Exodus 14:1-14 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 14:1-9

We have here, I. Instructions given to Moses concerning Israel's motions and encampments, which were so very surprising that if Moses had not express orders about them before they would scarcely have been persuaded to follow the pillar of cloud and fire. That therefore there might be no scruple nor dissatisfaction about it, Moses is told before, 1. Whither they must go, Exod. 14:1, 2. They had got to the edge of the wilderness (Exod. 13:20), and a stage or two more would have brought them to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 14:10-14

We have here, I. The fright that the children of Israel were in when they perceived that Pharaoh pursued them, Exod. 14:10. They knew very well the strength and rage of the enemy, and their own weakness; numerous indeed they were, but all on foot, unarmed, undisciplined, disquieted by long servitude, and (which was worst of all) now penned up by the situation of their camp, so that they could not make their escape. On the one hand was Pi-hahiroth, a range of craggy rocks impassable; on the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... Out of the pillar of the cloud in which he went before them; either while they were at Etham, or when journeying from thence, and a little before they turned off to the right, as they were now directed: saying ; as follows: read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn ,.... Not return to Egypt, or to the place, or towards the place from whence they came, but turn off, out of the road in which they were; for, as a late traveller says F1 Dr. Shaw's Travels, p. 307. Ed. 2. ,"there were two roads, through which the Israelites might have been conducted from Cairo (which he supposes may be Rameses) to Pihahiroth. One of them lies through the valleys, as they are now called, of Jendily, Rumaleah, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:3

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel ,.... The Septuagint version adds, "to his people", his ministers and courtiers, when he hears where they are: they are entangled in the land ; have lost their way, and got into places they cannot easily get out of, and are perplexed in their minds, and do not know what way to take or course to steer: the wilderness hath shut them in ; or, "shut up the way to them" F14 סגר עליהם "clausit viam illis", Pagninus, "praeclusit sese... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:4

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart ,.... Once more, as he had often done: that he shall follow after them : to Pihahiroth, and even into the sea after them: and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host ; in his wisdom, faithfulness, power, and justice, by the destruction of them: that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord ; the only Jehovah, the Lord God omnipotent; even those that feel the weight of his hand while troubling their host, and bringing the waters... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:5

And it was told the king of Egypt ,.... By some of the Egyptians, or mixed multitude that went out with Israel, but returned upon their encampment at the Red sea, or by some spies Pharaoh sent with them to observe their motions: the Targums of Jonathan and Jarchi make use of a word which Buxtorf translates military officers: and the latter says, they went out with them the three days' journey, but the Israelites not returning to Egypt (as expected), they tell Pharaoh of it the fourth day;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:6

And he made ready his chariot ,.... Which he usually rode in when he went forth to war; for this seems to be a military chariot, and not for show or grandeur; and this was got ready not by himself, as Jarchi, but rather by his orders, as Aben Ezra: and took his people with him ; the Greek version reads, "all his people"; not all his subjects, but his soldiers; at least a great number, and especially his cavalry. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:7

And he took six hundred chosen chariots ,.... The chief and best he had, war chariots, chariots of iron; perhaps such as had iron scythes to them, to cut down men as they drove along; these were taken partly for quickness of dispatch, that they might be able the sooner to overtake the Israelites, who had got several days' marches before them; and partly for their strength and the annoyance of their enemies with them: and all the chariots of Egypt : as many as could in so short a time be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:8

And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt ,.... As he said he would, Exodus 14:4 , and he pursued after the children of Israel ; took their rout in pursuit of them: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand : not once dreaming they should be pursued by Pharaoh as an enemy, when they went out with his full consent, and with such pressing solicitations to be gone, and with so much favour shown them by the Egyptians; wherefore they set out, and went on with... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 14:1-9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 14:10-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:8

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