Exodus 14:19-24

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:23

All Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen . Here, as elsewhere, the word translated "horsemen" probably means the men who rode in the chariots. Observe that the Pharaoh himself is not said to have gone in. Menephthah was apt to avoid placing himself in a position of danger. Nor is any of the infantry said to have entered the bed of the sea. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:23-30

God's dealings with the wicked and impenitent. If the passage of Israel through the Red Sea shows conspicuously God's protection of his people in the time of trouble, the overthrow of the Egyptians indicates, at least as conspicuously, his execution of wrath upon the wicked. I. First of all, IT IS NOTICEABLE HOW HIS EYE UPON THEIR HEARTS , LOOKING INTO THEM THROUGH THE CLOUD AND DARKNESS WHEREIN THEY ARE ENVELOPED , TROUBLES THEM . Bad men... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:19-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:23-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 14:23-31

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