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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 13:17-22

Here is, I. The choice God made of their way, Exod. 13:17, 18. He was their guide. Moses gave them direction but as he received it from the Lord. Note, The way of man is not in himself, Jer. 10:23. He may devise his way, and design it; but, after all, it is God that directs his steps, Prov. 16:9. Man proposes, but God disposes, and in his disposal we must acquiesce, and set ourselves to follow providence. There were two ways from Egypt to Canaan. One was a short cut from the north of Egypt to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:17

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go ,.... Gave them leave to depart out of Egypt, and even urged them to be gone in haste upon the death of his firstborn: that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near ; the land of the Philistines was the Pentapolis, or five cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath, which lay between Egypt and Canaan; and their way through it to Canaan, out of Egypt, was the nearest they could... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:18

But God led the people about ,.... Instead of their going to the west, or northwest, towards Gaza, &c.; and the Mediterranean sea, the Lord going before them in a pillar of cloud and fire, as after related, directed them to turn off to the right, between the east and south, to the southeast: through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea : the wilderness of Etham, by the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt or "girt" F13 חמשים ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:19

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him ,.... And his remains might well be called bones, since at such a distance from his death the flesh must be gone, and nothing but bones left; of the place where Joseph's coffin was laid; see Gill on Genesis 50:26 . The Jews pretend, that Moses was informed where Joseph was buried by Sarah, the daughter of Asher, who they say was living at this time F17 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 13. 1. ; and many other fables they relate concerning the manner of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:20

And they took their journey from Succoth ,.... On the second day, as Jarchi observes, from their coming out of Egypt, which was the sixteenth of Nisan: and encamped in Etham , in the edge of the wilderness which had its name from it, and was called the wilderness of Etham, Numbers 33:8 . Etham is said to be eight miles from Succoth F19 Bunting's Travels, p. 81. . Josephus F20 Antiqu. l. 2. c. 15. sect. 1. calls Succoth Latopolis, which had its name from the fish Latus,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:21

And the Lord went before them ,.... Who is called the Angel of the Lord, Exodus 14:19 , not a created but the uncreated Angel, the Angel of Jehovah's presence, in whom his name, nature, and perfections were, even the Word and Son of God, the Lord Christ, see 1 Corinthians 10:9 who went before the armies of Israel, as their King, Leader, and Commander: by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way ; through the Red sea, and the wilderness, at the edge of which they now were,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:22

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day ,.... It always appeared in the daytime, and was a guide and shelter: nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people ; this continued till they came through the wilderness to the borders of the land of Canaan, when they needed it no longer, and then it left them; for when they passed over Jordan the ark went before them, Joshua 3:6 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 13:17

God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, etc. - Had the Israelites been obliged to commence their journey to the promised land by a military campaign, there is little room to doubt that they would have been discouraged, have rebelled against Moses and Aaron, and have returned back to Egypt. Their long slavery had so degraded their minds that they were incapable of any great or noble exertions; and it is only on the ground of this mental degradation, the infallible... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 13:18

But God led the people about - Dr. Shaw has shown that there were two roads from Egypt to Canaan, one through the valleys of Jendilly, Rumeleah, and Baideah, bounded on each side by the mountains of the lower Thebais; the other lies higher, having the northern range of the mountains of Mocatee running parallel with it on the right hand, and the desert of the Egyptian Arabia, which lies all the way open to the land of the Philistines, to the left. See his account of these encampments at the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 13:19

Moses took the bones of Joseph - See Clarke's note on Genesis 50:25 . It is supposed that the Israelites carried with them the bones or remains of all the twelve sons of Jacob, each tribe taking care of the bones of its own patriarch, while Moses took care of the bones of Joseph. St. Stephen expressly says, Acts 7:15 , Acts 7:16 , that not only Jacob, but the fathers were carried from Egypt into Sychem; and this, as Calmet remarks, was the only opportunity that seems to have presented... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 13:17-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 13:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 13:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 13:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 13:19

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