Exodus 17:10 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 17:10

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (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:

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he did	H6213 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
אָֽמַר־	'a.mar-	he had said	H559 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to <the> him
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם	le.hi.la.Chem	by fighting	H3898 →
בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק	ba.'a.ma.Lek	against Amalek	H6002 →
וּמֹשֶׁה֙	u.mo.Sheh	and Moses	H4872 →
אַהֲרֹ֣ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
וְח֔וּר	ve.Chur	and Hur	H2354 →
עָל֖וּ	'a.Lu	they went up	H5927 →
רֹ֥אשׁ	rosh	[the] top of	H7218 →
הַגִּבְעָֽה׃	ha.giv.'Ah	the hill	H1389 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
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…
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.

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