Exodus 24:13 Cross References - NSB

¹³ Moses and Joshua his assistant got ready. Moses started up the mountain to meet with God.

¹ One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.

⁹ Moses said to Joshua: »Choose some of our men. Then fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill. I will hold in my hand the staff God told me to take along.« ¹⁰ Joshua did as Moses told him. They fought the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill. ¹¹ As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel would win, but as soon as he put his hands down, the Amalekites would start to win. ¹² Finally, Moses was so tired that Aaron and Hur got a rock for him to sit on. They stood beside him and supported his arms in the same position until sunset. ¹³ That is how Joshua defeated the Amalekites. ¹⁴ After the fight Jehovah said to Moses: »Write an account of this victory and read it to Joshua. I want the Amalekites to be forgotten forever.«

¹⁷ Joshua heard the people shouting and said to Moses: »I hear the sound of war in the camp.«

¹¹ Jehovah would speak with Moses in person (intimately) (face to face) just as someone speaks with a friend. Moses would then return to the camp. But the young man who was his helper, Joshua son of Nun, stayed in the Tent.

²⁸ Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ helper since he was a young man, spoke up and said to Moses: »Stop them, sir!«