Exodus 17:8–16

⁸And Amalek cometh, and fighteth with Israel in Rephidim, ⁹and Moses saith unto Joshua, ‘Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand.’ ¹⁰And Joshua doth as Moses hath said to him, to fight with Amalek, and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, have gone up to the top of the height; ¹¹and it hath come to pass, when Moses lifteth up his hand, that Israel hath been mighty, and when he letteth his hands rest, that Amalek hath been mighty. ¹²And the hands of Moses are heavy, and they take a stone, and set it under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun; ¹³and Joshua weakeneth Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword. ¹⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Write this, a memorial in a Book, and set it in the ears of Joshua, that I do utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens;’ ¹⁵and Moses buildeth an altar, and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi, ¹⁶and saith, ‘Because a hand is on the throne of Jah, war is to Jehovah with Amalek from generation—generation.’

Chapter 18