be understood as and fought, so 17:10 TEV adds “and he went out to fight” (as in the Septuagint) in order to make clear that Joshua was also following Moses’ orders concerning when to start the attack. The rest of the verse seems to confirm that the orders were to wait until the next day to begin the fighting. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up introduces Hur for the first time, as though he was well known. He was evidently another assistant to Moses. (See 24:14.) 17:10 TEV and 17:10 CEV are probably
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