Exodus 17:14 “Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord sayde to Moses, Write this for a remembrance in the booke, and rehearse it to Ioshua: for I will vtterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said to Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in the book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Write this, a memorial in a Book, and set [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I do utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens;'

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“memorial”

Exodus 34:27 Exodus 12:14 Exodus 13:9 Deuteronomy 31:9 Joshua 4:7 Job 19:23

Exodus 34:27 · BSB

The 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.”

Exodus 12:14 · BSB

And 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.

Exodus 13:9 · BSB

It 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.

Deuteronomy 31:9 · BSB

So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

Joshua 4:7 · BSB

you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites f…

Job 19:23 · BSB

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

“for I will”

1 Samuel 30:1 1 Samuel 30:17 Numbers 24:20 Deuteronomy 25:17–19 2 Samuel 8:12 1 Samuel 15:18

1 Samuel 30:1 · BSB

On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

1 Samuel 30:17 · BSB

And 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.

Numbers 24:20 · BSB

Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

Deuteronomy 25:17–19 · BSB

Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

2 Samuel 8:12 · BSB

from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

1 Samuel 15:18 · BSB

and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

“the remembrance”

Job 18:17 Psalm 9:6 Proverbs 10:7

Job 18:17 · BSB

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

Psalm 9:6 · BSB

The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

Proverbs 10:7 · BSB

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Also

Numbers 33:2 Exodus 24:4

Numbers 33:2 · BSB

At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:

Exodus 24:4 · BSB

And 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

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

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