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

So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, [one] of his choice men, answered and said, "Moses my lord, forbid them!"

These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

So Moses came with Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

"which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,

For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.

So Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the LORD on Midian.

"A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war."

So the LORD said to him, "What [is] that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."

Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.