Exodus 13:20

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 13:17-22

6. Redemption by Power CHAPTER 13:17-22 From Succoth to Etham 1. God’s leading (Exodus 13:17-18 ) 2. Joseph’s bones carried away (Exodus 13:19 ) 3. The pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire (Exodus 13:20-22 ) Jehovah now begins to lead His redeemed people forward. God chose their way for them, as He chooses the way for us. He was with His people, therefore He led them in His way. If His people are in His way He is with them and all is well. If we are not in His way He cannot be with us... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 13:1-22

GOD'S CLAIMS ON THE FIRSTBORN (vs.1-2) Rather than God's allowing the people to rush to get out of the borders of Egypt, He calmly insists first on His own claims over Israel. Only in verse 20 of this chapter do we see them leaving Succoth. The Lord calls upon Moses to "sanctify" or "set apart" all the firstborn of Israel and all the firstborn of their domestic animals. It was of course the firstborn who had been preserved by virtue of the blood of the lamb. God claimed these, for even by... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 13:1-22

The Drowning of Pharaoh Exodus 13:0 "What, still talking about miracles? We thought that faith in miracles had been given up long ago by intelligent men." Some such expression as this would not be unnatural from certain quarters. The answer is that "intelligent men" are just beginning to believe in miracles. They are nearly always the last men to come round to great conceptions and noble spiritual realisations. But even "intelligent men" are stirring themselves with somewhat of reluctance in... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 13:20-21

The Holy Ghost by his servant Paul hath given us sufficient authority to explain this pillar of cloud, this Shechinah, in express application to the Lord Jesus Christ, the great angel of the Covenant. 1 Corinthians 10:1-9 . And so again by Stephen in his sermon, who as expressly saith, that Christ was in the church in the wilderness, Acts 7:37-38 . See Micah 2:13 . And who but Jesus goeth before his people now? The church in the wilderness enjoyed this standing miracle it is true, with their... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:20

Etham. A city on the banks of the Red Sea, giving its name to one of the gulfs, which the Greeks called after the city of Heropolis. (Pliny, Natural History vi. 29.) The Septuagint translate, "They encamped at Othon, which is near the desert;" and (Numbers xxxii. 6,) the Hebrews marched three days in the desert of Buthan, before they arrived at Mara. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 13:17-20

17-20 There were two ways from Egypt to Canaan. One was only a few days' journey; the other was much further about, through the wilderness, and that was the way in which God chose to lead his people Israel. The Egyptians were to be drowned in the Red sea; the Israelites were to be humbled and proved in the wilderness. God's way is the right way, though it seems about. If we think he leads not his people the nearest way, yet we may be sure he leads them the best way, and so it will appear when... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 13:17-22

The First Stage of the Journey v. 17. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, had dismissed them and sent them out of the country, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near, which would have been the shortest, the most direct route; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. The Israelites, disheartened and weakened by a life of servitude, were at that time in no condition... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 13:17-22

FOURTH SECTIONDirection of the Exodus. The Pursuit. The Distress. The Red Sea. The Song of TriumphExodus 13:17 to Exodus 15:21A.—Direction of the march. The distress. Passage through the Red Sea. Judgment and deliveranceExodus 13:17 to Exodus 14:3117And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through [by] the way of the land of the Philistines, although [for]2 that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the [Lest the] people repent, when they see war, and... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 13:17-22

the People are Led out and Pursued Exodus 13:17-22 ; Exodus 14:1-9 There were two routes to Canaan, the nearest through the land of the Philistines; but to take that would have exposed the Hebrews to the very sights that so dismayed the twelve spies. See Numbers 33:1-56 . They might have had to fight every mile of advance. This would have been too great an ordeal for their young faith. So God, like the mother eagle, bore them on His wings. The Angel who conducted the march in the cloud... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 13:1-22

As the Passover feast signified the deliverance from death by obedience, and the sprinkling of blood signified redemption through death, the feast of Unleavened Bread was established in connection with it. This was to be a perpetual memorial of the necessity to abstain from anything and everything which cause disintegration in the national life. The chosen people were to be delivered from slavery into submission to the law of their one and only King. It is significant that in connection with... read more

Group of Brands