and Hur] Who is thought to be the brother in law of Aaron and Moses, by the marriage of their sister Miriam; or if not so, an associate with Aaron, for the government of the people in the absence of Moses. so his hands were steady] It is like he held up first one hand with the Rod in it, and that wearie he used the other; and when both were weary, and his whole body also, with long standing, a stone was set under him, and his hands held up on each side, and so having that ease and assistance, his devotion might hold out with more vigour, and the people seeing the miraculous Rod, still held up on the top of the hill, might take more courage in the battell below.