8. The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
9. Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands."
10. So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill.
11. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.
12. When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one on one side, one on the other--so that his hands remained steady till sunset.
13. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.
14. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."
15. Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner.
16. He said, "For hands were lifted up to the throne of the LORD. The LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation."
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Joshua comes into the scene for the first time. Whatever the situation may have been, Moses probably trusted Joshua as a good general.
I wonder how Moses got the idea that if he raise the staff, they will win.
The help Moses gets from Aaron and Hur is a great example how Christianity isn't about one person doing everything alone. It is about unity in one body through Christ.
God's implication of using Joshua later on is stated here. To make sure "Joshua hears it."
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