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Exodus
Chapter
17
{Verses
1-7 - Hebrews 3: 7-8 refers to this passage
as does Psalms 95:8}
1~~
And all the congregation of the children of Israel
journeyed
from the desert of Zin/Sin
{a place -NOT referring to the 'act' of sinning},
after
their journeys,
according
to the commandment of the Jehovah/God,
and
pitched in Rephidim {means 'refreshments'}.
And
there was no water for the people to drink.
{Note: They were within the geographic will of God and it is His duty to provide! If they had doctrine, they would have understood this!}
2~~Therefore
the people did complain {a sign of reversionism}
with
Moses, and said,
"Give
us water that we may drink."
And
Moses said unto them,
"Why
do you complain with me?
{God provides the water not Moses!}
Why
do you tempt the Jehovah/God?
{to take the reversionists out under the sin unto death}"
{Note: Their danger is not lack of water! It is lack of doctrine! And, 'Elohiym/Godhead takes out reversionists under the sin unto death at His will. That is their risk . . . not lack of water!}
3~~
And the people thirsted there for water . . .
and
the people murmured against Moses, and said,
"Why
have you brought us up out of Egypt?
To
kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?"
{Note: RBT says it is likely that they superimposed their own lust for the details of life on Moses. Now they had wages from Egypt for 400 years of slavery and there was great wealth for Israel for the first time in their lifetimes. Now they may be accusing Moses of wanting them dead so he can keep all the wealth for himself. Jealousy, bitterness, implacability - all mental attitude sins toward Moses. The murmuring indicates sins of the tongue - maligning, slander, gossip, and lying against Moses.}
{SuperGrace
Response - Say Nothing to People - Go to the Jehovah/God in Prayer}
4~~And
Moses prayed to the Jehovah/God, saying,
"What
shall I do with this people?
They
are almost ready to stone {kill} me."
{The
First Meribah (Analogous to the 1st Advent of Christ)}
5~~And
the Jehovah/God said unto Moses,
"Get
out in front of the people,
and
take with you the elders of Israel {the deacons of the day} . . .
and
your rod {represents divine power in human hands}
with
you . . .
strike
the river . . .
take
in your hand,
and
go."
6~~"Behold,
I will stand before you there
upon
the sharp jagged rock {tsuwr} in Horeb.
And
you will strike the 'sharp jagged rock' {tsuwr},
and
there shall come water out of it,
that
the people may drink."
And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
{Note: Tsuwr is the Hebrew word for a sharp jagged rock. The situation here is different from the second Meribah when the 'rock' then represents Jesus Christ and Moses was to SPEAK to the rock NOT to strike the rock at that time (Numbers 20:8). They wanted to STONE Moses with sharp jagged rocks so 'Elohiym/Godhead told Moses for him to go strike a sharp jagged rock - which represents judgement - Christ, the Rock, Who was judged for us!}
7~~And
he called the name of the place Massah {means testing},
and
Meribah {means complaining},
because
of the complaining of the children of Israel,
and
because they tempted the Jehovah/God, saying,
"Is
the Jehovah/God among us, or not?"
8
Then came Amalek,
and
fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9
And Moses said unto Joshua,
"Choose
us out men, and go out,
fight
with Amalek.
Tomorrow
I will stand on the top of the hill
with
the rod of 'Elohiym/Godhead in my hand.
10
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him,
and
fought with Amalek.
And
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11
And it came to pass,
when
Moses held up his hand,
that
Israel prevailed
and
when he let down his hand,
Amalek
prevailed.
12
But Moses' hands were heavy;
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
and
his hands were steady
until
the going down of the sun.
13
And Joshua kept on weakening Amalek and his people
with
the edge of the sword.
14
And the Jehovah/God 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."
15-16
And Moses built an altar,
and
called the name of it Jehovahnissi
{Y@hovah nicciy - means 'Jehovah is my banner'} 16
For
he said,
"Because
the Jehovah/God has sworn
that
the Jehovah/God will have war with Amalek
from
generation to generation."
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