What does Exodus 17:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."
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...
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...
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, Exodus 17:4 E, Exodus 17:5 a (people) J, Exodus 17...
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 ...
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...
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...
_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...
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 *deser...
BECAUSE THE LORD HATH SWORN THAT THE LORD WILL HAVE WAR WITH AMALEK. — Heb,, _because_ (_his_)_ hand is against the throne of Jehovah,_ (_there shall be_) _war to Jehovah with Amalek,_ &c. The Hebrew...
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי ־יָד֙ עַל ־כֵּ֣ס יָ֔הּ מִלְחָמָ֥ה לַ יהוָ֖ה בַּֽ עֲמָלֵ֑ק מִ דֹּ֖ר...
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...
_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; therefor...
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: 2 Samuel 8:12. And it i...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 17:16 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3050 sworn H3027 H3676 LORD H3068 war H4421 Amalek H6002 generation H1755 generation H1755 Because - Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:49 will have war - Psalms 21:8-11...
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 17:8 While Israel is camped at Rephidim (v. Exodus 17:8; compare v. Exodus 17:1), they are attacked by the people of Amalek, who inhabited the northern Sinai peninsula (Genesis 1...
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...
because or because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of Isaiah 66:1 Acts 7:49 will have war Psalms 21:8...