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## Exodus 17:16 in Context (Verses 13–16 KJV)
 
 [13 ](/kjv/exodus/17/13) And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/exodus/17/14) 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.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/exodus/17/15) And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:*
 
 [16 ](/kjv/exodus/17/16) For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn *that* the LORD *will have* war with Amalek from generation to generation.**
 
[Exodus 16](/kjv/exodus/16) [Exodus 18](/kjv/exodus/18)

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