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Bible Book: Exodus
Bible Book Code: 0201701401
Scene no: 7 of 7

Bible Reference & Cartoon Description

Exodus 17:14-16 (ANIV)
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
15 Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner. 16 He said, “For hands were lifted up to the throne of the Lord. The [1] Lord will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”

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Or, “Because a hand was against the throne of the Lord the…

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:

LIGHTING NOTES:
Sunlight (unseen above tent) illuminates this scene, casting shadows to the right of figures & objects.
Moses & the contents of his tent are all in shadow.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
Moses is sitting at a table writing a scroll.
Aaron (I brown robe & holding the staff of Moses) is outside directing the building of an altar.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This is the last scene in the series, & shows Moses sitting at a desk in his tent. Moses is writing the scroll which the Lord God told him to write (see verse 14 above).

We can see some Hebrew men piling up stones to make an altar, under the direction of Aaron, the brother of Moses.

Below is the rough pencil sketch I drew to design this scene.

Exodus 17 – The Amalekites defeated – Scene 07 – Scroll and altar – Greyscale

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Bible Doctrine Notes
17:8-16 CHRISTIAN ETHICS, War and Peace (4.44G)
Should a Christian retaliate in a given situation? To what degree should a Christian apply self-defence? This passage illustrates one instance when God allowed retaliation against a human enemy. However, such passages should be kept in tension with the principles of the New Testament, in regards to seeking peace. See notes on Joshua 6:1-27; Judges 1:1-36. In order to get a clearer understanding of the application of this particular passage we need to have a sense of the total Biblical picture of the nature & character of the Lord God. He is a God who demands justice from His enemies, and also from His chosen people, as they revert to paganism. He is also a God whose ultimate goal is shalom, or peace. The history of the redemption theme running throughout the whole Bible underscores this idea. So that, even in battles/wars, God makes a covenant aimed at making peace. At their best, his chosen people will be seeking to make this happen too.