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And it came to pass that in the third montha, after their departing out of the land of Egypt, that the Amaleks worried that Israel should come and destroy them;
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Therefore, they came forth to do battle with Israel.
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And Moses saw their armies, and he went to YHVHa saying: I could lead the men of Egypt into battle and prevail, but Israel hath no armies.
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And YHVH spoke unto Moses, saying: gather strong men from each of the tribes and Joshua, son of Nun shall lead them;
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And thou shall watch them from above, and shall raise up thy hand in my name;
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And behold, when thy hand is raised in the sign of my covenant, as given to thee and Zipporah by my servant Jethro the Reuela, her father, Israel shall prevail;
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But if thy hand should fail thee, the power endowed thee from the covenant shall fail, and Israel should falter.
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And it came to pass that Moses went and said unto Joshua: Choose us out men from all the tribes of Israel, and go out, fight with Amalek;
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Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of Ha’Elohima in mine hand, and Israel shall prevail.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua did as Moses had said to him and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, the brother of Moses, and Hur, the son of Miriam, went up to the top of that hill.
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And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand in the sign, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
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And when the hand of Moses grew heavy they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat thereon;
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And Aaron, and Hur stayed up his hand, the one on the one side and the other on the other side; and his hand was steady until the going down of the sun.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua overthrew Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
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And YHVH said unto Moses: Write this for a memorial in the booka and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses built an altar and called the name of it YHVH-nissif;
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For Moses said: Because a hand was lifted up towards Yaha; and behold, YHVH will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
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And Miriam and Zipporah led the daughters of Israel in song and dance, and offered libations before YHVH.