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Exodus
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All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to the LORD’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. See also: Exodus 19:2Exodus 16:1Exodus 17:8Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?” See also: Psalms 78:18Psalms 78:411 Corinthians 10:9The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?” See also: Exodus 16:2-3Exodus 15:24Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.” See also: 1 Samuel 30:6Numbers 14:10John 10:31The LORD said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go. See also: Exodus 7:19-20Numbers 20:8-11Ezekiel 2:6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. See also: 1 Corinthians 10:4Nehemiah 9:15Numbers 20:9-11He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?” See also: Psalms 81:7Numbers 20:13Psalms 95:8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. See also: Genesis 36:12Deuteronomy 25:17-19Numbers 24:20Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.” See also: Deuteronomy 32:44Exodus 4:20Exodus 24:13So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. See also: Exodus 24:14Exodus 31:2Joshua 11:15When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. See also: 1 Timothy 2:8James 5:16Luke 18:1But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset. See also: Isaiah 35:3Philippians 1:19Hebrews 12:12Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. See also: Joshua 10:42Joshua 10:28Joshua 10:32The LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.” See also: Exodus 34:271 Samuel 30:171 Samuel 30:1Moses built an altar, and called its name “The LORD our Banner”. See also: Genesis 22:14Judges 6:24Psalms 60:4He said, “The LORD has sworn: ‘The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’” See also: Psalms 21:8-11Isaiah 66:1Acts 7:49
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)11 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Exodus 17:1
Ver. 1. Mansions, at Daphca, (Num. xxxiii. 12,) and perhaps at Aluz. C. ---
Raphidim, the 11th station mentioned by Moses, which was afterwards called Massa, "temptation," because the people murmured in this place. M.
↑ 1Exodus 17:2
Ver. 2. Chode, quarrelled and murmured. H. --- Tempt, requiring a miracle, v. 7.
↑ 2Exodus 17:6
Ver. 6. Before thee, ready to grant thy request at Horeb, a rock to the west of Sinai, and a figure of Jesus Christ, according to S. Paul; who says, (1 Cor. x.
4,) that the spiritual rock followed the Hebrews. Some say a part of the real rock was carried in a chariot. S. Chrys. Others, that the rivulet of waters accompanied them till it fell into the sea near Asiengaber. Usher. --- The Rabbins say, that these waters never failed the Israelites till the death of Mary, for whose sake they were given, and that the bright cloud disappeared with Aaron, and manna at the decease of Moses.
↑ 6Exodus 17:7
Ver. 7. Temptation. Massa and Meriba "quarrel," as the Heb. reads.
↑ 7Exodus 17:8
Ver. 8. Amalec. The descendants of Esau by his grandson, living about the Red Sea.
↑ 8Exodus 17:9
Ver. 9. Josue, who was before called Osee, or Ausem, was the son of Nun.
From the victory obtained over the Amalecites, he was ever after called Josue, Jehosuah, or Jesus, "Saviour." He attached himself to Moses, and is styled his servant, as Patroclus and Merione are called servants of Achilles and of Idomen, by Homer; though they were men of high birth. --- Hand, to defend the cause of the Hebrews by a miracle, if it be requisite.
↑ 9Exodus 17:10
Ver. 10. Hur, grandfather of Beseleel, (1 Par. ii. 19,) grandson of Esron by Caleb.
↑ 10Exodus 17:11
This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.
Ver. 11. And when Moses lifted up his hands. Here Moses was a figure of Christ on the cross, by whose power and mediation we overcome our spiritual enemies. Ch. --- Hands, forming the sign of the cross, as the fathers observe, in the posture of a suppliant. S. Jerom says, the people fasted also till the evening, c. Jos. ii. C. --- If heretics deride the priests of God, standing with their hands extended at the altar, let them reflect on Moses, and on Jesus Christ, who, lifting up his hands, blessed his disciples; and hence learn, that such ceremonies are not vain. W.
↑ 11Exodus 17:14
Ver. 14. Of Josue, and of all who shall govern after him, that they may remember to execute my decree of extermination, against these cruel Amalecites, who have first dared to oppose the progress of my dejected people. H. --- Moses mentions, that they particularly attacked the feeble and stragglers, (Deut. xxv. 18,) though their army was very formidable. Judith iv. 13.
Saul received an express order to destroy this nation; and he made such havoc among them, that they never rose again to any importance, and were confounded with the Idumeans. 1 K. xv. 3. C.
↑ 14Exodus 17:15
Ver. 15. Exaltation. He has given me the victory. He has supported my hands on high, holding the rod as a standard. H.
↑ 15Exodus 17:16
Ver. 16. Hand of the throne. The Lord hath lifted up his hand, and sworn on his throne, that war,
&c. (Chald.) or the hand of Amalec hath attacked the throne (Israel, the inheritance) of the Lord; therefore shall he pursue them for ever. The Sept.
have followed a different reading, "because with a secret hand the Lord will fight; and some suggest, that instead of ces, throne, we should read nos, signal, or standard. " Since the hand has attacked the standard of the Lord, the war of the Lord is against Amalec. Le Clerc. --- Or "the Lord has taken his standard into his hand to destroy the Amalecites for ever." Chateillon. C.
↑ 16License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses