Exodus 17:12. But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
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Let’s look at this in backward steps. It’s a snapshot of cooperation. Two men supported the hands of moses so he could hold them up all day. “Until the going down of the sun.” They even gave Moses a stone to sit on to be comfortable. Hey, it’s pretty hard to hold up your hands all day without help. But why were the hands of Moses heavy anyway? What was he doing, and why? Look at the earlier part of the chapter.

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