Israel Defeats Amalek
8 gThen Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. 9 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 hwith the staff of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that iI will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses jbuilt an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner, 16 saying, “A hand upon the throne1 of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
17 “Remember ywhat Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt, 18 how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God. 19 Therefore when the Lord your God has given you zrest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall ablot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.
