出埃及记——第十七章

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出埃及记第十七章： 17:1 以色列全会众都遵耶和华的吩咐，按着站口从汛的旷野往前行，在利非订安营。百姓没有水喝， 17:2 所以与摩西争闹，说：“给我们水喝吧！”摩西对他们说：“你们为什么与我争闹，为什么试探耶和华呢？” 17:3 百姓在那里甚渴，要喝水，就向摩西发怨言，说：“你为什么将我们从埃及领出来，使我们和我们的儿女并牲畜都渴死呢？” 17:4 摩西就呼求耶和华说：“我向这百姓怎样行呢？他们几乎要拿石头打死我。” 17:5 耶和华对摩西说：“你手里拿着你先前击打河水的杖，带领以色列的几个长老，从百姓面前走过去。 17:6 我必在何烈的磐石那里站在你面前，你要击打磐石，从磐石里必有水流出来，使百姓可以喝。”摩西就在以色列的长老眼前这样行了。 17:7 他给那地方起名叫玛撒（注：就是“试探”的意思），又叫米利巴（就是“争闹”的意思），因以色列人争闹，又因他们试探耶和华说：“耶和华是在我们中间不是？” 17:8 那时，亚玛力人来在利非订，和以色列人争战。 17:9 摩西对约书亚说：“你为我们选出人来，出去和亚玛力人争战。明天我手里要拿着　神的杖，站在山顶上。” 17:10 于是约书亚照着摩西对他所说的话行，和亚玛力人争战。摩西、亚伦与户珥都上了山顶。 17:11 摩西何时举手，以色列人就得胜；何时垂手，亚玛力人就得胜。 17:12 但摩西的手发沉，他们就搬石头来，放在他以下，他就坐在上面。亚伦与户珥扶着他的手，一个在这边，一个在那边，他的手就稳住，直到日落的时候。 17:13 约书亚用刀杀了亚玛力王和他的百姓。 17:14 耶和华对摩西说：“我要将亚玛力的名号从天下全然涂抹了，你要将这话写在书上作纪念，又念给约书亚听。” 17:15 摩西筑了一座坛，起名叫“耶和华尼西”（注：就是“耶和华是我旌旗”的意思）； 17:16 又说：“耶和华已经起了誓，必世世代代和亚玛力人争战。”

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三．利非订（一七）

　　一七1～7 在利非订，以色列民与摩西争闹，因为他们缺水。耶和华指示摩西走到名为何烈之地（意思是荒芜之地），并用杖去击打磐石。摩西照着做，水便流出来——描绘五旬节时的圣灵，是基督在各各他山上被击打后的果实。玛撒（“试探”或“试验”之意）就是他们试探或试验神的地方。米利巴（“责怪”或“争闹”之意）就是他们与摩西争闹之地。

　　一七8～16 约书亚（“耶和华是救恩”之意）这时首次登场。他是摩西的仆人，在利非订与亚马力人争战。只要摩西一直举手祈求、依靠神，以色列人便得胜。然而当摩西的手一下垂，亚玛力人便占上风。亚伦与户珥站在摩西的两边，扶着他的手臂，使他可以举起手来祷告，叫以色列人得胜。我们也应当“扶起”属灵领袖的手。分担责任，说安慰鼓励的话，或为他祷告，都会使属灵领袖重新得力。从另一方面来说，连摩西的手还需要有亚伦与户珥的扶持，摩西还需要别的肢体的扶持，何况我们呢？许多属灵的失败、跌倒，原因就是因为他是孤零零的一个人，没有其他弟兄姊妹的保护。

　　亚玛力人是以扫的孙子亚玛力的后裔，他们住在死海地区，是凶悍的游牧民族，以劫掠财物为生，以杀人为乐。以扫预表肉体——即人属亚当、邪恶和腐败的性情。留心下列关于肉体和亚玛力人的比喻：

　　（1）人悔改归回，得着圣灵后，肉体便与圣灵争战。 　　（2）耶和华必世世代代与肉体争战。 　　（3）肉体必不能从信徒生命中除去，直到死或教会被提为止。 　　（4）两种得胜肉体的方法是祷告和神的道。

　　根据古代犹太裔历史学家约瑟夫所言，户珥是米利暗的丈夫，而米利暗是摩西的姐姐。后来摩西上了西乃山，便是他和亚伦管治以色列民（二四14）

　　筑坛乃是摩西感到上帝的临在，上帝是胜利的赐予者。耶和华是我的旌旗（希伯来文是YHWH Nissi）是耶和华的复数名。

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Exodus 17 Water in the Rock 1Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of (A)Sin, according to the command of the LORD, and camped at (B)Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. 2Therefore the people (C)quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water that we may drink " And Moses said to them, "(D)Why do you quarrel with me? (E)Why do you test the LORD?" 3But the people thirsted there for water; and they (F)grumbled against Moses and said, "Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to kill us and our children and (G)our livestock with thirst?" 4So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do to this people? A (H)little more and they will stone me." 5Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pass before the people and take with you some of (I)the elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which (J)you struck the Nile, and go. 6"Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at (K)Horeb; and (L)you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7He named the place [a](M)Massah and (N)Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they (O)tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us, or not?" Amalek Fought 8Then (P)Amalek came and fought against Israel at (Q)Rephidim. 9So Moses said to (R)Joshua, "Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with (S)the staff of God in my hand." 10Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and (T)Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed. 12But Moses' hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur (U)supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set. 13So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14Then the LORD said to Moses, "(V)Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that (W)I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven." 15Moses built an (X)altar and named it (Y)The LORD is My Banner; 16and he said, "(Z)The LORD has sworn; the LORD will have war against Amalek from generation to generation."