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

⁴⁴ Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and ^(A)Joshua^[a] the son of Nun.

¹³ So Moses rose with his assistant ^(A)Joshua, and Moses went up ^(B)into the mountain of God.

²⁰ So Moses took ^(A)his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took ^(B)the staff of God in his hand.

² The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, ^(A)“A staff.”

⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, God^[a] would not have spoken of another day later on.

⁴⁵ Our fathers in turn ^(A)brought it in with Joshua when they ^(B)dispossessed the nations ^(C)that God drove out before our fathers. So it was ^(D)until the days of David,

³ So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord's vengeance on Midian. ⁴ You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war.”

¹⁶ These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called ^(A)Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

²⁸ And ^(A)Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, “My lord Moses, ^(B)stop them.”