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Exodus 17:14

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

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ASV

and Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, 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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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
כְּתֹ֨בke.TowriteH3789 →
זֹ֤אתzotthisH2063 →
זִכָּרוֹן֙zi.ka.rOnreminderH2146 →
בַּסֵּ֔פֶרba.Se.ferin the bookH5612 →
וְשִׂ֖יםve.Simand put [it]H7760 →
בְּאָזְנֵ֣יbe.'a.ze.Neiin [the] ears ofH241 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
מָחֹ֤הma.Chohcertainly <to wipe out>H4229 →
אֶמְחֶה֙'em.ChehI will wipe outH4229 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
זֵ֣כֶרZe.kher[the] remembrance ofH2143 →
עֲמָלֵ֔ק'a.ma.LekAmalekH6002 →
מִתַּ֖חַתmi.Ta.chatfrom underH8478 →
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →

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Exodus 34:27The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”1 Samuel 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.1 Samuel 30:1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.Numbers 24:20Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”Jeremiah 36:2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.Psalms 137:7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”Numbers 33:2At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:2 Samuel 8:12from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.Deuteronomy 25:17–19Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,Deuteronomy 25:19When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!Exodus 13:9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.1 Samuel 15:7–8Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.1 Samuel 15:2–3This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.Exodus 12:14And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.1 Samuel 14:48He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.Deuteronomy 7:24He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.1 Samuel 15:18and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

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