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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Exodus 14:12

Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? That had happened in only one case, Exodus 5:21, whereas the Israelites had otherwise been eager to accept the advice of Moses. For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness. These were unjust reproaches and foreshadowed the subsequent behavior of the children of Israel in the wilderness.

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See also Exodus 14:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LET US ALONE - This is a gross exaggeration, yet not without a semblance of truth: for although the Israelites welcomed the message of Moses at first, they gave way completely at the first serious tri...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 14. (Exodus 14:1 P, Exodus 14:5 f. J, Exodus 14:7 a(b) E, Exodus 14:8 P Exo

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IS NOT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THEY SAID UNTO MOSES, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO GRAVES IN EGYPT, HAST THOU TAKEN US AWAY TO DIE IN THE WILDERNESS? WHEREFORE HAST THOU DEALT THUS WITH US, TO CARRY US FORTH OUT OF EGYPT?_ No JFB com...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IS NOT THIS THE WORD THAT WE DID TELL THEE...? — At one time they had refused to listen to Moses (Exodus 6:9) but in the main they had acquiesced in his proceedings, and allowed him to act in their na...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲ לֹא ־זֶ֣ה הַ דָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE MURMURING PEOPLE ENCOURAGED Exodus 14:10 We cannot wonder at their consternation. Before, the surf of the beach; behind, the serried ranks of Egypt's chivalry; on either side, impassable cliffs....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let (g) us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Wilderness. This is the language of dastardly souls. They had begun to be almost in love with their chains. Every difficulty gives them occasion to repine at the gracious purposes of God, and the exe...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Is this the language of those who had seen the miracles in Egypt? Alas! my soul, what is man!...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    IS NOT THIS THE WORD THAT WE DID TELL THEE IN EGYPT,.... The thing they suggested to him, and talked with him about while they were in the land of Egypt, before they came out of it, particularly after...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Exodus 14:12 [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should d...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-14 There was no way open to Israel but upward, and thence their deliverance came. We may be in the way of duty, following God, and hastening toward heaven, yet may be troubled on every side. Some...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 14:12 word H1697 told H1696 (H8765) Egypt H4714 saying H559 (H8800) alone H2308 (H8798) serve...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?_ THE FOOLISH WAY IN WHICH MANY PEOPLE ANTICIPATE DIFFICULTIES I. That many people meet anticipated difficulties in a spirit of great fear. II. That...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 14:12 When the people of Israel say, “IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR US TO SERVE THE EGYPTIANS THAN TO DIE IN THE WILDERNESS,” they are forgetting that the Lord himself brought th...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 14:5_ THE GOOD PURSUED BY OLD ENEMIES I. THAT THE GOOD, IN SEEKING TO COME OUT OF THE BONDAGE OF SIN, ARE FREQUENTLY PURSUED BY OLD ENEMIES. Thus was it wit...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EXODUS 14:10-2 THE TERROR OF ISRAEL AND THE COURAGE OF MOSES. It has been argued that the Israelites, if they were so numerous as stated ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    is not this Exodus 5:21 Exodus 3:9 let us alone Hosea 4:17 Mark 1:24 Mark 5:7...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...

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