Exodus 17:8-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

Amalek Fought

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 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, and when he let his hand ^[c]down, Amalek prevailed. ¹² But Moses’ hands were heavy. Then 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. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set. ¹³ So Joshua ^[d]overwhelmed 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 blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” ¹⁵ Moses built an ^(I)altar and named it ^(J)The Lord is My Banner; ¹⁶ and he said, “^[h](K)The Lord has sworn; the Lord will have war against Amalek from generation to generation.”