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Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/17-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/17-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/17-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>But Moses hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/17-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/17-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> said to Moses, Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/17-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Moses built an altar and named it The L<font size="1">ORD</font> is My Banner; <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/17-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>and he said, The L<font size="1">ORD</font> has sworn; the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will have war against Amalek from generation to generation. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Amalec came, and fought against Israel in Raphidim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/exodus/17.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Amalek cometh, and fighteth with Israel in Rephidim,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/ellicott/addresses_on_the_revised_version_of_holy_scripture/address_iv_nature_of_the.htm">Nature of the Renderings</a><br></span><span class="snippet">From the text we now turn to the renderings, and to the general principles that were followed, both in the Old and in the New Testament. The revision of the English text was in each case subject to the same general rule, viz. "To introduce as few alterations as possible into the Text of the Authorised Version consistently with faithfulness"; but, owing to the great difference between the two languages, the Hebrew and the Greek, the application of the rule was necessarily different, and the results <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/ellicott/addresses_on_the_revised_version_of_holy_scripture/address_iv_nature_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">C. J. Ellicott—</span><span class="citation2">Addresses on the Revised Version of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/jehovah_nissi.htm">Jehovah Nissi</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi [that is, the Lord is my Banner].' --EXODUS xvii. 15. We are all familiar with that picturesque incident of the conflict between Israel and Amalek, which ended in victory and the erection of this memorial trophy. Moses, as you remember, went up on the mount whilst Joshua and the men of war fought in the plain. But I question whether we usually attach the right meaning to the symbolism of this event. We ordinarily, I suppose, think <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/jehovah_nissi.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/the_war_of_truth.htm">The War of Truth</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Now, beloved, this scene of warfare is not recorded in Scripture as in interesting circumstance to amuse the lover of history, but it is written for our edification; for we remember the text which says--"Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our profit." There is some profit to be derived from this--and we believe a peculiar profit, too, since God was pleased to make this the first writing commanded by Divine authority as a record for generations to come. We think that the journeys <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/the_war_of_truth.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/finney/lectures_on_revivals_of_religion/lecture_xiii_how_churches_can.htm">How Churches Can Help Ministers. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Text.--And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses's hands were heavy, and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon: and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side and the other on the other side: and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.--Exodus xvii. 11-13. You who read your Bibles will <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/finney/lectures_on_revivals_of_religion/lecture_xiii_how_churches_can.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Grandison Finney—</span><span class="citation2">Lectures on Revivals of Religion</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_60_exhortation_to_prayer.htm">Exhortation to Prayer. </a><br></span><span class="snippet"> <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_60_exhortation_to_prayer.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Olney Hymns</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_waters_of_meribah.htm">The Waters of Meribah</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3. And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord! 4. And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_waters_of_meribah.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_st_john_chaps_xv_to_xxi/the_intercessor.htm">The Intercessor</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'These words spake Jesus, and lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee: As Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him. And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent. I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_st_john_chaps_xv_to_xxi/the_intercessor.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/appendix_ii_philo_of_alexandria.htm">Appendix ii. Philo of Alexandria and Rabbinic Theology. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Ad. vol. i. p. 42, note 4.) In comparing the allegorical Canons of Philo with those of Jewish traditionalism, we think first of all of the seven exegetical canons which are ascribed to Hillel. These bear chiefly the character of logical deductions, and as such were largely applied in the Halakhah. These seven canons were next expanded by R. Ishmael (in the first century) into thirteen, by the analysis of one of them (the 5th) into six, and the addition of this sound exegetical rule, that where two <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/appendix_ii_philo_of_alexandria.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alfred Edersheim—</span><span class="citation2">The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_5/chapter_iithe_reaction_against_egypt.htm">The Reaction against Egypt</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THE XIth DYNASTY: HARMHABI--THE HITTITE EMPIRE IN SYRIA AND IN ASIA MINOR--SETI I. AND RAMSES II.--THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA: MINEPHTAH AND THE ISRAELITE EXODUS. The birth and antecedents of Harmhabi, his youth, his enthronement--The final triumph of Amon and his priests--Harmhabi infuses order into the government: his wars against the Ethiopians and Asiatics--The Khati, their civilization, religion; their political and military constitution; the extension of their empire towards the north--The countries <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_5/chapter_iithe_reaction_against_egypt.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">G. Maspero—</span><span class="citation2">History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 5</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_13_the_victory.htm">The victory</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down: for it is written,-- "He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee: And in their hands they shall bear Thee up, Lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone." Satan now supposes that he has met Jesus on His own ground. The wily foe himself presents words that proceeded from the mouth of God. He still appears as an angel of light, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_13_the_victory.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Desire of Ages</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gaebelein/the_lord_of_glory/jehovah_the_i_am.htm">Jehovah. The "I Am. "</a><br></span><span class="snippet">WHEN Moses in the desert beheld the burning bush God answered his question by the revelation of His name as the "I Am." "And God said unto Moses, I am, that I am: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you" (Exod. iii:14). He who spake thus out of the bush to Moses was the same who in the fullness of time appeared upon the earth in the form of man. Our Lord Jesus Christ is no less person, than the I AM. If we turn to the fourth Gospel in which the Holy <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gaebelein/the_lord_of_glory/jehovah_the_i_am.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Arno Gaebelein—</span><span class="citation2">The Lord of Glory</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/17-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 17:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 17:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/17-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 17:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 17:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/exodus/17-8.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>