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The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 17:9

Exodus 17:9The rod of God.Moses’ rod, the emblem of power and faithI. The rod served to join man and God in the work of the Lord. At the one end, Faith; at the other, Almighty Power.II. The rod served to increase the confidence of the people in their God, Success everywhere attended the rod.III. The rod served to teach the people dependence upon God for their success in battle.IV. The rod served to teach the people the need of holy and devout men. (Homilist.)Man as a servant of GodThe words... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 17:13

Exodus 17:13Joshua discomfited Amalek.Winning God’s battlesI. Amalek, as we learn from Deuteronomy 25:18, had “smitten the hindmost, even all that were feeble.” The stragglers are always a temptation to the foe. The hindmost and the feeble are sure to be the first attacked, and therefore should have special care.II. Joshua discomfited Amalek, not Moses or some other friend. Let us keep our bitterness for sin, and our swords for the King’s enemies.III. Amalek is not to be beaten without a fight.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 17:14

Exodus 17:14I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek.Lessons1. Jehovah’s victories over His Church’s enemies He giveth in charge to be recorded.2. Writing and tradition are both God’s ways of recording His works for future ages.3. God’s book is the best record of His mighty works done for His Church.4. A memorial would God have kept by the records of God’s works to men.5. God hath irreconcilable displeasure against some enemies above the rest.6. Blotting out of the names of such enemies... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:8

Exo 17:8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. Ver. 8. Then came Amalek. ] Not having the fear of God before his eyes, Deu 25:18 but carried on by the ancient enmity: for Amalek was Esau’s grandchild. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:9

Exo 17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. Ver. 9. I will stand on the top. ] Where the people might see him with that ensign in his hand, and be encouraged. Xerxes used to pitch his tent on high, and stand looking on his army when in fight, for their encouragment. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:10

Exo 17:10 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. Ver. 10. Aaron, and Hur. ] This Hur, saith Josephus, was husband to Miriam, and Moses’s deputy. Exo 24:14 Went up to the top of a hill. ] To pray together. In the congregation where the saints are praying, there the arrow, shield, and spear are broken. Psa 76:3 From thence shalt thou help us, said the people to David; 2Sa 18:3 that is, thy prayers shall prevail... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:11

Exo 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. Ver. 11. When Moses held up his hand. ] The push of Moses’s prayers did more than the pikes of all Israel besides. Moses orat et vincit, cessat et vincitur, saith one. Great is the power of prayers. Henricus Anceps, the Emperor of Germany, slew and put to flight a huge army of the Hungarians, his soldiers all crying out with a loud voice, Kyrie eleison; Kyrie... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:12

Exo 17:12 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. Ver. 12. But Moses’s hands were heavy.] It is a praise proper to God, that "his hand is stretched out still": as for men, even the best, though "the spirit" in them be "willing, yet the flesh is weak," Mat 26:41 and will not suffer... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:13

Exo 17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Ver. 13. And Joshua discomfited. ] How should he do otherwise when he fought with such weapons Prayers are the bombardae et instrumenta bellica Christianorum, saith Luther i the great guns and warlike weapons of the saints. The Romans in a great distress were driven to take the weapons out of the temples of their gods, and overcame. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:14

Exo 17:14 And the LORD 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. Ver. 14. In a book. ] Or, In the book that thou art now in writing, viz., the Pentateuch, the most ancient book that is extant. I will utterly put out, &c, ] The portion of wicked men is to be "forgotten in the city where they had so done." Ecc 8:10 Their memory dies with them: or, if it be... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 17:9

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 17:13

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 17:14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:8

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:10

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:11

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 17:14

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