--- title: "Exodus 17 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/exodus/17/ description: "The people murmur again for want of drink; the Lord giveth them water out of a… Exodus 17 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate." --- # Exodus 17 Exodus 17 is chapter 17 of 40 in the Book of Exodus. Here are all 16 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them. > The people murmur again for want of drink; the Lord giveth them water out of a rock. Moses lifting up his hand in prayer, Amalec is overcome. > > — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary ## Exodus 17 (Catholic Public Domain Version) 1. And so, the entire multitude of the sons of Israel, having set out from the desert of Sin in stages, according to the word of the Lord, made camp at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. 2. And arguing against Moses, they said, “Give us water, so that we may drink.” And Moses answered them: “Why argue against me? For what reason do you tempt the Lord?” 3. And so the people were thirsty in that place, due to the scarcity of water, and they murmured against Moses, saying: “Why did you cause us to go out of Egypt, so as to kill us and our children, as well as our cattle, with thirst?” 4. Then Moses cried out to the Lord, saying: “What shall I do with this people? A little while more and they will stone me.” 5. And the Lord said to Moses: “Go before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. And take in your hand the staff, with which you struck the river, and advance. 6. Lo, I will stand in that place before you, on the rock of Horeb. And you shall strike the rock, and water will go forth from it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7. And he called the name of that place ‘Temptation,’ because of the arguing of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying: “Is the Lord with us, or not?” 8. And Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim. 9. And Moses said to Joshua: “Choose men. And when you go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.” 10. Joshua did as Moses had spoken, and he fought against Amalek. But Moses and Aaron and Hur ascended to the top of the hill. 11. And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed. But when he released them a little while, Amalek overcame. 12. Then the hands of Moses became heavy. And so, taking a stone, they placed it beneath him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur sustained his hands from both sides. And it happened that his hands did not tire until the setting of the sun. 13. And Joshua put to flight Amalek and his people by the edge of the sword. 14. Then the Lord said to Moses: “Write this, as a memorial in a book, and deliver it to the ears of Joshua. For I will wipe away the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” 15. And Moses built an altar. And he called its name, ‘The Lord, my Exaltation.’ For he said: 16. “The hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord, will be against Amalek from generation to generation.” ## Exodus 17 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592) 1. Igitur profecta omnis multitudo filiorum Israël de deserto Sin per mansiones suas, juxta sermonem Domini, castrametati sunt in Raphidim, ubi non erat aqua ad bibendum populo. 2. Qui jurgatus contra Moysen, ait: Da nobis aquam, ut bibamus. Quibus respondit Moyses: Quid jurgamini contra me? cur tentatis Dominum? 3. Sitivit ergo ibi populus præ aquæ penuria, et murmuravit contra Moysen, dicens: Cur fecisti nos exire de Ægypto, ut occideres nos, et liberos nostros, ac jumenta siti? 4. Clamavit autem Moyses ad Dominum, dicens: Quid faciam populo huic? adhuc paululum, et lapidabit me. 5. Et ait Dominus ad Moysen: Antecede populum, et sume tecum de senioribus Israël: et virgam qua percussisti fluvium, tolle in manu tua, et vade. 6. En ego stabo ibi coram te, supra petram Horeb: percutiesque petram, et exibit ex ea aqua, ut bibat populus. Fecit Moyses ita coram senioribus Israël: 7. et vocavit nomen loci illius, Tentatio, propter jurgium filiorum Israël, et quia tentaverunt Dominum, dicentes: Estne Dominus in nobis, an non? 8. Venit autem Amalec, et pugnabat contra Israël in Raphidim. 9. Dixitque Moyses ad Josue: Elige viros: et egressus, pugna contra Amalec: cras ego stabo in vertice collis, habens virgam Dei in manu mea. 10. Fecit Josue ut locutus erat Moyses, et pugnavit contra Amalec: Moyses autem et Aaron et Hur ascenderunt super verticem collis. 11. Cumque levaret Moyses manus, vincebat Israël: sin autem paululum remisisset, superabat Amalec. 12. Manus autem Moysi erant graves: sumentes igitur lapidem, posuerunt subter eum, in quo sedit: Aaron autem et Hur sustentabant manus ejus ex utraque parte. Et factum est ut manus illius non lassarentur usque ad occasum solis. 13. Fugavitque Josue Amalec, et populum ejus in ore gladii. 14. Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen: Scribe hoc ob monimentum in libro, et trade auribus Josue: delebo enim memoriam Amalec sub cælo. 15. Ædificavitque Moyses altare: et vocavit nomen ejus, Dominus exaltatio mea, dicens: 16. Quia manus solii Domini, et bellum Domini erit contra Amalec, a generatione in generationem. ## Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va. - CCC ¶ 694: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) - CCC ¶ 2119: "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) - cf. CCC ¶ 2577: In the Old Testament ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) ## Read at Mass (US) - Sun, Oct 22, 2028 (computed): Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Exodus 17:8-13 Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).