Exo 17:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XVII The Israelites journey from the wilderness of Sin to Rephidim, 1, where they murmur for lack of water , 2, 3. Moses asks counsel of God , 4, who commands him to take his rod and smite the rock , 5, and promises that water should proceed from it for the people to drink , 6. The place is called Massah and Meribah, 7. The Amalekites attack Israel in Rephidim, 8. Joshua is commanded to fight with them , 9. Moses, Aaron , and Hur go to the top of a hill, and while Moses holds up his hands, the Israelites prevail; when he lets them down, Amalek prevails , 10, 11. Moses, being weary, sits down, and Aaron and Hur hold up his hands , 12. The Amalekites are totally routed , 13, and the event commanded to be recorded , 14. Moses builds an altar, and calls it JEHOVAH-NISSI, 15. Amalek is threatened with continual wars , 16. NOTES ON CHAP. XVII Verse 1. Pitched in Rephidim ] In it is said, that when the Israelites came from Sin they encamped in Dophkah , and next in Alush , after which they came to Rephidim . Here, therefore, two stations are omitted, probably because nothing of moment took place at either. ; and "Nu 33:13" .

‏ Exodus 17:1

CHAPTER XVII

The Israelites journey from the wilderness of Sin to

Rephidim, 1,

where they murmur for lack of water, 2, 3.

Moses asks counsel of God, 4,

who commands him to take his rod and smite the rock, 5,

and promises that water should proceed from it for the people to drink, 6.

The place is called Massah and Meribah, 7.

The Amalekites attack Israel in Rephidim, 8.

Joshua is commanded to fight with them, 9.

Moses, Aaron, and Hur go to the top of a hill, and while Moses holds up his hands, the Israelites prevail; when he lets them down, Amalek prevails, 10, 11.

Moses, being weary, sits down, and Aaron and Hur hold up his hands, 12.

The Amalekites are totally routed, 13,

and the event commanded to be recorded, 14.

Moses builds an altar, and calls it JEHOVAH-NISSI, 15.

Amalek is threatened with continual wars, 16.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVII

Verse 1. Pitched in Rephidim] In Nu 33:12-14 it is said, that when the Israelites came from Sin they encamped in Dophkah, and next in Alush, after which they came to Rephidim. Here, therefore, two stations are omitted, probably because nothing of moment took place at either. See Clarke on Nu 33:12; and "Nu 33:13".