Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Exodus 14:3,4
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Verse Exodus 14:3. _THEY_ ARE _ENTANGLED IN THE LAND_] God himself brought them into straits from which no human power or art could extricate them. Consider their situation when once brought out of t...
THEY ARE ENTANGLED ... - The original intention of Moses was to go toward Palestine by the wilderness: when that purpose was changed by God’s direction and they moved southwards, Pharaoh, on receiving...
CHAPTER 14 THE PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY AND REDEMPTION BY POWER _ 1. The coming of Pharaoh announced (Exodus 14:1)_ 2. The pursuit and Israel troubled (Exodus 14:5) 3. Moses speaks to the people (Exodu...
EXODUS 14. (Exodus 14:1 P, Exodus 14:5 f. J, Exodus 14:7 a(b) E, Exodus 14:8 P Exo
FOR. The assault of the enemy foreseen and provided against by Jehovah. PHARAOH. See App-37....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 14And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, saying (2) Speak unto the children of Is-ra-el, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-ha-hi-roth, between Mig-dol and the sea, befo...
CROSSING THE RED SEA 2. At Etham the Israelites reached the Egyptian frontier, travelling in a northeasterly direction. Instead of crossing the frontier to the E. side of the Bitter Lakes they are com...
THE WILDERNESS is the Egyptian wilderness, a tract of desert land lying between the Nile and the Red Sea. To the south, in front of the advancing host, rose an impassable mountain chain, so that they...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 14 THE *ISRAELITES CROSS THE RED SEA – VERSES 1-31 *PHARAOH PURSUES T...
ENTANGLED IN THE LAND. — Literally, _confused, perplexed._ (Comp. Esther 3:15.) Pharaoh, seeing that the Israelites had placed the Bitter Lakes on their left, and were marching southward, in a directi...
וְ אָמַ֤ר פַּרְעֹה֙ לִ בְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְב
THE PEOPLE ARE LED OUT AND PURSUED Exodus 13:17; Exodus 14:1 There were two routes to Canaan, the nearest through the land of the Philistines; but to take that would have exposed the Hebrews to the v...
The first movement of the emancipated people was to march into the place of danger. It eventuated in the trial of their faith, as we shall see, but the divine meaning of it was told to Moses and it is...
_In. Between craggy mountains and the Red Sea. (Haydock)_...
This account is again rehearsed by Moses: Numbers 33:7....
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
3._For Pharaoh will say. _God here explains to Hoses His design; although, in His engagements with Pharaoh, he had so often gained glorious victories, that the last act still remained to overwhelm him...
At the Red Sea God acts in power according to the purposes of His love; consequently the enemy, who was closely pursuing His people, is destroyed without resource. This is what will happen to the peop...
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...
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They [are] entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. Ver. 3. _They are entangled._] Perplexed; intricated; they know not what to do, or...
_Pharaoh will say they are entangled_ He will presume that you are hemmed in between the rocks and the sea. _I will harden Pharaoh's heart_ See note on Exodus 4:21; Exodus 7:13. The meaning is, that P...
1 God instructeth the Israelites in their iourney. 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them. 10 The Israelites murmure. 13 Moses comforteth them. 15 God instructeth Moses. 19 The cloud remoueth behinde the...
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, their turning back from Etham might seem like an act of bewilderment, of uncertainty, causing them to march back and for...
PHARAOH PURSUES ISRAEL...
FOURTH SECTION Direction of the Exodus. The Pursuit. The Distress. The Red Sea. The Song of Triumph Exodus 13:17 to Exodus 15:21 A. DIRECTION OF THE MARCH. THE DISTRESS. PASSAGE THROUGH THE RED SEA....
THE OBSTACLE OF THE RED SEA (vs.1-2) By the Word of the Lord Israel was brought now to a spot from which there was no natural way of escape. The Red Sea was before them, three mountains surrounded t...
1-9 Pharaoh would think that all Israel was entangled in the wilderness, and so would become an easy prey. But God says, I will be honoured upon Pharaoh. All men being made for the honour of their Ma...
There are enclosed with mountains, and garrisons, and deserts....
"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." (Psalms 107:23-24) How true is this! and yet our coward hearts...
Exodus 14:3 Pharaoh H6547 say H559 (H8804) children H1121 Israel H3478 bewildered H943 (H8737) land H776 wilderness...
Exodus 14 . YAHWEH DESTROYS THE FORCES OF EGYPT (EXODUS 14:1). In this chapter we discover how Pharaoh changed his mind and determined to bring the Israelites back. Once the first grieving over the de...
Exodus 14:1 _And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth between Migdol and sea, over against Baalzephon: before it ye shall e...
CONTENTS: God's power exerted to redeem Israel. Passing the Red Sea. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Pharaoh, angel. CONCLUSION: The believer cannot go ahead in the strength of Christ until he has learned t...
Exodus 14:2. _Before Pi-hahiroth._ The Lord led the people into the straits between the hills, in order that Pharaoh and his hosts might be overwhelmed in the sea; and that Israel might see his salvat...
_Encamp before Pi-hahiroth._ THE GOOD IN THE TRYING SITUATIONS OF LIFE I. That the good are often brought, by the providence of God, into the most trying situations in life (Exodus 14:1). It is in th...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 14:2. Pi-hahiroth.] Probably a Coptic word, meaning “the place of sedges”—Gesenius, Fürst, Davies, Kalisch. We can scarcely expect to determine the precise route taken by the I...
EXPOSITION THE DIRECTION OF THE JOURNEY CHANGED. Hitherto the march of the Israelites had been to the south-east. Another day's journey in this direction would have taken them beyond the limits of Egy...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall encamp by th...
Pharaoh Exodus 7:3 Exodus 7:4 Deuteronomy 31:21 Psalms 139:2 Psalms 139:4
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
They are entangled — Inclosed with mountains, and garrisons, and deserts....