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Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/exodus/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> Moses commanded Joshua, “Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.” <a href="/esv/exodus/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” <a href="/bsb/exodus/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.” <a href="/kjv/exodus/17.htm">King James Bible</a> And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/17.htm">New King James Version</a> And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” <a href="/nasb_/exodus/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” <a href="/nasb/exodus/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> So Moses said to Joshua, &#8220Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/exodus/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” <a href="/lsb/exodus/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will take my stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” <a href="/amp/exodus/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So Moses said to 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.” <a href="/csb/exodus/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Moses said to Joshua, “Select some men for us and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with God’s staff in my hand.” <a href="/hcsb/exodus/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Moses said to Joshua, &#8220Select some men for us and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with God&#8217s staff in my hand.&#8221 <a href="/asv/exodus/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. <a href="/cev/exodus/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> So Moses told Joshua, "Have some men ready to attack the Amalekites tomorrow. I will stand on a hilltop, holding this walking stick that has the power of God." <a href="/erv/exodus/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. <a href="/gwt/exodus/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men. Then fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill. I will hold in my hand the staff God told me to take along." <a href="/gnt/exodus/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> Moses said to Joshua, "Pick out some men to go and fight the Amalekites tomorrow. I will stand on top of the hill holding the stick that God told me to carry." <a href="/isv/exodus/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> Moses told Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out to fight against the Amalekites. Tomorrow I'll stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." <a href="/msb/exodus/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So Moses said to Joshua, ?Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.? <a href="/net/exodus/17.htm">NET Bible</a> So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." <a href="/nheb/exodus/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand." <a href="/wbt/exodus/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. <a href="/web/exodus/17.htm">World English Bible</a> Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and Moses says to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand.” <a href="/ylt/exodus/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and 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.' <a href="/slt/exodus/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Moses will say to Joshua, Choose to us men, and go forth, wage war with Amalek: to-morrow I stand upon the head of the hill and the rod of God in my band.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Moses said to Josue: Choose out men: and go out and fight against Amalec: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill having the rod of God in my hand. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And Moses said to Joshua: “Choose men. And when you go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.” <a href="/nabre/exodus/17.htm">New American Bible</a> So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some men for us, and tomorrow go out and engage Amalek in battle. I will be standing on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some men for us and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Moses said to Joshua, Choose for yourself men, and go out, fight with Amalek tomorrow; and I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Moshe said to Yeshua, “Choose for you men and come out; we shall make war with Amaleq tomorrow, and behold, I am standing on the top of the hill and the staff of God is in my hand.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Moses said unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.' <a href="/sep/exodus/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Moses said to Joshua, Choose out for thyself mighty men, and go forth and set the army in array against Amalec to-morrow; and, behold, I shall stand on the top of the hill, and the rod of God will be in my hand. <a href="/parallel/exodus/17-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4381" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/17.htm">The Defeat of the Amalekites</a> 8After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9<a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">So Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3091.htm" title="3091: yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yhowshua; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua, the Jewish leader.">Joshua,</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bə·ḥar- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">“Choose</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’ă·nā·šîm (N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">some of our men</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·ṣê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">and go out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3898.htm" title="3898: hil·lā·ḥêm (V-Nifal-Imp-ms) -- To feed on, to consume, to battle. A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle.">to fight</a> <a href="/hebrew/6002.htm" title="6002: ba·‘ă·mā·lêq (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- A desc. of Esau, also his posterity. Probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country.">the Amalekites.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4279.htm" title="4279: mā·ḥār (Adv) -- Tomorrow, in time to come. Probably from 'achar; properly, deferred, i.e. The morrow; usually tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter.">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5324.htm" title="5324: niṣ·ṣāḇ (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A prim root; to station, in various applications.">will stand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rōš (N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">the hilltop</a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: hag·giḇ·‘āh (Art:: N-fs) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4294.htm" title="4294: ū·maṭ·ṭêh (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Or mattah; from natah; a branch; figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising, ruling, throwing, or walking.">with the staff</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yā·ḏî (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">in my hand.”