Éxodo 17:10

10 Josué siguió las órdenes de Moisés y les presentó batalla a los amalecitas. Por su parte, Moisés, Aarón y Jur subieron a la cima de la colina.

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 Los amalecitas vinieron a Refidín y atacaron a los israelitas.

9 Entonces Moisés le ordenó a Josué: «Escoge algunos de nuestros hombres y sal a combatir a los amalecitas. Mañana yo estaré en la cima de la colina con la vara de Dios en la mano».

10 Josué siguió las órdenes de Moisés y les presentó batalla a los amalecitas. Por su parte, Moisés, Aarón y Jur subieron a la cima de la colina.

11 Mientras Moisés mantenía los brazos en alto, la batalla se inclinaba en favor de los israelitas; pero cuando los bajaba, se inclinaba en favor de los amalecitas.

12 Cuando a Moisés se le cansaron los brazos, tomaron una piedra y se la pusieron debajo para que se sentara en ella; luego Aarón y Jur le sostuvieron los brazos, uno el izquierdo y otro el derecho, y así Moisés pudo mantenerlos firmes hasta la puesta del sol.