They now face the first direct attack. The Egyptians never actually got to them, and the other problems were ones of circumstances. This time the Amalekites come and attack them. Joshua is to go and fight the battle with some of the men. Moses would stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in his hands. Note that it does not say that God told him to do this, but he had seen God work through his staff on a number of occasions. So Moses is learning how to use the power of God.
The battle commenced, and when Moses held up his hands the battle went in their favour. When his arms dropped, the battle started to go against them. Moses was not able to maintain his spiritual posture by himself, so Aaron and Hur supported him, literally, and the battle was won. There may be people in your church who consider to be might men or women of God, but no matter how mature they are, they need support from others. So we should always support our leaders and other workers, never imagining that we can just leave it to them. If our leaders disappoint us, sometimes it may be because we are not supporting them enough.
God tells Moses to write down that the Amalek's will be completely destroyed. Moses also built an altar and called it "The Lord is My Banner".
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