Reader! observe with due meditation and thankfulness, the forbearance and long-suffering of the Lord. Remark also his kindness to his servant Moses. So God always will protect his people. Ezekiel 2:6; Jeremiah 1:8; Acts 18:9-10. Observe also, that in the mercy God intended the people, the elders were to be witnesses by whose power it was wrought.
Related Commentaries of Exodus 17:5
Exodus 17:5
5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.