exodus 17

		17:1 I don’t think that the name of the wilderness in which the children of Israel stayed was coincidentally named Sin. I think this is symbolic of the time to be spent by Gods people on the Earth, while sin was being dealt with.
		17:1 Note that they did not spent the entire 40 years in the wilderness of Sin, but a short period. Maybe further disclosed.
		17:1 By only considering the names of the two wildernesses visited by the children of Israel, there seems to be a type being represented…the type being when the children of God move from the wilderness of Sin to go celebrate a Sabbath in heaven
If this is indeed a type could the presence of no water represent the heaven made new, where there was no sea?		17:2 The literal translation seems to suggest that Moses id deflecting their complaints, and asking them to test the Lord rather than complain against him.
		17:3-4 Note that the children of Israel have the same complaint from previous. Yet no mention is made of the miracle that was performed before. They stop short of it, at the complaint, even repeating the complaint, word for word.
		17:6 Moses is instructed to strike the rock to bring forth water.
Did the children of Israel call upon God first, before going to Moses?	This seems like a valid conclusion, especially since the Lord maintained a presence by cloud and fire by them daily; it is plausible to believe that they would try to call upon him themselves before actually going to Moses. It also seem plausible that it was as a result of the Lord not answering them that they would have gone to Moses.	I can just imagine that the people might have complained that Moses was not a good leader because he waited too long to call upon the Lord to supply their needs.
	Massah/Meribah=Temptation/strife
Moses was with the children of Israel during their suffering, however Moses is not recorded to have asked the Lord for anything prior to the children of Israel coming to him. Was the needs of Moses being met and the needs of the people not being met?	Since Moses had spent the last 40 years in the wilderness, it was quite possible that Moses was more prepared for the wilderness trip than the children of Israel were, since they never had a wilderness experience prior to this.
This seems random. Why would this king come and fight against the children of Israel? It does not seem that they were provoked, yet came they to fight against the children of Israel?	It must have been that it wass God who troubled the Amelekites that they should fight against the children of Israel, because the time had come for God to cleans to Land of Caannan as was promised to Abraham 400 yeas before.	17:8
Why was this command directed toward Joshua and not another, say the elders?	It is quite possible that it was God in Moses that advised him/Moses to speak unto Joshua.	17:9 This is the first mention of the name of Joshua. He is associated with battle.
		17:12 It is an interesting this to note that while the hand of Moses was stayed up the children of Israel would prevail.
What were the lessons that God was giving to His people for this act?	It seems the lesson here was that the battle was fought by the Lord. He was teaching Aaron, Hur Joshua and all the people. Even Moses himself was a beneficiary of this lesson.
Why was Amalek to be destroyed?	The cup of their iniquity was now full, as was promised unto Abraham 400 years previously.	17:14 Moses was instructed to write.
Why rehearse it in the ears of Joshua?	It is possible that Joshua was not privy of what took place on the hill. Hence Moses was to tell Joshua what took place, so that he/Joshua would know that God would fight for him.	17:14
Why did Moses call God Jehova-nissi	Answer in next verse