Exodus 17:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Joshua. First occurance. (250 times in all). Hebrew. Jehoshua. Now fifty-three years of age. Hence. bondman in Egypt. Twenty-seven years younger than Moses. See App-50.

men. Hebrew, plural of 'ish or 'enesh. App-14.

fight. There was. large population in the peninsula at this time.. wilderness,. place of pasture, not. desert.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

Exodus 17:9

9 And Moses said unto Joshua,b Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.