8After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
“Amalek was grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:12), and although akin to Israel, proved their most inveterate foe, as subsequent history shows.” (Thomas)
“There is every possibility that they had known about the promise of the Land of Canaan that had been given to Esau’s twin brother, Jacob; therefore, they should not have felt any threat to their interests in the Negev had this promise been remembered and taken seriously.” (Kaiser)
“Like many other nomads, they ranged over a wide area, roughly described as ‘the Negeb’ or ‘south land’ (Numbers 13:29).” (Cole)
“In the most treacherous and dastardly manner; for they came at the rear of the camp… The baggage, no doubt, was the object of their avarice; but finding the women, children, aged and infirm persons, behind with the baggage, they smote them and took away their spoils.” (Clarke)
“In their first movement God led them in such a way as to avoid the possibility of war (Exodus 13:17). Now they were involved in war.” (Morgan)
Brother was waring against brother! This so incensed the Lord He makes a promise later to blot out the name of Amalek.
But He writes down the names of those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
The Book of Remembrance
Malachi 3:16At that time, those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him. 18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Are you His?
Blessings, David
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