Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Exodus 17:15
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.
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.
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...
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...
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,...
JEHOVAH-NISSI. " Jehovah [is] my banner. "One of the Jehovah titles. App-4....
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...
17:15 Jehovah-nissi. (h-12) Jehovah my banner....
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...
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;...
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 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...
וַ יִּ֥בֶן מֹשֶׁ֖ה מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַ יִּקְרָ֥א שׁ
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...
_Exaltation. He has given me the victory. He has supported my hands on high, holding the rod as a standard. (Haydock)_...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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 tog...
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...
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi (Jehovah my banner);...
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...
JEHOVAH NISSI: that is, The LORD my banner...
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...
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...
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 17:15 Moses H4872 built H1129 (H8799) altar H4196 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 The-LORD-Is-My-Banner H3071
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...
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...
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...
_Jehovah-nissi, the Lord my banner._ 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 dep...
A ROYAL BANNER Jehovah-nissi The Lord is my banner. Exodus 17:15 (RVm). Have you ever seen an old regimental flag? I remember seeing some once in a cathedral. There they hung faded and tattered and...
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 ...
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...
Jehovah-nissi. i.e. the Lord my banner Genesis 22:14 Genesis 33:20 Psalms 60:4...
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...