Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner. The building of an altar in response to victory is Moses' consistent response to divine acts in Exodus — at each significant moment of encounter, worship is the immediate response. The name of the altar — YHWH Nissi, the Lord is my Banner — is the covenant name that memorializes the battle's meaning. A banner in the ancient world was the military standard that identified a force and around which it rallied. The Lord is Israel's banner — what they fight under, what they identify with, what they rally to. Psalm 20:5 says may we shout for joy over your salvation and lift up our banners in the name of our God. The banner that is God himself is the antecedent of every subsequent banner raised in God's name.

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