanne Moyſes rereden vp þe hoondes, Yrael ouercom; ellis forſoþe if he a litil abatide, Amalech ouercam. Forſoþe þe hoondes of Moyſes weren heuy; þanne þei, takynge a ſtoon, puttiden vnder hym, in þe which he ſete. Aaron forſoþe and Hur ſuſteyneden þe hoondes of hym, on eiþer ſyde; and it was doon, þat þe hoondes of hym werieden not, vnto þe goyng down of þe ſunne.

And Joſue made Amalech to flee, and þe puple of hym, in þe mouþ of þe ſwerd. And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Wryte þis in þe book for mynde, and tak in þe eeris of Joſue; forſoþe Y ſhal do a wey þe mynde of Amalech vnder heuene. And Moyſes bilde an auter, and clepide þe name of it Þe Lord myn enhaunſyng, ſeiynge, For þe hoond of þe Lord oonli, and þe batayle of God it was aȝens Amalech, fro generacioun into generacioun.