Exodus 17:8 (WEB)
Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
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 · 5
Jerome
“InExodus we read that the battle was fought against Amalek while Moses prayed, and the whole people fasted until the evening.Joshua, the son of Nun, bade sun and…” — editor's note: Ex. xvii. 8.
Read the whole comment“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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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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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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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Letters Letter 91.