King James Version (KJV)
Exodus 17:15
“And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:”
Verse in context — Exodus 17
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And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
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And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
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For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation.
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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