of Ifrael, and becauſe they tempted the LORD, faying, A From bs Is the LORD amongſt us z, or not ? ftrife.
7 Viz, To prote& and provide for usaccording to his Word given tous. Will God: be as good as his Word, or will he not? For its to us very doubrfu).
Deut: 25: 17, 18» I The ground of the Quarrel was the proſecution of the old hatred of Eſau againſt Jacob, and the revenging of them< ſelves and their Father upon the Poſterity of Jacob ; for which rhey thought this the firteſt ſeaſon, they being now a great and porenc People, Numb: 24: 26: and Iſrael! now weak, and unarmed, and diſpirited with long Servitude.
9 And Moſes ſaid unto *Joſhua, Chuſe us out men, * Called and go mout, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will 79. ſtand on the top of the hill », with * the rod of God o * Chap. in mine hand. 4. 2%
7» Out of the Camp to, meet the Enemy. » Both to obſerve thy Carriage, and Succeſs or Defeat, that I may govern my ſelf accor+ dingly,and thet I may in that Retirement poutr out my foul untothe Lord of Hoſts, that he may give thee Vitorys oBy which having done fo great Exploits formerly, doubt nat of the fame Divine At- ſiſtance ro accompany it, and make thee Vitorious. |
10 So Joſhuadidas Moſes had faid to him, and fought with Amalek : and Moſes, Aaron, and Hur p went up to the top of the hill. |
p A Perſon of Eminency both for Wiſdom and Experience, and for Place and Authority, ſuppeſed to be the Husband of Miriam. See Exodus 24. 14.
11 And it came to paſs when Moſes held up his hand 4, that Ifraei prevailed : and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed r.
q With the Rod of God init. This Geſture, though fervent Prayer was dovbrleſs joyned with it, ſeems not to have been the |, Geſture of praying, which is the lifting up of both hands, but of an Enſign-bearer, or of one ready to {mite his Enemies Howſo« ever this was only a ſign whereby Moſes ſtrengthned his Faith, and quickned his Prayers, and heightned the Courage of the Soldiers below, and proteſted that he expe&ed ViRtory not from the $kill and proweſs of his Army, but from the Aſſiſtance of God. r God ſo diſpenſing his favour, that the Honour of the Day and Victory - »-"o be wholly aſcribed to the Rod and Power of God, not to - Iſrael. :
12 But Moſes kands were heavy, and they took a ſtone and put it under him, and he fat thereon: and Aaron and Hur ſtayed up his hands s, 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.
5s Not that borh Hands were ere&ed and joyned together, which was not a fit peſture for one holding a Rod in his hand ; but that Moſes ſhifted the Rod out of one hand into the other when the former was weary, and that Aaro® and Hur did each of them with both hands hold up-that hand which was next to them, ſucceſſively, thats they alſo mighr relieve one the other.
13 And Joſhua diſcomfited Amalek and his people £ with the edpge of the ſword. ; Either 1. The King of the Amalekites, and his People. Or 2. The _ of the Amalekites, and thoſe other People who were leagued with them.
14 And the LORD faid unto Moſes, Write this. for a memorial in a Book «, and rehearſe it in the ears of Joſhua x.: for * I will utterly put out the remembrance *Nums: of Amalek y from under heaven &z, 24: 20;
u Even in this Book, which Moſes was to write by God's Infpiration 1 Sam:15:
and Appointment. See Exod' 34:27: Deut: 31: 9, 22| x Thy Succeſfor, 3 7: and -
and the Captain of my People,, that he and all ſucceeding 3: T, 17: Governors may watch all occaſions to execute this command. ys. +5 2 Sam: 8: I willutterly deſtroy them ; fora-Perſon or People dead or deſtroyed 12: Eſth: are ſoon forgotten. Pſalm. $1+ 12. and the Grave is called the land of 9: 14: forgetfulneſs, Pjalm 88. 12. Or thus, Though'they are now a'nume-
rous and flouriſking People, and in great Repute, I will make them
'few and inglorious, for ſuch are little minded or remembred ; for
thie is not to be underſtoodabſolutely ofa; peedy-and-utrer Extin&ion
wherewith. * thou ſmoreſt the river-e, take | of
of them, for he ſuppoſeth their being #0 Goneration to Generation, -+.— og but comparatively. #z From the face of the whole . . + That is, 15 And Moſes built an altar «, and called the name :- 08D it 6b + JEHO V A E-Nifl. my. banner. , # Both
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Chap. XVIIL
2 Both for the offering of Sacraſices cf Praiſe unto God, ant to jÞy a Letter, ot by a Mcſſenger, as thit.word is uſed, Matth: $:6,8. be a Monument of this Vifory, and of the Author of it. 65 x. compared with Luke 75: 3, 6.
Of the Altar, which he ſo calls meronymically, becauſe it was the Sign and Monument of Fehovah-N:fFt ; even as Circumciſion 1s cal- Jed God's Covenant,Gen.t7. 13. and the Lamb,the Paſſover, Exod: 12. 11. and the Cup, the New Teſtament, Luke 22: 20. becauſe they were the ſigns of them. Or the word, Altar, is to be repeated out 6f the former member, which is frequent, and the place to beread thus, he called the name of it, the Altar of Jehovah-Niſi, Or the name given to it ſignifies only the Inſcription ingraven upon t, which was not the 1tingle name of God, but an entire Sentence, 7/e Lord is my banner. By which words he takes all the praiſe ofthe Vi- Rory from the 1/raelites, and gives it to God.
16 For c he ſaid, * Becauſe dj the LORD hath ſworn that th? LOR D will have war with Amilek
from generation to generation. = c Or, And, as the Hebrew particle properly ſignihes ; for theſe words are nor a reaſon of the paſſage nexr precceding,but an additi- :h:LORD, on1l S:ntence. d Or, Surely, as that parricle 15 oft uſed, as Job 8:6. therefore, and 290. 20. Pſal: 10: 14. and 44. 22, Oc. @ Heb: the hand upon the Cc: throne of _—_ _ the hand of the Lord upon kis throne, which 1s Heb:the perfettly the ſame thing, = upon I os the manner of the Hebrew Tongue. Theſe woids then ;he throne are a paraphraſtical Deſcription of a Solemn Oath,by the uſual po-
X Or, be- cauſe the hand of A- malek is a- gainſt the throne of