So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua…
So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua…
This past weekend, the whole Benedict clan was MIA. We all took advantage of the extended holiday weekend to converge on Washington DC to help move Josh and Alaina from their rental apartment into their first home. We weren’t alone in playing hooky, though; we joined approximately 34.4 million other Americans who took to the roads for holiday travel. People took to the skies, too. Air travel was at its highest level since March 17, six days after the pandemic…