Miraculous Battle against Amalek

⁸ Then ^(A)Amalek came and fought against Israel at ^(B)Rephidim. ⁹ So Moses said to ^(C)Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with ^(D)the staff of God in my hand.” ¹⁰ Joshua did just as Moses ^[a]told him, ^[b]and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and ^(E)Hur went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹ So it came about, when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed; but when he let his hand ^[c]down, Amalek prevailed. ¹² And Moses’ hands were heavy. So they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur ^(F)supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. So his hands were steady until the sun set. ¹³ And Joshua ^[d]defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(G)Write this in ^[e]a book as a memorial and ^[f]recite it to Joshua, ^[g]that ^(H)I will utterly wipe out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” ¹⁵ And Moses built an ^(I)altar and named it ^(J)The Lord is My Banner; ¹⁶ and he said, “^[h](K)Because the Lord has sworn, the Lord will have war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

²⁰ And he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said,

¹⁷ “^(A)Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you came out of Egypt, ¹⁸ how he confronted you on the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were tired and weary; and he ^(B)did not ^[a]fear God. ¹⁹ So it shall come about, when the Lord your God has given you ^(C)rest from all your surrounding enemies in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to ^[b]possess, that you shall wipe out the mention of the name Amalek from under heaven; you must not forget.

² This is what the Lord of armies says: ‘I will ^[a]punish Amalek ^(A)for what he did to Israel, in that he obstructed him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. ³ Now go and strike Amalek and ^(B)completely destroy everything that he has, and do not spare him; but ^(C)put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”