⁹ Moses commanded Joshua, “Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.”

⁴⁴ So Moses came with Joshua^[a] son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.

¹³ So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God.

²⁰ So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried the staff of God.

² Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?”

“A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied.

⁸ Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come.

⁴⁵ Years later, when Joshua led our ancestors in battle against the nations that God drove out of this land, the Tabernacle was taken with them into their new territory. And it stayed there until the time of King David.

³ So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the Lord’s war of revenge against Midian. ⁴ From each tribe of Israel, send 1,000 men into battle.”

¹⁶ These are the names of the men Moses sent out to explore the land. (Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name Joshua.)

²⁸ Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make them stop!”