Exodus 17:1-16

(1)  All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

(2)  Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?"

(3)  But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?"

(4)  So Moses cried to the LORD, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."

(5)  And the LORD said to Moses, "Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

(6)  Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.

(7)  And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"

(8)  Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

(9)  So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

(10)  So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

(11)  Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.

(12)  But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

(13)  And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.

(14)  Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."

(15)  And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD is my banner,

(16)  saying, "A hand upon the throne of the LORD! The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."

1 Timothy 5:1-25

(1)  Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father. Treat younger men like brothers,

(2)  older women like mothers, younger women like sisters, in all purity.

(3)  Honor widows who are truly widows.

(4)  But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

(5)  She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,

(6)  but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

(7)  Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.

(8)  But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

(9)  Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,

(10)  and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.

(11)  But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry

(12)  and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith.

(13)  Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

(14)  So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

(15)  For some have already strayed after Satan.

(16)  If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are really widows.

(17)  Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

(18)  For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer deserves his wages."

(19)  Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

(20)  As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

(21)  In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.

(22)  Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

(23)  (No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

(24)  The sins of some men are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.

(25)  So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.