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14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.” 15 Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”.[a] 16 He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”

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  1. 17:15 Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi

14 Then the Lord told Moses, “Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to[a] Joshua: ‘I’ll certainly wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven.’” 15 Moses built an altar and named it “The Lord is My Banner.” 16 “Because,” he said, “a fist has been raised in defiance[b] against the throne of the Lord, the Lord will wage war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

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  1. Exodus 17:14 Lit. put it in the ear of
  2. Exodus 17:16 The Heb. lacks in defiance