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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:19-22

God protects his own, but in strange ways. The passage of the Red Sea was the crowning miracle by which God effected the deliverance of his people from the bondage of Egypt; and all its circumstances were strange and worthy of notice. I. THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD , WHICH HAD BEEN WONT TO LEAD THEM , REMOVED AND WENT BEHIND THEM . They had to enter the dark and slimy bed from which the sea had retired without the cheering sight of the Divine presence... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:19-31

The goodness and severity of God. I. WHAT GOD IS TO HIS OWN IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE . 1 . He comes between them and their foes. God's presence is between us and our enemies, and they can do no more against us than his love permits. 2 . He is light to them in the time of peril. 3 . The waters are divided before them However much our way may seem hedged in, God's arm will open up a path for us. 4 . The way was not only a path of escape, but one of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:20

It was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these . Though there is nothing in the Hebrew correspondent to the expressions "to them," "to these," yet the meaning seems to have been rightly apprehended By our translators. (See the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, the SyriActs version, and among moderns, Knobel, Maurer, Rosenmuller, and Kalisch.) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:21

Moses stretched out his hand . As commanded by God ( Exodus 14:16 ). Compare the somewhat similar action of Elijah and Elisha, when they divided the Jordan ( 2 Kings 2:8 , 2 Kings 2:14 ). The Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind . The LXX . translate "a strong south wind" ( ἐν ἀνέμῳ νότῳ βιαίῳ ); but the Hebrew kadim is certainly "east" rather than "south." It is not, however, "east" in the sense of due east, but would include all the range of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:22

The waters were a wall —i .e; a protection, a defence. Pharaoh could not attack them on either flank, on account of the two bodies of water between which their march lay. He could only come at them by following after them. The metaphor has been by some understood literally, especially on account of the expression in Exodus 15:8 —"The floods stood upright as an heap;" and again that in Psalms 78:13 —"He made the waters to stand as an heap." But those phrases, occurring in poems, must be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:22

We walk by faith, not by sight. The great mistake of most people is, that they trust too much to their own eyes. They will not take into consideration anything that lies beyond the field of sensible experiences. Now God and his eternity, though manifested in this field, are practically outside it; the spiritual eyesight is more reliable than the physical, because that which it sees is safer to rely upon. Natural sight shows us obstacles, spiritual sight shows us how they may be surmounted.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 14:11

No graves in Egypt - This bitter taunt was probably suggested by the vast extent of cemeteries in Egypt, which might not improperly be called the land of tombs. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 14:12

Let us alone - This is a gross exaggeration, yet not without a semblance of truth: for although the Israelites welcomed the message of Moses at first, they gave way completely at the first serious trial. See the reference in the margin. The whole passage foreshadows the conduct of the people in the wilderness. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 14:13

For the Egyptians whom ... - The true sense is, ye shall never see the Egyptians in the same way, under the same circumstances. read more

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