Exodus 17:8-16 ▼

8 And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men and go out—fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill, and the staff of God will be in my hand.”

10 And Joshua did as Moses said to him, to fight with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11 And it came to pass when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, that Amalek prevailed.

12 And the hands of Moses became heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands—one from this, and one from that—and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13 And Joshua weakened Amalek and his people with the mouth of the sword.

14 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.”

15 And Moses built an altar and called its name YHWH-Nissi.

16 And he said, “Because a hand is on the throne of YAH, war belongs to YHWH with Amalek from generation to generation.”