⁹ and Moses saith unto Joshua, `Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand.'

¹³ And Moses riseth -- Joshua his minister also -- and Moses goeth up unto the mount of God;

²⁰ and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass, and turneth back to the land of Egypt, and Moses taketh the rod of God in his hand.

⁴⁴ And Moses cometh and speaketh all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun;

² And Jehovah saith unto him, `What `is' this in thy hand?' and he saith, `A rod;'

⁸ for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;

⁴⁵ which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

³ And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, `Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

⁴ a thousand for a tribe -- a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel -- ye do send to the host.'

¹⁶ These `are' the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua.

²⁸ And Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, `one' of his young men, answereth and saith, `My lord Moses, restrain them.'

¹³ and Joshua weakeneth Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword.