Exodus 17:16

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For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Acts 7:49 : 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the ple of my rest?

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  • 1 Sam 15:2-3
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    2Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

    3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • Exod 17:13-15
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    13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

    14And 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.

    15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:

  • Exod 17:8-11
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    8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

    9And Moses said unto Joshua, 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.

    10So 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.

    11And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

  • Deut 25:17-19
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    17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

    18How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

    19Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from unr heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

  • 1 Sam 15:18
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    18And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

  • Num 24:20
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    20And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

  • 1 Sam 28:18
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    18Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

  • Deut 1:34-35
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    34And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

    35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

  • Num 32:10-11
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    10And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

    11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

  • 1 Chr 16:15-17
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    15Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

    16Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

    17And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Deut 2:17
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    17That the LORD spake unto me, saying,

  • 1 Sam 3:14
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    14And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

  • Num 14:26
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    26And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Gen 22:16
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    16And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

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    8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

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    15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

  • 1 Sam 15:7-8
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    7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

    8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

  • Num 14:16
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    16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

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    4The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

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    3The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

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    16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

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    43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

  • Exod 15:18
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    18The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

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  • Num 21:14
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    14Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

  • Num 25:16
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  • 1 Chr 4:43
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    43And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

  • Exod 14:14
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    14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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    17And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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    26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

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