參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本   

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8. Then Amalek came and made war against Israel in Rephidim.

9. And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.”

10. And Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought against Amalek. And Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11. And it came to pass when Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. And when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

12. But Moses’ hands became heavy. And they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13. And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14. And the LORD said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”

15. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it The LORD My Banner.

16. And he said, “Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

 (A Faithful Version)

8. 過了一段時間，有亞瑪力人來到利非訂，偷襲以色列人。

9. 摩西聞此，便吩咐約書亞：去揀選人馬，對抗亞瑪力人。明天會親自手拿耶和華的杖站在山上觀戰。

10. 約書亞就照吩咐的去迎戰亞瑪力人。摩西、亞倫和戶珥山頂觀戰。

11. 戰事開打時，手仗舉起，以色列人就得勝；手仗放下，亞瑪力人得勝。

12. 當摩西手感無力，就拿一塊石頭，放在他手㬹下面。亞倫和戶珥輪番去支撐，一人一邊在穩住，直到日落西山。

13. 約書亞和民眾一起，手持刀劍擊殺那些來侵者。

14. 耶和華傳話到摩西：要將這事記在書上作紀錄。讓約書亞永遠曉得，亞瑪力人這名字會有一天在這天空下不再出現。

15. 摩西築了一座壇，起壇記念耶和華是我的旌旗。

16. 說祂：大能者已經起誓，會世代與亞瑪力人對抗。

上述這段記載跟今日的以色列人和哈瑪斯有奠大的關係，歷史重演。

從認識亞瑪力人的那天開始：

The Spirit of Amalek and the War on Israel 

Amalek first appears as a nation in Exodus 17:8: “Then Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim.” In this well-known story, Moses instructed Joshua to draft an army while he, together with Aaron and Hur, went up a hill to pray. And these prayers became the decisive factor in the outcome of the battle. “So it came about, when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed; but when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed.” (Exodus 17:11) 。

哈瑪斯的前身是亞瑪力：

上述網址其中有一段描述：以色列10月7日之戰，主要指2023年10月7日由巴勒斯坦激進組織哈瑪斯（Hamas）對以色列發動的大規模突襲，此事件直接引發了當年全面的加沙戰事。

然而，他們的殘暴行徑並不令人意外，因為近幾十年來，哈馬斯領導人和宗教人士一直呼籲消滅地球上所有的猶太人(以色列人)。哈馬斯憲章明確引用了聖訓，稱「審判日」只有在穆斯林將猶太人(以色列人)殺到連石頭和樹木都發出「穆斯林啊，我們身後有個猶太人，來殺了他！」的心態才會發生。哈馬斯堅持認為，這場鬥爭必須將巴勒斯坦的每一寸土地從猶太人(以色列人)的統治下解放出來。

From AI:

In the biblical account (Exodus 17:8), the Amalekites attacked Israel at Rephidim out of opportunistic hostility, preying on the exhausted and vulnerable ex-slaves by striking the stragglers at the rear, driven by a lack of fear of God and an ancestral kinship grudge.

Tactical and Historical Reasons

• Vulnerability: Israel was tired, thirsty, and disorganized after leaving Egypt.
• Cowardly Strike: Deuteronomy 25:18 notes that Amalek did not attack the front lines or face Israel’s strongmen; they targeted the faint, weary, and those lagging behind.
• Strategic Location: Rephidim sat on a valuable desert trade and water route, making a slow-moving group with livestock look like a target for local raiders.
• Family Enmity: As descendants of Esau’s V, the Amalekites shared a familial lineage with Israel but harbored a deep hostility instead of offering safe passage.

在此回看這段經文 v.14 似乎是一個預言：哈瑪斯永遠不敵以色列，他們現在是與以色列停火階段，等待全面解除武裝的日子來臨。

這段經文同時記載了一個有用的秘訣，就是得勝之道：舉起手持大能者的杖，耶和華會為你爭戰。當時舉杖去表明有信心，這信心是摩西的信心(領袖有的信心)。以色列人當中有些人，因為此，建立起信心，許多人沒有，說有都是暫時。對於今日的信眾，這杖不是一條木，是一顆信心。信心不出來，光靠讀書(提點)靠領袖(榜樣)，都不行。靠的是自己與耶和華的關係，離了大能者，你的知心友，什麼都干不好。