Hur

Moses told him to choose men and go out to fight Amalek.

And Moses said, "Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand." And so the next day, the battle began in the valley below, and Moses climbed the hill with his brother Aaron and a man named Hur.

From that height, they could see everything.

The dust rising from the fighting, the glint of bronze, the small, desperate shapes of men pushing forward and falling back.

Still his muscles trembled.

Still he could not hold them up forever on his own.

So Aaron and Hur took a stone and placed it beneath him, and Moses sat down upon it.

Then Aaron stood on one side and Hur stood on the other, and each of them held up one of his hands.

The chapter begins by returning to Judah.

Verse 1 says, "...the sons of Judah, Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal." Now, we already encountered Judah's family back in Chapter 2, but the Chronicler now supplies some additional information about various families and settlements and occupations that are connected with this tribe.

Some became craftsmen, while others became associated with particular towns and regions.

And I imagine that these details might not seem especially significant to us when we first read them, but they would have been meaningful to the original readers of the book of Chronicles.

E hizo Josué como le dijo Moisés peleando contra Amalec.

Y Moisés y Aarón y Hur subieron a la cumbre del collado.

Y sucedía que cuando alzaba Moisés su mano, Israel prevalecía.

Mas cuando él bajaba su mano, prevalecía Amalec.

Esta correlación tan directa entre la propia postura física de Moisés y el resultado militar correspondiente en el campo de batalla considerablemente distante confirma con toda claridad que aquella misma victoria no dependería exclusivamente de la propia habilidad militar convencional de Josué y de sus propios soldados particulares, sino providencialmente de aquella misma intercesión sostenida que Moisés ejercía decisivamente desde aquella colina cercana.

Y las manos de Moisés se cansaban, por lo que tomaron una piedra y la pusieron debajo de él y se sentó sobre ella.

Y Aarón y Hur sostenían sus manos, el uno de un lado y el otro de otro.

Así hubo en sus manos firmeza hasta que se puso el sol.

En el próximo capítulo presenciaremos la primera confrontación militar decisiva de este pueblo recién liberado.

Aquella batalla extraordinaria contra el pueblo de Amalec, donde descubriremos la propia importancia providencial de las manos levantadas de Moisés y de la colaboración comunitaria genuina entre Aarón y Hur.

Gracias por acompañarme en este capítulo tan extraordinario sobre la provisión que emerge desde las fuentes más improbables y sobre la precisión profética meticulosa de Dios respecto a cada detalle de su propio plan redentor completo.

Que esta semana confíes genuinamente en que Dios permanece capaz de proveer providencialmente, incluso en medio de tus propias circunstancias más áridas y más genuinamente desafiantes.

And speaking of people who are willing, Bezalel and Oholiab.

Then Moses said to the Israelites, See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel, son of Uri, the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah, and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge, and with all kinds of skills to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze.

to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts.

And he has given both him and Oholiab, son of Ahisamek of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.

We also photographed a hill, which commands an extensive view on both sides, just where there is a bend in the longest of wadis.

Here it is supposed that Moses viewed the battle with the Amalekites for access to their springs, whilst Aaron and Hur held up his hands.

The mountain sides are full of caves and niches, once the homes of anchorites.

Soon a gorgeous sight burst on our view, and the great oasis of Pharaon, a forest of magnificent palm-trees in a narrow wadi, overlooked by the lofty granite peaks of Jebel Serbal, which rise sheer from one side of it.