1 The people murmur for water to Rephidim
6 God send them for water to the rock in Horeb
7 The place is called Massah and Meribah
8 Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while Moses holds up his hand with the rod of God
14 Amalek is doomed to destruction; and Moses builds the altar Jehovah-nissi

sin Ex 16:1 Nu 33:12-14

Rephidim Ex 17:8 19:2

2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

the people Ex 5:21 14:11,12 15:24 16:2,3 Nu 11:4-6 14:2 20:3-5 21:5

give us Ge 30:1,2 1Sa 8:6 Lu 15:12

wherefore Ex 17:7 16:2 Nu 14:22 De 6:16 Ps 78:18,41,56 95:9 106:14 Isa 7:12 Mal 3:15 Mt 4:7 16:1-3 Lu 4:12 Ac 5:9 15:10 1Co 10:9 Heb 3:9

3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

thou hast Ex 16:3

4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

cried Ex 14:15 15:25 Nu 11:11

almost Nu 14:10 16:19 1Sa 30:6 Joh 8:59 10:31 Ac 7:50 14:19

5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

go on Eze 2:6 Ac 20:23,24

thy rod Ex 7:19,20 Nu 20:8-11

6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, 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.

I will Ex 16:10

the rock. This rock, which is a vast block of red granite, 15 feet long, 10 broad, and 12 high, lies in the wilderness of Rephidim, to the west of Mount Horeb, a part of Sinai. There are abundant traces of this wonderful miracle remaining at this day. This rock has been visited, drawn, and described by Dr. Shaw and others; and holes and channels appear in the stone, which could only have been formed by the bursting out and running of water.

in Horeb Ex 3:1-5

and thou Nu 20:9-11 De 8:15 Ne 9:15 Ps 78:15,16,20 105:41 114:8 Isa 48:21 1Co 10:4

that the people Ps 46:4 Isa 41:17,18 43:19,20 Joh 4:10,14 7:37,38 Re 22:17

7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Massah. i.e. temptation Nu 20:13 De 9:22

meribah, that is Chiding or Strife Ex 17:2 Ps 81:7

chiding Ex 17:2

tempted Ps 95:8 Heb 3:8,9

is the Lord Ex 34:9 De 31:17 Jos 22:31 Isa 12:6 Mic 3:11 Joh 1:14 Ac 7:37-39

8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Ge 36:12,16 Nu 24:20 De 25:17 1Sa 15:2 30:1 Ps 83:7

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.

unto Joshua Ex 17:13 24:13 Nu 11:28 13:16

Oshea. Jehoshua De 32:44

Hoshea, called Jesus Ac 7:45 Heb 4:8

choose Nu 31:3,4

the rod Ex 4:2,20

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.

Joshua Jos 11:15 Mt 28:20 Joh 2:5 15:14

and Moses Ex 17:9

Hur Ex 17:12 24:14

11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

Ps 56:9 Lu 18:1 1Ti 2:8 Jas 5:16

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.

Moses' hands Mt 26:40-45 Mr 14:37-40 Eph 6:18 Col 4:2

stayed up his hands Ps 35:3 Isa 35:3 2Co 1:11 Php 1:19 1Th 5:25 Heb 12:12 Jas 1:6

13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

Jos 10:28,32,37,42 11:12

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.

memorial Ex 12:14 13:9 34:27 De 31:9 Jos 4:7 Job 19:23 Hag 2:2,3

for I will Nu 24:20 De 25:17-19 1Sa 15:2,3,7,8,18 27:8,9 30:1,17 2Sa 1:1,8-16 8:12 1Ch 4:43 Ezr 9:14

the remembrance Job 18:17 Ps 9:6 Pr 10:7

15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

Jehovah-nissi. i.e. the Lord my banner Ge 22:14 33:20 Ps 60:4

16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

because or because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the Lord, therefore, the Lord. Heb. the hand upon the throne of the Lord. Isa 66:1 Ac 7:49

will have war Ps 21:8-11