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Exodus 17:9

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.

KJV

Dixitque Moyses ad Josue : Elige viros : et egressus, pugna contra Amalec : cras ego stabo in vertice collis, habens virgam Dei in manu mea.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Μωυσῆς τῷ Ἰησοῦ Ἐπίλεξον σεαυτῷ ἄνδρας δυνατούς, καὶ ἐξελθὼν παράταξαι τῷ Ἀμαλὴκ αὔριον· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς τοῦ βουνοῦ, καὶ ἡ ῥάβδος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρί μου.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶל יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ בְּחַר לָ֣/נוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְ/צֵ֖א הִלָּחֵ֣ם בַּ/עֲמָלֵ֑ק מָחָ֗ר אָנֹכִ֤י נִצָּב֙ עַל רֹ֣אשׁ הַ/גִּבְעָ֔ה וּ/מַטֵּ֥ה הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּ/יָדִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
גְּבָע֖וֹת
gb'vt
noun · 70×
הִלָּחֵ֖ם
hlchm
verb · 177×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מַטֵּ֣ה
mth
noun · 235×
מָחָר֙
mchr
noun · 52×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נִצָּ֥ב
ntsb
verb · 74×
עֲמָלֵ֑ק
'mlq
proper_noun · 39×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2577From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,23 Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own. Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.24 But it is chiefly after their apostasy that …

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 7:27 — Non his son, Jehoshuah his son,
  • Acts 7:45 — 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;
  • Deut 32:44 — And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
  • Exod 4:2 — And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
  • Exod 4:20 — And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
  • Exod 4:20 — And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
  • Exod 17:13 — And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
  • Exod 24:13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
  • Exod 24:13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
  • Exod 32:17 — And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
  • Exod 33:11 — And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacl
  • Heb 4:8 — For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
  • Josh 1:1 — Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
  • Num 11:28 — And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
  • Num 20:8 — Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them wa
  • Num 31:3 — 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.
  • Ps 56:9 — When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
  • Ps 68:11 — The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.