Exodus 17:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now while Moses' hand was lifted up, Israel was the stronger: but when he let his hand go down, Amalek became the stronger.

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  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
  • Ps 56:9 : 9 When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

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  • Exod 17:12-16
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    87%

    12 But Moses' hands became tired; so they put a stone under him and he took his seat on it, Aaron and Hur supporting his hands, one on one side and one on the other; so his hands were kept up without falling till the sun went down.

    13 And Joshua overcame Amalek and his people with the sword.

    14 And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth.

    15 Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi:

    16 For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.

  • Exod 17:8-10
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    86%

    8 Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.

    9 And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

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

  • Deut 25:17-19
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    17 Keep in mind what Amalek did to you on your way from Egypt;

    18 How, meeting you on the way, he made an attack on you when you were tired and without strength, cutting off all the feeble ones at the end of your line; and the fear of God was not in him.

    19 So when the Lord your God has given you rest from all who are against you on every side, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, see to it that the memory of Amalek is cut off from the earth; keep this in mind.

  • Exod 24:13-15
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    72%

    13 Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

    14 And he said to the chiefs, Keep your places here till we come back to you: Aaron and Hur are with you; if anyone has any cause let him go to them.

    15 And Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.

  • Judg 6:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.

    3 And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;

  • Exod 14:25-27
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    25 And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.

    26 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the sea, and the waters will come back again on the Egyptians, and on their war-carriages and on their horsemen.

    27 And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

  • 1 Sam 15:2
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    2 The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting against him on the way when Israel came out of Egypt.

  • Num 14:45
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    45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who were living in the hill-country, and overcame them completely, driving them back as far as Hormah.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
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    48 And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.

  • Num 14:13
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    13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Exod 2:11
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    11 Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

  • Num 24:20
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    20 Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.

  • Num 17:11
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    11 This Moses did: as the Lord gave orders, so he did.

  • Exod 9:33
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    33 So Moses went out of the town, and stretching out his hands made prayer to God: and the thunders and the ice-storm came to an end; and the fall of rain was stopped.

  • Exod 14:21
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    21 And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.

  • Ps 118:16
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    16 The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

  • Num 14:25-26
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    25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are in the valley; tomorrow, turning round, go into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea.

    26 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Deut 34:12
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    12 And in all the acts of power and fear which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.

  • Deut 31:24
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    24 Now after writing all the words of this law in a book till the record of them was complete,

  • Num 14:5
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    5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

  • Exod 32:11
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    11 But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

  • Judg 4:24
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    24 And the power of the children of Israel went on increasing against Jabin, king of Canaan, till he was cut off.

  • Num 10:35
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    35 And when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight before you.

  • Num 11:30
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    30 Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.

  • Num 14:41
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    41 And Moses said, Why are you now acting against the Lord's order, seeing that no good will come of it?

  • Gen 14:7
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    7 Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.

  • Exod 34:29
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    29 Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God.

  • Exod 10:22
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    22 And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days;

  • Exod 14:14
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    14 The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.

  • Judg 11:32
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    32 So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.

  • Exod 24:18
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    18 And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.