7im TITi- 6z Water given EXODUS XV I I. out of the hocke. 1 a 3 4 S 6 7 8 IO II l;1 12 13 14 andMeribah. 8,Amalek fighting with Ifraelii overcome in the cares of Jofhua, That wiping I will by the holding up of Aloft., hands. 14, God threatned to root out Amalek 1 5, Mofes buildeth the altar le- hovah Niffi. AND all the congregation of the Eons of Ifrael journeyed from the wilder - neffe of Sin after their journies , ac- cording to the mouth of Jehovah : and they camped in Repllidim; and there were no wa- ters for t'l.e people to drinke. And the peo- ple contended with Mofes, and faid , Give ye us waters,that we may drinke. And Mo- les laid unto them , Why contend you with me? why tempt ye Jehovah ? And the peo- ple thirfled there for waters,and the people murmured againft Mofes, and faid, Where- fore ti this, that thou hall brought us up out of Egypt to kill us , and our fonces, and our cartel! , with thirft ç And Mofes cried untoJehovah, Paying, What fhall I doe un- to this people e they be alma: ready to :one mee. And Jehovah faid unto Mofes, Goe on before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Ifrael; and thy rod, that wherewith thou fmote: the river, take in thy hand, and goe. Behold, I will Rand before thee there, upon the rocke in Ho- reb, and thou (halt (mite the rocke, and waters (hall come forth out of it, and the people fiat! drinke: and Mofes did fo, in the rtes of the Elders of Ifrael. And hee called the name of the place Maffah, and Meribah, becaufe of the contention of the fonnesof Ifrael , and becaufe they tempted Jehovah, laying, Is Jehovah among us, or not ? And Amalek carne, and fought with Ifrael, in Rephidim. And Mores faid unto * Jonms, Chute us out men, and goe thou out , fight with Amalek : to morrow I will hand on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand. And Jofhua did as Mofes had laid ro him, to fight with Amalek : and Mofes, Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top' of the hill. And it was, when Mofes held up his hand, then Ifrael prevai- led ; and when he let downe his hand, then Amalek prevailed. And Mofes hands were heavie; and they tooke a lion, and put it under him, and he fate upon it: and Aa- ron and Hut flayed up his hands, one on this fide, and one on the other fide; and his hands were fleadie until! the going downe of the Sunne. And Jofhua dilcomfired A- malck, and his people, with the edge of the fword. And Jehovah faid unto Mofes,write this for a memorial! in a booke, and put it wipeout the remembrance of Arualek from under the heavens. And Mofes built an al- tar,and called the name of it, Jehovah Niffi. And bee faid , Becaufe the hand upon the throne ofJah, Jehovah will have warre with Amalek from generation to generation. Annotations. AFter their] or , by their journies; which were from Sin to Dophlah,froni DophI b to Alufh: and from thence to Riphidim, the place here fpo- ken of, Num. 33. i 2, 14. the mouth] that is, as the Greeke and Chaldee doe tranflate, the word of the Lord. See Genefis 24. 5 7. Repbdtm] in Greeke, Raphidein. Ven2. contended] or,didchide: with many and re- proach fall provoking fpeechesi fo they did again in Num.2o.3,4. upon the like occafion. giteye] thou and Aaron, who have brought us hither : fee Exod. 6.2,3. temptye]by unbeleefe : for they doubted of Gods prefence with them,verf.7. and would by miracles be allured thereof: which is to tempt God; as Mat. 16.i. Pfa1.78. i 8, i 9. Ver.3. ur] fo the Greeke alto tranflateth it : the Hebrew is, me , and my furies, &c. fpeaking of the multitude, as of one man. Verf. 4. cried] the Chaldee tranflateth, prayed. This was Mofes ufitall refuge,in filch troubles: fee Exod. 14,15. and 15. 25. Numb. 11. 10, ix. they bealmefi ready :] Hebr.yet a little , and they wiH fore wee. Like outrage they (hewed alto in Numb. VIA. 5. Goe on] or, pale ou : that is, journey towards mount Horeb , and goe thou and the El- ders foremoff. rod] or fluff, mentioned alto in Exod.7.2o. Num.2o. 8,9. Verb. 6. /will Avid]Hebr. I (landing: to wit,in the pillar of the cloud, (the figne of my prefence) landing at mount Horeb : whereof fea Exod.3.r. in the eies] or, be ire the der of the Elders, as witnefles of this glorious miracle;wherebyGod (turning the rocke into a lake ofwater,the flint into a fart Caine ofwater , Pfalm. 1 r4. 8.) gave them drinke, both for their bodies and foules. For the Rocke, andwater out ofit, fignified Chrift, and is there- fore called a firituall Rocke, 1 Cor.10.4. He being fmitten with Moles rod,and bearing the curie of the the Law, for our fines ; and by the preaching of the Gofpe! alfo crucified among his people, Gal. 3.1.from him floweth the fpirituall drink where- with all beleeving hearts are refrefhed;and out of their bellies flow rivers of water of life, Joh. 7. 37,38,3 9.Efay 53. 4,5. Ga1.3.13. Thereto re this water out of the rocke,is often mentioned to the praile of God, and firengthening of his peoples faith,Deut.8,15.Pfa.78.15,16. & 105.41. Neh.9. 15. The Hebrew Doftors fay ,the turning of the rocke into water , was the turning of the propertie of judgement, fignified by the rake, into the propertie ofinercie, fignified by water. R. Menachem, on Exod.17. Vert.: 7, Maffab] that is in Englifh Tentation : which IS 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 //IAP."//1N//OV dNiIIiI1IYIIIr/// .
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