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Exodus 17:13 Cross-References
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“And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.”
Exodus 17:13 (KJV)
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Commentary on Exodus 17:13
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword—The victory is complete: Joshua 'discomfited' (חָלַשׁ, chalash, 'weakened, defeated') Amalek utterly. The phrase 'with the edge of the sword' indicates thorough military victory, yet verse 11 makes clear this resulted from Moses' intercession, not Joshua's military prowess alone. This dual causation—divine intervention and human action—characterizes all biblical victory. God ordains both means (Joshua's sword) and cause (Moses' prayer). The complete victory prefigures Christ's decisive defeat of Satan through the cross (Co...
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Cross-References for Exodus 17:13
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“because Yahweh”
“and struck it with the edge of the sword”
“and struck it with the edge of the sword”
“and struck it with the edge of the sword”
“and all the kings of them”