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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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