Religion: Steady Hands

The army of Israel was fighting the Amalekites, and the going was hard. On a hill above the battle stood old Moses himself. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy . . . and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.* The Israelites won.

The good work done by Aaron and Hur that day should be...

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