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Exodus 17:10

in Exodus 17

Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

KJV

So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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This verse in Exodus 17

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up - It is likely that the Hur mentioned here is the same with that Hur mentioned 1Ch 2:19, who appears from the chronology in that chapter to have been the son of Caleb, the son of Ezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah. The rabbins and Josephus say he was the brother-in-law of Moses, having married his sister Miriam. He was a person in whom Moses put much confidence; for he left him conjoint governor of the people with Aaron, when he went to confer with God on the mount, Exo 24:

This site's exposition

Moses said to Joshua

on Exodus 17:9-10

Joshua is named here for the first time in Scripture, choosing men for a fight. The work is split between the valley and the hilltop, the sword below and the staff of God above.

This site's exposition

Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up

Adam Clarke identifies the Hur on the hill with the Hur of 1 Chronicles 2:19, a son of Caleb in Judah's line. On that reading he is Bezalel's grandfather.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

So Joshua did as Moses had said to him,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Hur - Again mentioned with Aaron, in Exo 24:14. He was grandfather of Bezaleel, the great sculptor and artificer of the tabernacle, Exo 31:2-5, and belonged to the tribe of Judah. (See 1Ch 2:18-20.)

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

Yehoshua did as Moshe told him—to battle [ fight a war with ] Amaleik.
Targum · Onkelos Exodus 17:10, via Sefaria, Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
By way of the plain meaning of Scripture, when Moses was compelled to lower his hands because of weariness, he saw that Amalek prevailed. He then commanded Aaron and Hur to support them, and thus he would not lower them again.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Exodus 17:11:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he did

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • אָֽמַר־he had said

    ʾamar-H559 →5305 times

  • לוֹ֙to <the> him

    lo

  • מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • לְהִלָּחֵ֖םby fighting

    lehilachemH3898 →177 times

  • בַּעֲמָלֵ֑קagainst Amalek

    baamalekH6002 →39 times

  • וּמֹשֶׁה֙and Moses

    umoshehH4872 →765 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֣ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • וְח֔וּרand Hur

    vechurH2354 →15 times

  • עָל֖וּthey went up

    ʾaluH5927 →890 times

  • רֹ֥אשׁ[the] top of

    roshH7218 →599 times

  • הַגִּבְעָֽה׃the hill

    hagivahH1389 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 24:14And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”5 worksExodus 17:12When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.2 worksJoshua 11:15As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.2 worksExodus 31:2“See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.2 worksJohn 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”1 worksMatthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”1 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    John 2:5

    His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 6:22

      So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

    • John 15:14

      You are My friends if you do what I command you.

    • Hebrews 11:8

      By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

    • Luke 5:5–6

      “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”

    • Hebrews 5:9

      And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

  • Through

    Exodus 17:12

    When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 35:3

      Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

    • Philippians 1:19

      because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.

    • Hebrews 12:12

      Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

Moses Strikes the Rock at Horeb — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Strikes the Rock at Horeb — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 17 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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