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Verse Exodus 17:16. _THE LORD HATH SWORN_ THAT _THE LORD_ WILL HAVE
_WAR WITH_ _AMALEK, C._] This is no translation of the words כי יד
על כס יה מלחמה _ki yad al kes yah milckamah_, which have
been va...
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BECAUSE THE LORD HATH SWORN - This rendering is incorrect. Our
translators regard the expression as a solemn asseveration by the
throne of God. However, to this the objections are insuperable; it has...
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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...
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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,...
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LORD. Jah. See App-4.
HATH SWORN. The margins of Authorized Version and Revised Version show
the perplexity caused by the _Ellipsis_. of the verb. "Surely the hand
[lifted up] upon the banner of Jah ...
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MOSES BUILT AN ALTAR, &C.— It appears from Judges 22:26 that altars
were not only built for sacrifice, but also for memorials and
testimonies; see Genesis 31:48. Judges 6:24. This, built by Moses, was...
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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...
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_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._
Write this for a me...
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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...
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FOR HE SAID] RV 'and he said.' The words following are literally,
'because a hand upon the throne (of) Jah,' which may be rendered,
'because his (i.e. Amalek's) hand is against the throne of Jehovah,...
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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...
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וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי ־יָד֙ עַל ־כֵּ֣ס
יָ֔הּ
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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...
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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...
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Hand of the throne. The Lord hath lifted up his hand, and sworn on his
throne, that war, &c., (Chaldean) or the hand of Amalec hath attacked
the throne (Israel, the inheritance) of the Lord; therefore...
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Jehovah nissi means, the Lord my banner. Song of Solomon 2:4
See this prediction fulfilled in the historical sense of it. 1 Samuel
15:2 compared with 1 Samuel 30:1, and again:...
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REFLECTIONS
Reader! while you and I pause over the relation of Israel's
unaccountable conduct, and from the part we bear in this wonderful
history, feeling the same sources of unbelief, disobedience a...
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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...
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16._For he said, Because the Lord. _(194) He confirms by repetition
the same declaration which he had lately pronounced from the mouth of
God, viz., that God would be ever at war with the Amalekites,...
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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...
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FOR HE SAID, BECAUSE THE LORD HATH SWORN,.... So some Jewish writers b
take it for an oath, as we do; or "because the hand is on the throne
of the Lord" c; which the Targum of Jonathan, Jarchi, and Ab...
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For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have]
war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Ver. 16. _Because the Lord, &c._] Heb., The hand upon the throne of
the Lord. God's...
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_Because the Lord hath sworn_, &c. The original of this passage is
variously rendered. There are two senses which appear most plausible.
The one of them we have here in our _text_, the other in the ma...
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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...
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for he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war
with Amalek from generation to generation. It was a vow with his hand
upon the banner of Jehovah, the altar which he had built, tha...
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THE BATTLE WITH THE AMALEKITES...
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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...
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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...
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BECAUSE THE LORD HATH SWORN THAT THE LORD WILL HAVE WAR WITH AMALEK:
Or, because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD,
therefore etc. _Heb._ The hand upon the throne of the Lord...
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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...
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FOR, or, _and_, as the Hebrew particle properly signifies; for these
words are not a reason of the passage next preceding, but an
additional sentence. BECAUSE, or, _surely_, (as that particle is oft
u...
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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...
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Exodus 17:16 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3050 sworn H3027 H3676 LORD H3068
war H4421 Amalek H6002 generation...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 17:14 No explicit reason is given for the
severity of the Lord’s judgment on AMALEK. (But see note on Josh.
6:17–18.) A later reference to the event ...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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because or because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of Isaiah
66:1 Acts 7:49 will have war Psalms 21:8...