Israel Defeats Amalek
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f Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
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So Moses said to g Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with h the staff of God in my hand."
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So g Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and i Hur went up to the top of the hill.
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Whenever Moses j held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.
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But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and i 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.
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And g Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of g Joshua, that k I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."
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And Moses l built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner,
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saying, "A hand upon the throne of the Lord! k The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:17
Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt.
1 Samuel 15:2
Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt.
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Cross References
Exodus 24:13
So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
Exodus 32:17
When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a noise of war in the camp.
Exodus 33:11
Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
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Cross References
Exodus 4:20
So Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.
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Cross References
Exodus 17:9
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.
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Cross References
Exodus 24:14
And he said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.
Exodus 31:2
See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
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Cross References
1 Timothy 2:8
I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling.
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Cross References
Exodus 17:10
So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
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Cross References
Exodus 17:9
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.
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Cross References
Exodus 17:9
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.
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Cross References
Numbers 24:20
Then he looked on Amalek and took up his discou...
Deuteronomy 25:19
Therefore when the Lord your God has given you ...
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruct...
1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah a...
1 Samuel 30:1
Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on th...
1 Samuel 30:17
And David struck them down from twilight until ...
2 Samuel 8:12
From Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines...
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Cross References
Judges 6:24
Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.
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Cross References
Exodus 17:14
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.
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