OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 16

Exodus 17:16

He said, “The LORD^† has sworn: ‘The LORD^† will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Exodus 17:16 in context

Exodus 17:13–16

Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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.”

Moses built an altar, and called its name “The LORD our Banner”.

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He said, “The LORD^† has sworn: ‘The LORD^† will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”

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Hebrew: יה Yah
LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.

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