</a> 10Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/joshua/1-6.htm">Joshua 1:6-9</a> Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them. / Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. / This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/31-7.htm">Deuteronomy 31:7-8</a> Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. / The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.” <a href="/numbers/27-18.htm">Numbers 27:18-23</a> And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him. / Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight. / Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him. ... <a href="/1_samuel/15-2.htm">1 Samuel 15:2-3</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt. / Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” <a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">1 Samuel 17:45-47</a> But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. / This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. / And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.” <a href="/2_chronicles/20-15.htm">2 Chronicles 20:15-17</a> And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God. / Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel. / You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’” <a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30-34</a> By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. / By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient. / And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, ... <a href="/ephesians/6-10.htm">Ephesians 6:10-17</a> Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. / Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. / For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ... <a href="/1_timothy/6-12.htm">1 Timothy 6:12</a> Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses. <a href="/2_timothy/2-3.htm">2 Timothy 2:3-4</a> Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. / A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him. <a href="/1_corinthians/16-13.htm">1 Corinthians 16:13</a> Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong. <a href="/romans/8-37.htm">Romans 8:37</a> No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a> Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. <a href="/psalms/144-1.htm">Psalm 144:1</a> Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. <a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a> Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.unto Joshua<a href="/exodus/17-13.htm">Exodus 17:13</a> And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.<a href="/exodus/24-13.htm">Exodus 24:13</a> And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.<a href="/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28</a> And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.Oshea.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-44.htm">Deuteronomy 32:44</a> And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.Hoshea, called Jesus<a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a> Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;<a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8</a> For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.choose<a href="/numbers/31-3.htm">Numbers 31:3,4</a> And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian… the rod<a href="/exodus/4-2.htm">Exodus 4:2,20</a> And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Amalek</a> <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Am'alek</a> <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Band</a> <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/exodus/14-14.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/exodus/9-28.htm">God's</a> <a href="/exodus/17-5.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/15-17.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/genesis/36-9.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/17-5.htm">Rod</a> <a href="/exodus/17-5.htm">Staff</a> <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/exodus/7-15.htm">Station</a> <a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Together</a> <a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Top</a> <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">Amalek</a> <a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">Am'alek</a> <a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/exodus/28-4.htm">Band</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/exodus/18-15.htm">God's</a> <a href="/exodus/17-11.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/17-11.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/exodus/18-13.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/21-20.htm">Rod</a> <a href="/exodus/21-19.htm">Staff</a> <a href="/exodus/18-13.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/exodus/18-14.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/exodus/19-17.htm">Station</a> <a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Together</a> <a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">Top</a> <a href="/exodus/17-10.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 17</div>1. <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">The people murmur for water to Rephidim</a> 6. <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">God send them for water to the rock in Horeb</a> 7. <a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">The place is called Massah and Meribah</a> 8. <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while Moses holds up his hand</a> 14. <a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Amalek is doomed to destruction; and Moses builds the altar Jehovah-nissi</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So Moses said to Joshua Moses, the leader of the Israelites, speaks to Joshua, who is introduced here as a military leader. Joshua, whose name means "The Lord is salvation," is a type of Christ, foreshadowing Jesus as the ultimate deliverer. This is the first mention of Joshua, who will later succeed Moses and lead the Israelites into the Promised Land.Choose some of our men Moses instructs Joshua to select capable men for battle. This reflects the need for discernment and wisdom in leadership. The selection of men indicates a strategic approach to warfare, emphasizing the importance of preparation and readiness in spiritual battles.and go out to fight the Amalekites The Amalekites were a nomadic tribe and descendants of Esau, representing opposition to God's people. This battle is the first recorded military conflict for the Israelites after leaving Egypt, symbolizing the ongoing spiritual warfare believers face. The Amalekites' attack is seen as an unprovoked aggression, highlighting the persistent nature of evil.Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop Moses plans to take a position on a hill, which signifies a place of oversight and intercession. The hilltop provides a vantage point, symbolizing spiritual authority and the power of prayer. This act of standing is a posture of faith and reliance on God.with the staff of God in my hand The staff represents God's power and presence, previously used by Moses to perform miracles in Egypt and at the Red Sea. It serves as a tangible reminder of God's faithfulness and authority. The staff is a type of Christ, symbolizing divine intervention and the victory that comes through God's strength.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt. In this passage, Moses takes a strategic and spiritual leadership role by planning the battle and interceding with the staff of God. 2. <a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a> A young leader and warrior, chosen by Moses to lead the Israelites into battle against the Amalekites. This is one of the first mentions of Joshua, who later becomes Moses' successor. 3. <a href="/topical/a/amalekites.htm">Amalekites</a> A nomadic tribe that attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. They are often seen as representing opposition to God's people. 