Exodus 17:10 (WEB)
So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Catechism · 1
“Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 17:8-12; Num 12:13-14.
Fathers and councils · 6
Tertullian
“…was to enter the lists one day singly against the devil—the figure of the cross was also necessary, (that figure) through which Jesus was to win the victory?” — editor's note: See Ex. xvii. 8–16; and comp. Col. ii. 14, 15.
Read the whole comment“In Exodus, was not that position of Moses, battling against Amalek by prayers, maintained as it was perseveringly even till “sunset,” a “late Station?”” — editor's note: See Ex. xvii. 8–12.
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Jerome
“For know, my beloved son, that Amalek has been destroyed root and branch and that the trophy of the cross has been set up on the hill of Rephidim.” — editor's note: Cf. Exod. xvii. 8–14.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…forbid by fighting the passage to the land of promise, he be overcome by the cross of the Lord, which is prefigured by the holding out of the hands of Moses.” — editor's note: Ex. xvii. 8–16
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…Amalek shall be conquered, not with arms alone, but with the hostile hand of the righteous forming both prayers and the invincible trophy of the Cross; the River shall be cut off; the sun shall stand still; and the moon be restrained; walls shall be overthrown even without engines; swarms of hornets shall go…” — editor's note: Ib. xvii. 10, 11.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this, that it may be a memorial in a book, and tell it unto the ears of Jesus, that I may utterly destroy the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”” — editor's note: Ex. xvii. 9–14.
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Cross-references · 6
Parallel passages
Exodus 17:10 and Judith 6:12 share the same wording (10 words).
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