CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 17:1. After their journeys.]—Literally, “their breakings
up,” alluding to nomad life, and bringing vividly before the mind
the _pulling up_ of the _tent-stakes_ and general _break up_ of the
_camp_, incident to the passage of a people through the desert. The
places of encamp... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 17:16. The Lord hath sworn.]—A far-fetched if not an
impossible rendering. The words are literally—
“For (or because) a hand upon (or against) the throne of Jah;
War for Jehovah with Amalek from generation, generation.”
“If the hand refer to Amalek (Kalisch), the sentence r... [ Continue Reading ]