Exodus 17:14 (WEB)
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.”
Fathers and councils · 5
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.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this, and let it be a memorial in a book, and tell it in the ears of Jesus; because in destroying I will destroy the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”” — editor's note: Ex. xvii. 11–14.
Read the whole comment“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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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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Parallel passages
Exodus 17:14 and Deuteronomy 25:19 share the same wording (10 words).
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