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Exodus 17:14

AmalekJoshuaMosesAmalek

12 When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

13 So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

15 And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

16 “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

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BSB
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
WEB
The LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in the book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.
BLB
And YHWH said to Moses, “Write this [for] a memorial in the book, and put [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I will surely blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.”
ÅB
Og Herren sa til Moses: Skriv dette opp i en bok, så dere kommer det i hu, og prent det i Josvas ører! For jeg vil aldeles utslette minnet om Amalek over hele jorden.
OTB
Herren sa til Moses: «Skriv dette som et minne i en bok og fortell det til Josva, for jeg vil fullstendig utslette minnet om Amalek under himmelen.»
B1930
Og Herren sa til Moses: Skriv dette op i en bok, så I kommer det i hu, og prent det i Josvas ører! For jeg vil aldeles utslette minnet om Amalek over hele jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 34:27

    The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

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  • 1 Samuel 30:1

    On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:17

    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

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  • Numbers 24:20

    Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

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  • 2 Samuel 8:12

    from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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  • Deuteronomy 25:17–19

    Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

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  • Numbers 33:2

    At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:

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  • 1 Samuel 15:2–3

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.

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