Exodus 17:16

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He said, "Because hands were lifted up against the throne of the LORD, the LORD will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation."

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  • Ps 21:8-9 : 8 For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the lovingkindness of the Most High, he will not be shaken. 9 Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You. 10 You will make them like a fiery furnace in the time of Your presence; the LORD will swallow them in His anger, and fire will consume them. 11 You will destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among mankind.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 This is what the Lord says: 'The heavens are My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is the house you could build for Me, and where is My resting place?'.
  • Acts 7:49 : 49 Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be?

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  • 1 Sam 15:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I will punish Amalek for what they did to Israel, how they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.'

    3Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

  • Exod 17:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the sword.

    14Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it to Joshua: 'I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.'"

    15Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

  • Exod 17:8-11
    4 verses
    78%

    8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

    9Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out to fight against Amalek. Tomorrow, I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

    10So Joshua did as Moses had said to him and fought against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

    11As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered his hands, Amalek prevailed.

  • Deut 25:17-19
    3 verses
    75%

    17Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey out of Egypt,

    18how he met you on the road, attacked all who were lagging behind you when you were tired and weary, and he did not fear God.

    19Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

  • 1 Sam 15:18
    75%

    18And the LORD sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinful Amalekites; wage war against them until you completely wipe them out.'

  • Num 24:20
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    20Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his oracle: 'Amalek was first among the nations, but their end will be utter destruction.'

  • 1 Sam 28:18
    74%

    18Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD or carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.

  • Deut 1:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34When the LORD heard what you said, He became angry and swore an oath:

    35Not one man of this evil generation will see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers,

  • Num 32:10-11
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    73%

    10So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore, saying:

    11'None of the men who came up from Egypt, twenty years old and older, will see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not fully followed Me—

  • 1 Chr 16:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15Remember his covenant forever, the word he commanded for a thousand generations.

    16The covenant he made with Abraham, and the oath he swore to Isaac.

    17He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.

  • Deut 2:17
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    17the LORD spoke to me, saying,

  • 1 Sam 3:14
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    14Therefore, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the guilt of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.

  • Num 14:26
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    26Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

  • Gen 22:16
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    16and said, 'By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • Ps 105:8
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    8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He commanded for a thousand generations.

  • Lev 17:1
    71%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • 1 Sam 15:15
    71%

    15Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

  • 1 Sam 15:7-8
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    7Then Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.

    8He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but he utterly destroyed all the people with the sword.

  • Num 14:16
    70%

    16'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.'

  • Ps 110:4
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    4The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

  • Exod 15:3
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    3The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is His name.

  • Exod 31:16
    70%

    16The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations.

  • Num 14:43
    70%

    43For the Amalekites and Canaanites are there to confront you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.

  • Exod 15:18
    70%

    18The LORD will reign forever and ever.

  • Lev 18:1
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 21:14
    69%

    14Therefore, it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: 'Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon.'

  • Num 25:16
    69%

    16The LORD said to Moses,

  • 1 Chr 4:43
    69%

    43They struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

  • Exod 14:14
    69%

    14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to remain silent.

  • Num 15:17
    69%

    17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 31:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Ps 106:26
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    26Therefore, He raised His hand against them to make them fall in the wilderness,

  • Josh 22:27
    69%

    27but as a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at His sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’

  • Lev 27:1
    68%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,