But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, by the southeastern route, through the desert; and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt, they did not go in irregular troops, like fugitives, but in marching order, a provision which kept their forces together and made supervision easy.
Verse 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...
HARNESSED - More probably, “marshalled” or “in orderly array.” There is not the least indication that the Israelites had been disarmed by the Egyptians, and as occupying a frontier district frequently...
6. REDEMPTION BY POWER CHAPTER 13:17-22 From Succoth to Etham _ 1. God's leading (Exodus 13:17)_ 2. Joseph's bones carried away (Exodus 13:19) 3. The pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire (Exodus...
ROUTE OF THE EXODUS (Exodus 13:17 E, Exodus 13:20 P). The religious insight of the writer (God led the people) is sounder than his knowledge of history: the Philistines-' presence cannot have been the...
RED SEA. Hebrew. _Yam suph_. weedy, or reedy. Eng. "Red" comes from the Greeks reading Edom (whose land it washed) as an appellative instead of. proper name (Esau or Edom. red, Genesis 25:25). Called...
DISCOURSE: 80 GOD’S CONDESCENSION TO HIS PEOPLE’S WEAKNESS Exodus 13:17. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines,...
GOD LED THE PEOPLE ABOUT THROUGH THE WAY, &C.— Dr. Shaw is of opinion, that the first settlement of the Israelites was at _Heliopolis;_ and that _Kairo_ was the _Rameses,_ the capital of the district...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 13 AND JE-HO-VAH SPAKE UNTO MO-SES, SAYING, (2) SANCITFY UNTO ME ALL THE FIRST-BORN, WHATSOEVER OPENETH THE WOMB AMONG THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL, BOTH OF MAN AND OF BEAS...
_BUT GOD LED THE PEOPLE ABOUT, THROUGH THE WAY OF THE WILDERNESS OF THE RED SEA: AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT UP HARNESSED OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT._ Led the people about ... This wondrous expanse...
13:18 arrayed (e-22) i.e. 'in battle order,' or 'by fives,' i.e. 'five in a rank,' or 'girded.'...
THE CONSECRATION OF THE FIRSTBORN. THE MARCH TO ETHAM 1-16. The Consecration of the Firstborn. All Israel was holy unto the Lord: see on Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:6. But the firstborn of man and beast w...
HARNESSED] RV 'armed' in organised array: see on Exodus 6:26....
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 13 THE *ISRAELITES’ OLDEST SONS BELONG TO GOD – VERSES 1-16 THE TIME...
BUT GOD LED THE PEOPLE ABOUT. — Or, _led the people a circuit_ — took them, not by the direct route, through Pelusium, past Lake Serbônis, to Rhinocolura and Gaza, but led them by the most circuitous...
וַ יַּסֵּ֨ב אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ אֶת ־הָ עָ֛ם דֶּ֥רֶךְ
CHAPTER XIII. _ THE LAW OF THE FIRSTBORN._ Exodus 13:1. Much that was said in the twelfth chapter is repeated in the thirteenth. And this repetition is clearly due to a formal rehearsal, made when a...
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...
As the Passover feast signified the deliverance from death by obedience, and the sprinkling of blood signified redemption through death, the feast of Unleavened Bread was established in connection wit...
But God led the people about, [through] the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up (k) harnessed out of the land of Egypt. (k) That is, not secretly but openly and a...
_Armed, in order of battle. Hebrew chamushim, "by fives," or in five battalions. (Josue i. 14; Judges viii. 11.) (Calmet) --- Calvin asks where the Hebrews could procure arms, as if to cavil with this...
Is not the harnessed state of Israel alluded to in a spiritual sense concerning the church, when described as an army with banners coming up out of the wilderness? Song 1-8. But the margin here reads...
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...
_A ROUNDABOUT WAY_ ‘But God led the people about.’ Exodus 13:18 In the song of Moses we are reminded that God _ led His people about_, instructed them, and kept them as the apple of His eye (Deuter...
18._The children of Israel went up harnessed. _The word חמשים, (148) _chemishim, _is derived from “Five,” from whence some have explained it, that they were furnished with five kinds of arms, but this...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
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 relat...
But God led the people about, [through] the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. Ver. 18. _God led the people about._] Philo wr...
There were various reasons why God _led them through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea._ The Egyptians were to be drowned in the Red sea, the Israelites were to be humbled and proved in the wil...
1 The first borne are sanctified to God. 3 The memoriall of the Passeouer is commanded. 11 The firstlings of beasts are set apart. 17 The Israelites goe out of Egypt, and cary Iosephs bones with th...
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....
GOD'S CLAIMS ON THE FIRSTBORN (vs.1-2) Rather than God's allowing the people to rush to get out of the borders of Egypt, He calmly insists first on His own claims over Israel. Only in verse 20 of thi...
HARNESSED: Or, by five in a rank...
17-20 There were two ways from Egypt to Canaan. One was only a few days' journey; the other was much further about, through the wilderness, and that was the way in which God chose to lead his people...
Or, _armed_, or _girt_ with swords and belts about the fifth rib, as the Hebrew word may imply. But it doth not appear how or whence they should get their arms, nor how the Egyptians would permit so n...
In the opening verses of this chapter, we are taught, clearly and distinctly, that personal devotedness and personal holiness are fruits which redeeming love produces in those who are the happy subjec...
Exodus 13:18 God H430 led H5437 people H5971 around H5437 (H8686) way H1870 wilderness H4057 Red H5488 Sea...
YAHWEH LEADS HIS PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT IN TRIUMPH (EXODUS 13:17 TO EXODUS 14:31). The acknowledgement of Yahweh's initial deliverance having been dealt with the narrative now moves on to the escape fro...
Exodus 13:18 These words expound to us a whole philosophy of life. The way of the wilderness has become a household word in Christendom, and this decision of Jehovah is the proclamation of the law of...
CONTENTS: Firstborn set apart for Jehovah. Directions for feast of unleavened bread and consecration of males. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joseph. CONCLUSION: The believer should retain remembrance of G...
Exodus 13:2. _Sanctify unto me all the firstborn._ The firstborn having the birthright, were, according to the patriarchal economy, the priests of God. The firstlings of the clean beasts were to be of...
_Through the way of the wilderness._ THE WAY OF THE WILDERNESS I. The way by which God often leads His people may be described as the “way of the wilderness.” There are several points of analogy or s...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 13:18 TOWARD THE RED SEA. Here and in other accounts of the crossing of the sea, the water is referred to as _Yam Sup_ (see also Exodus 15:4;...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 13:17_ THE WAY OF GOD IN CONDUCTING THE LIFE OF THE GOOD The children of Israel have now passed from the hand of Pharaoh into the immediate care of God, a t...
EXPOSITION THE DIRECTION OF THE JOURNEY.—The direct road from Tanis to Palestine—a road much frequented under the nineteenth dynasty—lay along the coast of the Mediterranean, and conducted to Philisti...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine (Exodus 13:1-2). All right, no...
led the Exodus 14:2 Numbers 33:6 Deuteronomy 32:10 Psalms 107:7 harnessed. or, by five in a rank...
There were many reasons why God led them through the way of the wilderness of the red sea. The Egyptians were to be drowned in the Red — sea, the Israelites were to be humbled, and proved in the wilde...