Exodus 17:1-7
THE MURMURING AT MASSAH AND MERIBAH... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MURMURING AT MASSAH AND MERIBAH... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, after several days' marching, on each of which they encamped for the night, Numbers 33:12, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, AND PITCHED IN REPHIDIM, on the boundary of the wilderne... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses and said, Give us water that we may drink. They deliberately challenged Moses for an explanation; they started a quarrel, they wrangled. AND MOSES SAID UNTO THEM, WHY CHIDE YE WITH ME? WHEREFORE DO YE TEMPT THE LORD? The second question was the explanation o... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? So this was the substance of their complaint, of their doubt as to the merciful presence of the... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? They be almost ready to stone me. They held Moses responsible for the impending ruin, and assumed such an ugly attitude as to cause Moses to fear the worst.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, the shepherd's staff which was his symbol of authority, take in thine hand and go. The solemn departure of Moses and the elders from the camp was to draw... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb, whose foot-hills extended down to the neighborhood of the camp; AND THOU SHALT SMITE THE ROCK, AND THERE SHALL COME WATER OUT OF IT THAT THE PEOPLE MAY DRINK. God assured Moses of His presence and definitely promised him a miracle. AND M... [ Continue Reading ]
And he called the name of the place Massah (temptation) AND MERIBAH (strife) BECAUSE OF THE CHIDING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND BECAUSE THEY TEMPTED THE LORD, SAYING, IS THE LORD AMONG US OR NOT? So that had been their real transgression, the doubts as to the presence of the Lord with their army,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BATTLE WITH THE AMALEKITES... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came Amalek, the nation which had descended from Amalek, the grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:12, AND FOUGHT WITH ISRAEL IN REPHIDIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; for the soldiers of the heathen nation had fallen upon the rear-guard of Israel and smitten the faint and weary, Deuteronomy 25:18. TOMORROW I WILL STAND ON THE TOP OF THE HILL WITH THE ROD OF GOD IN MINE HAND, the same st... [ Continue Reading ]
So Joshua, or Hoshea, a prince of the tribe of Ephraim, Numbers 13:8; Deuteronomy 32:44, DID AS MOSES HAD SAID TO HIM, AND FOUGHT WITH AMALEK, for these Edomites were here trying to vent their spite against the chosen people of God; AND MOSES, AARON, AND HUR, the son of Caleb, the great-grandson of... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, in the attitude of fervent supplication, THAT ISRAEL PREVAILED, the tide of battle went in their favor; AND WHEN HE LET DOWN HIS HAND, AMALEK PREVAILED. It was not a battle in which mere prowess of arms brought about the decision, but one in which th... [ Continue Reading ]
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 AARON AND HUR STAYED UP HIS HANDS, THE ONE ON THE ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE; they suppor... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua discomfited, struck down, conquered, AMALEK AND HIS PEOPLE WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, without exercising pity.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua, it should be revealed to Joshua and impressed upon his mind; FOR I WILL UTTERLY PUT OUT THE REMEMBRANCE OF AMALEK FROM UNDER HEAVEN, the entire nation was to be annihilated, Deuteronomy 25:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi (Jehovah my banner);... [ Continue Reading ]
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, that Israel should continue the war against the Amalekites until their total extinction had been accomp... [ Continue Reading ]