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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Exodus 17:15

And Moses built an altar, and called it Jehovah-nissi The Lord is my banner. The presence and power of Jehovah was the banner under which they were listed, by which they were animated and kept together, and therefore which they erected in the day of their triumph. In the name of our God we must always lift up our banners: he that doth all the work should have all the praise.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 17:15. _JEHOVAH-NISSI_] _Jehovah is my ensign_ or _banner_. The hands and rod of Moses were held up as soldiers are wont to hold up their _standards_ in the time of battle; and as these...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    JEHOVAH-NISSI - See the margin, “Jehovah my banner.” As a proper name the Hebrew word is rightly preserved. The meaning is evidently that the name of Yahweh is the true banner under which victory is c...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JEHOVAH-NISSI. " Jehovah [is] my banner. "One of the Jehovah titles. App-4....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    17:15 Jehovah-nissi. (h-12) Jehovah my banner....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BUILT AN ALTAR] for the double purpose of offering sacrifices of thanksgiving, and of commemorating the victory by means of a monument: cp. Genesis 33:20; Genesis 35:7; Joshua 22:26;...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MOSES BUILT AN ALTAR. — Primarily, no doubt, to sacrifice thank-offerings upon it, as an acknowledgment of the Divine mercy in giving Israel the victory. But secondarily as a memorial — a monument to...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּ֥בֶן מֹשֶׁ֖ה מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַ יִּקְרָ֥א שׁ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it (i) Jehovahnissi: (i) That is, the Lord is my banner as he declared by holding up his rod and his hands....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Exaltation. He has given me the victory. He has supported my hands on high, holding the rod as a standard. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._And Moses built an altar. _The purpose of this was that not he alone, but the whole people should testify, by solemn sacrifice, their gratitude; which the very name of the altar proves. For neithe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND MOSES BUILT AN ALTAR,.... On Horeb, as Aben Ezra; on the top of the hill, as Ben Gersom, where sacrifices of thanksgiving were offered up for the victory obtained, or however a monument erected in...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi: Ver. 15. _And Moses built an altar._] As a lasting monument of God's great mercy in that first victory. The Romans had a custom, that...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Exo. 17:15. "And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it _Jehovah-Nissi_ " (i.e. _The Lord my banner_). Altars were types of Christ, and therefore were sometimes called by the name of God, as...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi (Jehovah my banner);...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BATTLE WITH THE AMALEKITES...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    JEHOVAH NISSI: that is, The LORD my banner...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MOSES BUILT AN ALTAR, both for the offering of sacrifices of praise unto God, and to be a monument of this victory, and of the author of it. _The name of it_, viz. of the altar, which he so calls meto...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 17:15 Moses H4872 built H1129 (H8799) altar H4196 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 The-LORD-Is-My-Banner H3071

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Exodus 17:15 I. The fight with Amalek was Israel's first battle, and God made it to them the revelation of the mystery of all battles the unseen spiritual things on which depend the final issues of al...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jehovah-nissi. i.e. the Lord my banner Genesis 22:14 Genesis 33:20 Psalms 60:4...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And Moses built an altar, and called it Jehovah — niffi — The Lord is my banner. The presence and power of Jehovah was the banner under which they were lifted, by which they were animated, and kept to...

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