Exodus 17


Comments
V1 "according to the commandment^[1] of the LORD" is normally translated "mouth". The children of Israel were simply "led by the pillar of cloud and fire, yet they came to a place where there was no water for them to drink." ^[2]
V2 "people did chide"^[3] in the sense of contend because it is not riyb (רִיב‎) but tərîḇūn (תְּרִיבוּן֙). And "wherefore do ye tempt^[4] the LORD?" Is not the root v ^[3]is not the root word nacah (נָסָה‎) but tənassūn (תְּנַסּ֖וּן) adding a Tav and VavNun only seen in this one verse although in Deuteronomy 6:16^[5] we see the form (תְנַסּ֔וּ) without the second Nun.
V4 "Moses cried unto the LORD" Cried^[6] is from tsaaq (צָעַק) but in the text we see wayyiṣ‘aq (וַיִּצְעַ֤ק) VavYodZtadikAyin which also is in Exodus 8:12, and Exodus 15:25. They are always Moses crying unto the LORD. How does he do that? And God answers him specifically.
V6 "I will stand before thee"
V8 "Then came Amalek" The ancient enemy of the Israelites, who lives on as a metaphor for scoffing and doubt. considered to be descendants through Esau. The oracle of Balaam called them the 'first of the nations'. Their name suggests they are people who lick (blood). A traditional commentator Rashi states concerning Amalek: "He came before all of them to make war with Israel".
The "error of Balaam" and the "deeds of the Nicolaitan" are convertible phrases,^[7] This is again a part of the common theme of the teachings in the Bible we saw on Exodus 16.
The flow of water is also parallels with the idea of the flow of charity.
"Moses built an altar"


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Water from the Rock

1 And all the congregation^[8] of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment^[1] of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

3 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?

Moses cried

4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

5 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, take in thine hand, and go.

6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, 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.

7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Israel Defeats Amalek

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: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine 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 discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 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.

Moses built an altar

15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 06310 פֶה‎ peh PeiHey [peh] from 06284 PeiAlefHey scatter; n m/n m num ord; [BDB-804b] [{See TWOT on 1738 }] AV-mouth 340, commandment 37, edge 35, according 22, word 15, hole 6, end 3, appointment 2, portion 2, tenor 2, sentence 2, misc 32; 498 peh
1) mouth
1a) mouth (of man)

1b) mouth (as organ of speech)

1c) mouth (of animals)

1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)

1e) extremity, end pim

2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in #1Sa 13:21
↑ Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 07378 ^ביר^ ReishYodBeit riyb \@reeb\@ or ^בור^ ruwb \@roob\@ a primitive root; v; AV-plead 27, strive 13, contend 12, chide 6, debate 2, misc 7; 67
1) to strive, contend
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to strive
1a1a) physically

1a1b) with words

1a2) to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue

1a3) to make complaint

1a4) to quarrel

1b) (Hiphil) to contend against
↑ 05254 נָסָה‎ nacah [naw-saw’] a primitive root NunSamechHeh; v; [BDB-650a] [{See TWOT on 1373 }] AV-prove 20, tempt 12, assay 2, adventure 1, try 1; 36
1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to test, try

1a2) to attempt, assay, try

1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt
↑ Deuteronomy 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
↑ 06817 צָעַק‎ tsa‘aq [tsaw-ak’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-858a] [{See TWOT on 1947 }] AV-cry 44, gather together 4, cry out 3, at all 1, called 1, gathered 1, call together 1; 55
1) to cry, cry out, call, cry for help
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cry, cry out (for help)

1a2) to cry, cry out (in distress or need)

1a3) to make outcry, clamour

1b) (Niphal) to be summoned

1c) (Piel) to cry aloud (in grief)

1d) (Hiphil) to call together
↑ : 2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Jude 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth 6saving he that receiveth [it].
↑
05712 ^הדע^ ‘edah \@ay-daw’\@ from 05707 meaning witness in the original sense of fixture; n f; AV-congregation 124, company 13, assembly 9, multitude 1, people 1, swarm 1; 149
1) congregation, gathering
- ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
- ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

[peh-1] 1.0 ^1.1 06310 פֶה‎ peh PeiHey [peh] from 06284 PeiAlefHey scatter; n m/n m num ord; [BDB-804b] [{See TWOT on 1738 }] AV-mouth 340, commandment 37, edge 35, according 22, word 15, hole 6, end 3, appointment 2, portion 2, tenor 2, sentence 2, misc 32; 498 peh
1) mouth
1a) mouth (of man)

1b) mouth (as organ of speech)

1c) mouth (of animals)

1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)

1e) extremity, end pim

2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in #1Sa 13:21

[2] Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

[riyb-3] 3.0 ^3.1 07378 ^ביר^ ReishYodBeit riyb \@reeb\@ or ^בור^ ruwb \@roob\@ a primitive root; v; AV-plead 27, strive 13, contend 12, chide 6, debate 2, misc 7; 67
1) to strive, contend
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to strive
1a1a) physically

1a1b) with words

1a2) to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue

1a3) to make complaint

1a4) to quarrel

1b) (Hiphil) to contend against

[nacah-4] 05254 נָסָה‎ nacah [naw-saw’] a primitive root NunSamechHeh; v; [BDB-650a] [{See TWOT on 1373 }] AV-prove 20, tempt 12, assay 2, adventure 1, try 1; 36
1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to test, try

1a2) to attempt, assay, try

1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt

[5] Deuteronomy 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.

[tsaaq-6] 06817 צָעַק‎ tsa‘aq [tsaw-ak’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-858a] [{See TWOT on 1947 }] AV-cry 44, gather together 4, cry out 3, at all 1, called 1, gathered 1, call together 1; 55
1) to cry, cry out, call, cry for help
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cry, cry out (for help)

1a2) to cry, cry out (in distress or need)

1a3) to make outcry, clamour

1b) (Niphal) to be summoned

1c) (Piel) to cry aloud (in grief)

1d) (Hiphil) to call together

[7] : 2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Jude 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth 6saving he that receiveth [it].

[edah-8] 05712 ^הדע^ ‘edah \@ay-daw’\@ from 05707 meaning witness in the original sense of fixture; n f; AV-congregation 124, company 13, assembly 9, multitude 1, people 1, swarm 1; 149
1) congregation, gathering

ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)

ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

[9] ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)

[10] ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)

[11] ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

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Exodus 17

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