Exodus 17:8-10

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Amalek Fought

⁸Then ^[a]Amalek [and his people] came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. ⁹So Moses said to ^[b]Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek [and his people]. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” ¹⁰So Joshua did as Moses said, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and ^[c]Hur went up to the hilltop.

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Footnotes

Exodus 17:8 These were a group of nomads descended from Amalek, a grandson of Esau, Jacob’s twin brother.
Exodus 17:9 Joshua, leader of the tribe of Ephraim, was one of the great warriors of the OT and was an attendant to and the successor of Moses.
Exodus 17:10 According to Josephus, Hur was the husband of Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron.