Until the going down of the sun - The length of this first great battle indicates the strength and obstinacy of the assailants. It was no mere raid of Bedouins, but a deliberate attack of the Amalekites, who had been probably thoroughly trained in warfare by their struggles with Egypt.
CHAPTER 17 AT REPHIDIM _ 1. The water from the rock (Exodus 17:1)_ 2. The conflict with Amalek (Exodus 17:8) From Sin they went to Dophkah and Alush before they came to Rephidim (Numbers 33:12). Aga...
EXODUS 27. WATER FROM THE ROCK (Exodus 17 :1 P (Rephidim), Exodus 17:1 b - Exodus 17:2 a (strove, strive) E, Exodus 17:3 and Exodus 17:2 b (tempt) J,...
HEAVY. weary....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 17 And all the congregation of the children of Is-ra-el journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Je-ho-vah, and encamped...
_BUT MOSES' HANDS WERE HEAVY; AND THEY TOOK A STONE, AND PUT IT UNDER HIM, AND HE SAT THEREON; AND AARON AND HUR STAYED UP HIS HANDS, THE ONE ON THE ONE SIDE, AND THE OTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE; AND HIS...
REPHIDIM. MURMURING FOR WATER. OPPOSITION OF AMALEK Leaving the maritime plain the Israelites now strike inland, and after halting at Dophkah and Alush (see Numbers 33:12) they come to Rephidim. This...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 17 WATER AT HOREB – VERSES 1-7 V1 All the *Israelites left the *dese...
MOSES’ HANDS WERE HEAVY. — Moses writes with a clear remembrance of his feelings at the time. His hands, long stretched to heaven, grew weary, “heavy,” feeble; he could no longer raise them up, much l...
וִ ידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ כְּבֵדִ֔ים וַ יִּקְחוּ ־אֶ֛ב
WATER FROM THE ROCK; VICTORY OVER AMALEK Exodus 17:1 From the smitten rock flowed the water for the thirsty hosts. So the Rock of Ages was smitten, and from His riven side has flowed out blood and wa...
Another trial of their faith came to the people in the lack of water. In view of the fact that they had been provided with bread and flesh, it would seem as if they would have learned enough to be abl...
If we consider this in a spiritual sense, it will teach us how faint and frail our nature is in all its best soul exercises. Joshua was not faint that we read of in fighting, but yet Moses was, in hol...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 16 AND 17. But now the difficulties of the way arrive. They travel three days without water-a sad effect, in appearance, of such a deliverance; and then the w...
BUT MOSES'S HANDS WERE HEAVY,.... And hung down through weariness, holding up the rod first in one hand, and then in another, for so long a time; and thus sometimes, through infirmity, the best of men...
_But Moses' hands [were] heavy; and they took a stone, and put [it] under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and...
The people murmure for water at Rephidim. 5 God sendeth him for water to the rocke in Horeb. 8 Amalek is ouercome by the holding vp of Moses hands. 15 Moses buildeth the Altar IEHOVAH Nissi. [MURM...
But Moses' hands were heavy. It is a test of endurance for the strongest man to hold his hands out or up for any length of time. AND THEY TOOK A STONE AND PUT IT UNDER HIM, AND HE SAT THEREON; AND AAR...
THE BATTLE WITH THE AMALEKITES...
FIFTH SECTION The journey through the wilderness to Sinai. Want of water. Marah. Elim. The Wilderness of Sin. Quails. Manna. Rephidim (Massah and Meribah). The Amalekites. Jethro and his advice, a hu...
WATER FROM THE ROCK (vs.1-7) Bread has been provided for the people. Can God provide water also? Why did they not simply appeal to Him in fullest confidence that He would answer just as fully as He...
8-16 Israel engaged with Amalek in their own necessary defence. God makes his people able, and calls them to various services for the good of his church. Joshua fights, Moses prays, both minister to...
Not that both hands were erected and joined together, which was not a fit posture for one holding a rod in his hand; but that _Moses_ shifted the rod out of one hand into the other when the former was...
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water...
Exodus 17:12 Moses H4872 hands H3027 heavy H3515 took H3947 (H8799) stone H68 put H7760 (H8799) sat...
A SUDDEN ATTACK FROM AN UNEXPECTED FOE (EXODUS 17:8). Up to this point the problems of the journey have been physical problems arising from the environment, but now the children of Israel are reminded...
CONTENTS: Smitten rock at Meribah. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua, Aaron, Hur. CONCLUSION: Fed by the Bread of Life; refreshed by the Water of Life (John 7:37) means victory for the believer in ever...
Exodus 17:1. _Rephidim._ The plain before Horeb, where the Israelites encamped before they removed to the plain opposite Sinai. Exodus 17:6. _Thou shalt smite the rock._ Horeb was the place where God...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 17:9 The focus on Moses’ HAND(S) (vv. Exodus 17:9,...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 17:8 While Israel is camped at Rephidim (v. Exodus 17:8; compare v. Exodus 17:1), they are attacked by
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 Jeho...
EXPOSITION THE WAR WITH AMALEK. The Amalekites seem to have been descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:12). They separated themselves off from the other Edomites at an early date, an...
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and they pitched in Rephidim: and there was no...
Moses' hands Matthew 26:40 Mark 14:37 Ephesians 6:18 Colossians 4:2 stayed up his hands...