Exodus 17

Treated in 3 passages across the library.

  • 17:6 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. 1
  • 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. 1
  • 17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi; 1

American Standard Version

  1. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Jehovah cites Exodus 17:15

    …as fighting for them, and he built an altar and called its name, “The Lord Is My Banner” (Exodus 17:15). The Bible is full of expressions of this truth. “The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is …

  2. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Moses cites Exodus 17:6

    …nd you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink” (Exodus 17:6). Moses obeyed and the people were able to drink. Nearly forty years later at the entranc…

  3. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    April cites Exodus 17:12

    … kingdom in glory. April 16 “And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.” (Exodus 17:12) So mighty was the prayer of Moses, that all depended upon it. The petitions of Moses dis…