Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
God commanded this written down so the memory would never perish, not to settle disputes about which book, but that all ages should know He performed a work worthy of eternal glory. Joshua needed this history recited to him, that recollection of God's faithfulness might give him invincible firmness against the difficulties ahead.
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Amalek struck from behind at the weakest and most defenseless, a cowardly and malicious attack that defied the God who had just destroyed Egypt. But they struck at a camp guarded and supplied by miracles and knew not what they did.
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Commenting on Exodus 17:8-16
Write this account in a book that it endures and reaches the latest posterity, both to show Amalek's great impiety and inhumanity, and to display God's goodness and power for His people. Rehearse it to Joshua so he, who fought in this battle, might know the rule of his conduct toward them.
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