Éxodo 17:10

10 Josué hizo lo que Moisés le ordenó y peleó contra el ejército de Amalec. Entretanto Moisés, Aarón y Hur subieron a la cima de una colina cercana.

Éxodo 17:10 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 17:10

So Joshua did as Moses had said to him
He singled out some proper persons for the battle, and arrayed them with armour, and led them forth out of the camp, and went forth at the head of them:

and fought with Amalek;
upon both armies meeting, a battle ensued:

and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top of the hill;
to the top of Mount Sinai or Horeb, not so much to see the battle fought, as to be seen by Joshua and the people of Israel, especially Moses with the rod in his hand lifted up, that they might behold it, and be encouraged through it to hope for and expect victory; and the other two went up with him to assist him in holding up his hands with the rod, as appears by what follows. Aaron, it is well known, was his brother, but who Hur was is not so clear, though no doubt a very eminent and principal man. There was an Hur, the son of Caleb, who descended from Judah in the line of Phares and Hezron, and which Hur was the grandfather of Bezaleel ( 1 Chronicles 2:5 1 Chronicles 2:9 1 Chronicles 2:19 1 Chronicles 2:20 ) , but whether the same with this cannot be said with certainty; it is most likely that he was the husband of Miriam, as Josephus says ^F23, and so the brother-in-law of Moses and Aaron; though some Jewish writers say ^F24 that he was their sister's son, the son of Miriam.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 2. sect. 4.
F24 Pirke Eliezer, c. 45. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 7. 1.

Éxodo 17:10 In-Context

8 Israel derrota a los amalecitas
Mientras el pueblo de Israel aún se encontraba en Refidim, los guerreros de Amalec lo atacaron.

9 Así que Moisés le ordenó a Josué: «Escoge a algunos hombres para salir a pelear contra el ejército de Amalec. Mañana yo estaré en la cima de la colina sosteniendo la vara de Dios en mi mano».

10 Josué hizo lo que Moisés le ordenó y peleó contra el ejército de Amalec. Entretanto Moisés, Aarón y Hur subieron a la cima de una colina cercana.

11 Mientras Moisés sostenía en alto la vara en su mano, los israelitas vencían; pero, cuando él bajaba la mano, dominaban los amalecitas.

12 Pronto se le cansaron tanto los brazos que ya no podía sostenerlos en alto. Así que Aarón y Hur le pusieron una piedra a Moisés para que se sentara. Luego se pararon a cada lado de Moisés y le sostuvieron las manos en alto. Así sus manos se mantuvieron firmes hasta la puesta del sol.