4. <a href="/topical/r/rephidim.htm">Rephidim</a> The location where the Israelites camped and where the battle against the Amalekites took place. It is also the place where God provided water from the rock. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_staff_of_god.htm">The Staff of God</a> A symbol of God's power and presence, previously used by Moses to perform miracles in Egypt and to part the Red Sea.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_delegation.htm">Leadership and Delegation</a> Moses demonstrates effective leadership by delegating the battle to Joshua while he focuses on intercession. Leaders today can learn the importance of trusting others with responsibilities. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a> The battle against the Amalekites is not just physical but spiritual. Moses' position on the hill with the staff symbolizes reliance on God's power. Believers are reminded to engage in spiritual warfare through prayer and faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith.htm">The Role of Faith</a> The staff of God represents faith in God's promises and power. Just as Moses relied on the staff, Christians are called to rely on God's Word and promises in their daily battles. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_support.htm">Community and Support</a> The Israelites' victory depended on the cooperation between Moses, Joshua, and the people. This highlights the importance of community and mutual support in the Christian life. <a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_faithfulness.htm">Remembering God's Faithfulness</a> The account encourages believers to remember and recount God's past faithfulness as a source of strength and encouragement in current challenges.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 17</a> <a href="/q/summarize_joshua's_life_and_leadership..htm">What is the summary of Joshua's life and leadership?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_key_events_in_joshua's_life.htm">What are key events in Joshua's life?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_2_trumpets_coordinate_a_multitude.htm">Numbers 10:1–2: How could two silver trumpets effectively coordinate such a large multitude across vast desert distances? </a> <a href="/q/psalm_20_7_vs._god's_battle_commands.htm">Psalm 20:7 – Does this portrayal of military reliance contradict biblical accounts where God commands battle preparations? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) Moses said unto Joshua.--This is the first mention of Joshua. He was an Ephraimite, the son of a man called Nun, and the tenth in descent from Joseph (see Note on <a href="/exodus/6-16.htm" title="And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.">Exodus 6:16</a>), in the prime of life--about 45 years old--and probably known as possessing military capacity. His actual name at the timo was Hoshea, which might have been viewed as a good omen, since the word meant "Saviour." Moses afterwards changed his name to Jehoshua (<a href="/numbers/13-16.htm" title="These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.">Numbers 13:16</a>), which became by contraction Joshua. We find him, later in Exodus, acting as Moses' personal attendant, or "minister" (<a href="/numbers/24-13.htm" title="If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind; but what the LORD said, that will I speak?">Numbers 24:13</a>; <a href="/numbers/32-17.htm" title="But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.">Numbers 32:17</a>; <a href="/numbers/33-11.htm" title="And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.">Numbers 33:11</a>), accompanying him to the top of Sinai, and placed by him in charge of the first "Tabernacle." Afterwards he, with Caleb, was the only one of the spies who brought back a true report of Canaan. (<a href="/context/numbers/14-6.htm" title="And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:">Numbers 14:6-9</a>.) His choice as leader to succeed Moses resulted naturally from his antecedents, and is related in <a href="/context/numbers/27-18.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses, Take you Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand on him;">Numbers 27:18-23</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - And Moses said to Joshua. On hearing what had happened, Moses summoned to his presence an Ephraimite in the prime of life - about 45 years old - and devolved on him the military command. The man's name at the time was Hoshea or Oshea (<a href="/numbers/13-8.htm">Numbers 13:8</a>). He was the son of a certain Nun (ibid.) or Non (<a href="/1_chronicles/7-27.htm">1 Chronicles 7:27</a>), and the tenth in descent from Ephraim, the son of Joseph (ib, 23-27). Some forty years later Moses changed his name from Hoshea to Jehoshua. which became contracted into Joshua. The occurrence of this form in the present passage may be accounted for. 1. By Moses having written (or reviewed) Exodus late in his life; or 2. By a later authorised reviser (Ezra?) having altered the text. Choose out for us men - i.e. "Select from the congregation such a number of fit men as appear to thee sufficient, and with them fight Amalek." To-morrow. It was probably evening, when Moses heard of the attack on his rear, and there was consequently no possibility of retrieving the disaster till the next day. lie could but make his arrangements for retrieving it. I will stand on the top of the hill. It is implied that there was a conspicuous hill (gibeah), not a rock (tsur) in the near vicinity of Rephidim, whence Moses could see the fight, and be seen by those engaged in it. Dean Stanley finds all the conditions answered by an eminence on the south side of the Wady Feiran (Sinai and Palestine, p. 41). Others suggest the Jebel Tahuneh north of the same wady. With the rod of God in my hand. Moses meant to indicate by this, that he looked for victory to God alone, and did not trust in an "arm of flesh," while, nevertheless, he sent his soldiers to the combat. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/17-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So Moses מֹשֶׁ֤ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver said וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Joshua, יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites “Choose בְּחַר־ (bə·ḥar-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> To try, select some of our men אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person and go out וְצֵ֖א (wə·ṣê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim to fight הִלָּחֵ֣ם (hil·lā·ḥêm) Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3898.htm">Strong's 3898: </a> To feed on, to consume, to battle the Amalekites. בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק (ba·‘ă·mā·lêq) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6002.htm">Strong's 6002: </a> Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity Tomorrow מָחָ֗ר (mā·ḥār) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4279.htm">Strong's 4279: </a> Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter I אָנֹכִ֤י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I will stand נִצָּב֙ (niṣ·ṣāḇ) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5324.htm">Strong's 5324: </a> To take one's stand, stand on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the hilltop רֹ֣אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head with the staff וּמַטֵּ֥ה (ū·maṭ·ṭêh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4294.htm">Strong's 4294: </a> A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe of God הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative in my hand.” בְּיָדִֽי׃ (bə·yā·ḏî) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/17-9.htm">OT Law: Exodus 17:9 Moses said to Joshua Choose men (Exo. 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