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Exodus 17

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1 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys according to the mouth of Jehovah, and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.

2 And the people strove with Moses, and they said, Give ye water to us and we will drink. And Moses said to them, why strive you with me? why do you tempt Jehovah?

3 And the people thirsted there for waters, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is this, that thou hast made us come·​·up out·​·of Egypt, to put· me ·to·​·death, and my sons, and my livestock, with thirst?

4 And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do for this people? A·​·little more and they will stone me.

5 And Jehovah said to Moses, Pass·​·on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, with which thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.

6 Behold, I stand before thee there on the rock in Horeb*; and thou shalt smite the rock, and waters shall come·​·out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.

7 And he called the name of the place Massah* and Meribah*, on·​·account·​·of the strife of the sons of Israel, and on·​·account·​·of their tempting Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah in the midst of us, or not?

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

9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose for us men, and go·​·out, fight against Amalek; tomorrow I will stand·​·up on the head of the hill, and the rod of God will be in my hand.

10 And Joshua did as Moses had said to him, in fighting against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron and Hur went·​·up to the head of the hill.

11 And it was, when Moses lifted·​·high his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he rested his hand, that Amalek prevailed.

12 And the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone, and set it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur upheld his hands, one on this side, and one on that; and his hands were steady* even·​·until the setting* of the sun.

13 And Joshua overcame* Amalek and his people with the mouth of the sword.

14 And Jehovah said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in the book, and set it in the ears of Joshua, that wiping I will wipe·​·out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.

15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi*.

16 And he said, Because there is a hand against the throne of Jah, the war of Jehovah is against Amalek from generation to generation.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 340

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340. That 'she said, I have gained a man, Jehovah' means that with those called Cain faith was known and acknowledged as something existing by itself is clear from what has been stated in the preliminary sections of this chapter. 1 Previously they had not so to speak known what faith was, for what they possessed was a perception of everything that constituted faith. But once they started to make distinct and separate doctrine out of faith they drew on things which had been with them matters of perception and reduced them to doctrine. This doctrine they called 'I have gained a man, Jehovah', as though they had come upon something new. So that which had previously been written on the heart was now made into factual knowledge. In early times people used to find a name for anything that was new, and used to attach explanations as to what such names embodied. For example, to indicate what Ishmael meant, the explanation was added, Jehovah hearkened to her affliction', Genesis 16:11; what Reuben meant, 'Jehovah has seen my affliction', Genesis 29:32; what Simeon meant, 'Jehovah heard that she was less loved', ibid. Verse 33; and what Judah meant, 'This time I will confess Jehovah', ibid. Verse 35. The altar built by Moses was called 'Jehovah is my banner', Exodus 17:15. And here likewise doctrine concerning faith is called 'I have gained a man, Jehovah', which is what Cain meant.

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