Gq. lethro eommeth 1 15 16 Exonus XVIII, unto Molts. In she dies of the Mef ao thefeed f ECau and ofAnsa- lek'ball be wiped out, through die frmgthof Ifracl, which frail prevai /e moll highly. R. Menachem on Exodus 17. Verf. 15. Jehovah nijJo3that is, Jehovah is my ban- ner. So the Altar was to Cacrifice thanke offrings uponto the Lord , and acknowledge the vi(torie to be f oto him. The Greeke tranflateth it , the Lord my refuge. It is a facramentall fpeech; wher- of fee Gen. 22.14. The Chaldee paraphrafeth thus, And Mofes built an Altar ; andferved upon it be- fore God, who bad done fegnes (or miraleo) for, him. Verf: 16. upon the :broosej or, againfithe throne 1sb; that is,ofGod. This retrred to Amalek, mea- neth thus ; beeaufe the hand of Amalek is upon (or agaiuf) the tbrone fire Lord: therefore Jehovah will have warre with Amalek. By the throne of lab, mea- ning heaven, (as Efay 66. 1.) and fo God himfelfe that fitteth thereon, (as Matthew 23. 22.) a- gainft whom Amalek hand was, while it was a- gainit his people and Church, Zach. 2.8. AfIs 9. 4, 5. And fo lerufakm is called the Lords throne, Jer. ;.17. Otherwife, if it be referred to God,or Moles his Cernant , and his band upon (or Lento) the throneof lab,it may fignifie an oath,vowing perpe- tuall war with Amalek: for fo the lifting up of the hand to heaven, (which is Gods throne) is a figne of fwearing,Reve1.1 0.5,6. Gen.14.22. And thus the Chaldee paraphrafeth upon this place : With oath this it faid from before the fearefidl (God) whofe Majef k co upon the throne fgkrie ; to wage war from befre the Lord, agaitef the men of the íoufe of Amalek, to defry them from the generations of the 'world So7- bargain lenealemieexpl ;inethit to be an oath, and applieth the fulfilling of it, to King Saul, and to Mordecai and Ef heer,1 Sam. 15. Etch. 8. and 9. &c. TheGreeke tranflatetht with hidden band, the Lord will warreageinff Amalek, from gene- ration to generation. In puke' R Eliezer; c. 44 it is Paid, When God would root out and def toy all Anta- leks fled, bee firetebed forth bit bt band, and rooks hold on the throne of bit glory, and fware to root eat and to d Elroy all Amaleks feed out of this world and out of the World to rune. `'` CHAP. XVIII. 1, Jethro bringetb to Mofit, bit wife and two fonnes. 7, Mop emertainetbhim, and fhewetb him what the Lord bad done fir ¡pad. Io, Iethrs bkffètb God , and ofreth famftces. 13, Moles fitting alone to judge the people, Jethro connfelleth him to appoint flukes for infe- rtour eaufes, that the burden might be eafed. 24, Motes hearhnctb to hit term fell and choofeth able mm into office. 27, Jethro departetb to bit owne land. 9 1] D r N D Jethro the Prieft of Midian , the father in law of Mofes, heard of all that God had done for Mofes,and for Ifrael his people; that Jehovah had brought a forth Ifracl out of Egypt.And Jethro Mofes father in law, took Zippòrah Moles wife,af- ter he had Pent her backe. And hertwo Cons, of which,the name ofthe one was Gerfhom: for he faid,I have beene an alien in a Itrange land. And the name ofthe other was Eliezer: for the God of my father hash been my help, and delivered me from the fword of Phara- oh. And Jethro Mofes father in law, came, and his fops and his wife , unto Mofes into the wilderneffe,where he was encamping,at the mountain of God.And he Paid unto Mo- fes,I thy father in law Jeçhro,am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two formes with her. AndMofes went out to meet his father in law, and bowed himfelfe downe and kif- fed him and they asked each other of their peace;and they cameinto the tent.AndMo- fes told his father in law,althat Jehovah had done unto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Ifraels fake : all the travel that had found them in the way,and hew Jehovah had deli- vered them.AndJethro rejoyced for all the goodnes which Jehovah had done to Ifracl: whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. And Jethro laid , Bleffed be Jehovah,who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians : and out of the hand of Pharaoh : who path delivered the people from under the hand of the Egypti- ans. Now I know that Jehovah it greater than all gods : for in the thing wherein they dealtproudly, (he war) above them. And Jethro Mofes father in law, tooke á burnt offing and facrifices for God : and Aaron came, and all the Elders of Iliad , to cat bread with Mofesfatherinlaw,before God. And.it was on tl;e morrow, that Moles fate to judge the people : and the people flood by Mofes, from the morning unto the eve- ning. And Mofes father in law, faw all that he did to the people e and hee Paid, what is thisthing that thou doll to the people! why fitteít thou thy felfe alone, and all the peo- ple nand by thee, from morning unto eve- ning! And Mofes Paid unto his father in law: becaufe the peoplecommeth unto me to en- quire of God. When they have a matter (every one) commeth unto mee; and I judge betweene a man and his neighbour: and I make knowne the ftatutes of God, and his lames. And Mof s father\in law laid unto him,the thing is not good which thou doeft. Fading thou wilt fade away ; both thou and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavie for thee; thou art neit able to do it thy felfe alone. Now hearken unto my voice, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ie It I2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 //tat,i StniutsM/P/,/ 'I10141111.10101111.1101111111111111
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