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Exodus 17:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Exodus 17:8 ESV

Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

Exodus 17:9 ESV

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.”

Exodus 17:10 ESV

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

Exodus 17:11 ESV

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

Exodus 17:12 ESV

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.

Exodus 17:13 ESV

And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.

Exodus 17:14 ESV

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.”

Exodus 17:15 ESV

And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD Is My Banner

Exodus 17:16 ESV

saying, “A hand upon the throne of the LORD! The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”