Exodus 17:8-16
Amalek Fought
8 Then (A)Amalek came and fought against Israel at (B)Rephidim.
9 So Moses said to (C)Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with (D)the staff of God in my hand.”
10 Joshua did as Moses (a)told him, (b)and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and (E)Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand (c)down, Amalek prevailed.
12 But Moses’ hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur (F)supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set.
13 So Joshua (d)overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “(G)Write this in (e)a book as a memorial and (f)recite it to Joshua, (g)that (H)I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
15 Moses built an (I)altar and named it (J)The Lord is My Banner;
16 and he said, “(h)(K)The Lord has sworn; the Lord will have war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
Footnotes:
a.
Exodus 17:10: ['Lit ', said to]
b.
Exodus 17:10: ['Lit ', to fight]
c.
Exodus 17:11: ['Lit ', rest]
d.
Exodus 17:13: ['Lit ', weakened]
e.
Exodus 17:14: ['Lit ', the book]
f.
Exodus 17:14: ['Lit ', place it in the ears of]
g.
Exodus 17:14: ['Or ', for]
h.
Exodus 17:16: ['Or ', Because a hand is against the throne of the Lord, '; lit ', Because a hand upon the throne of Yah]