Naked Bible 283: Exodus 17 Part 2

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 3 August 2019

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Exodus 17:8-16 chronicles the battle between the Israelites and the Amalekites. The episode contains odd elements. So long as Moses’ arms were raised, Israel did well in battle. When they dropped, they did not. What is the point of this action? Why is there a reference to the “throne of Yahweh” associated with the altar built to commemorate the victory? And above all, why was Amalek cursed by Yahweh for elimination?

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0:26.3	Welcome to the NakedBibletpodcast, episode 283 Exodus 17, part 2 of the layman, Trace
0:32.7	Strickland.
0:33.7	He's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heizer.
0:34.7	Hey Mike, how's your summer going?
0:38.5	It's actually gone quickly.
0:40.3	I'm just surprised at how fast it's really gone.
0:43.8	So I thought, you know, since I'm working at home, the days would feel longer and the summer
0:50.1	would go more slowly and not so much.
0:53.7	Yeah, yeah.
0:54.7	I'm working out.
0:55.7	And you did some traveling in July.
0:57.5	I think you recorded some French pop.
1:00.2	Did you do anything else?
1:03.4	What, yeah, Jacksonville.
1:04.4	I spoke with the Awakening Conference in Jacksonville.
1:08.7	And then, you know, we went out a day early to do the Stranger Things, nerdy stuff, then
1:14.0	drove down to Jacksonville, spoke there, and then, uh-huh.
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