And when we know that we have failed in anything, let us not wait a single moment, but lift our hearts to our Father in heaven, and ask Him, for Jesus' sake, to wash away our sin and make us pure and white again in the precious Blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God.
[XLVII. A Great Victory]
Soon after the smiting of the Rock, out of which God made water to flow for the people's thirst, another difficulty came.
As the great company of the Children of Israel travelled on, some enemies, called, Amalekites, came out against them, and tried to conquer them.
So Moses called Joshua and told him to choose men who could fight, to go against the Amalekites; and that he would go to-morrow to the top of the hill with the Rod of God in his hand.
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
So Moses stretched out his hand with the Rod of God in it, and then the Children of Israel prevailed and conquered, but when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
But poor Moses got very weary, and his hands seemed very heavy, so that he could not hold them up any longer!
But Aaron and Hur thought of a very good plan. They took a large stone for Moses to sit on, and they stood by him and held up his hands, one on each side, and his hands were steady till the sun went down.
And Joshua had a great victory over Amalek, because God fought for them.