Exodus 15:16 - Exposition

Fear and dread shall fall upon them . Compare Deuteronomy 2:25 ; Deuteronomy 11:25 . The Edomites of Mount Seir and the Moabites gave Israel a free passage through their borders ( Deuteronomy 2:4-8 , Deuteronomy 2:18 , Deuteronomy 2:29 ), being afraid to oppose them. Till thy people pass over, O Lord . Some see in this an anticipation of the crossing of Jordan; but perhaps Moses meant no more than the crossing of the Canaanite frontier, in some place or other, which must take place if the urea was to be occupied. The event made the expression used peculiarly appropriate. When thou hast purchased . By bringing his people out of Egypt, their ownership had passed to him from the Egyptians, just as if he had bought them. (See Exodus 6:6 , Exodus 6:7 ; Exodus 19:5 .)