Exodus 17:9 meaning and explanation

So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

Exodus 17:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Israel has just camped at Rephidim, where the people quarreled with Moses over water and tested the LORD. Now the Amalekites attack from outside, and Moses, still holding the staff with which God brought water from the rock, directs Joshua to muster fighting men while he positions himself on the hilltop with that staff.

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