The children of Israel were sparring with Moses and
with God over food and water notwithstanding His providence; but now they had a
real fight on their hands; for while at Rephidim they were attacked by Amalek.
Now Moses
as their leader gave instructions to Joshua to choose out men for the battle
the next day. The strategy was that while
Joshua and his men engage the enemy, Moses would take up position on the top of
a hill with his rod in hand.
So the next
day, Joshua engaged Amalek, while Moses, Aaron and Hur took up position on the
top of the hill. The battle seesawed
because as long as Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; but when his arm
got tired and he lowered it Amalek prevailed.
Eventually
Aaron and Hur rolled a large stone and sat Moses down on it; and standing on
either side of him they together held up his hand until the going down of the
sun. And by the evening, Joshua was able
to vanquish the entire army of Amalek with the edge of the sword.
At the end
of the battle, 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.”
And
Moses built an altar and called the name of the place Jehovah nisi; for he
said, because the Lord hath sworn that He will have war with Amalek from
generation to generation. We
may note – the Lord told Moses to write; so that completely nullifies any
theory that writing was not known at the time of Moses; not only was writing
extant; but Moses could write and writing materials were in existence; for the
command was to write it in a book. More www.chaberbooks.com
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