Exodus 17:8-16

Lexham English Bible

Battle with the Amalekites

⁸ And Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. ⁹ And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight against Amalek tomorrow. I will be standing on the top of the hill, and the staff of God will be in my hand.”

¹⁰ And Joshua did as Moses had said to him to fight with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹ And^[a] when Moses raised his hand, Israel would prevail, but when he rested his hand, Amalek would prevail. ¹² But the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and placed it under him, and he sat on it; Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on each side,^[b] and his hands were steady until sundown.^{[c] 13} And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.^[d]

¹⁴ And Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in the scroll and recite it in the hearing of^[e] Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.”

¹⁵ And Moses built an altar, and he called its name Yahweh Is My Banner. ¹⁶ And he said, “Because a hand was against the throne of Yah,^[f] a war will be for Yahweh with Amalek from generation to generation.”