A moment in scripture
Exodus 17:15
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And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi:
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The surrounding passage
- Exodus 17:13
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
- 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.
- Exodus 17:16
For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.