Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 14:16
Divide it, i.e. do thou command it in my name to divide itself hither and thither, and I will divide it.
Divide it, i.e. do thou command it in my name to divide itself hither and thither, and I will divide it.
Verse Exodus 14:16. _LIFT THOU UP THY ROD_] Neither Moses nor his rod could be any effective instrument in a work which could be accomplished only by the omnipotence of God; but it was necessary that...
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
LIFT THOU UP THY ROD—OVER THE SEA, AND DIVIDE IT— See Exodus 14:21. It is very common in Scripture to attribute those actions to a person, which are only done by his agency at the command and by the p...
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...
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, WHEREFORE CRIEST THOU UNTO ME? SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THAT THEY GO FORWARD:_ The Lord said ... When, in answer to his prayers, he received the divine comman...
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...
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...
(15-18) WHEREFORE CRIEST THOU UNTO ME? — Like the people (Exodus 14:10), Moses had cried to Jehovah, though he tells us of his cry only thus indirectly. God made answer that it was not a time to cry,...
וְ אַתָּ֞ה הָרֵ֣ם אֶֽת ־מַטְּךָ֗ וּ נְטֵ֧ה
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....
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...
Reader! never forget, salvation is of God. Isaiah 63:13....
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...
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...
BUT LIFT THOU UP THY ROD, AND STRETCH OUT THINE HAND OVER THE SEA, AND DIVIDE IT,.... Even the same rod with which so many wonders had been done in Egypt; and Artapanus, the Heathen, says x, that Mose...
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea. Ver. 16. _But lift thou up thy rod....
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...
But lift thou up thy rod, the same shepherd's staff that had figured so largely in Egypt, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it. He was not merely to cause an unusually low ebb-tide,...
THE GREAT FEAR OF THE ISRAELITES...
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...
15-20 Moses' silent prayers of faith prevailed more with God than Israel's loud outcries of fear. The pillar of cloud and fire came behind them, where they needed a guard, and it was a wall between t...
"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 14:16 up H7311 (H8685) rod H4294 out H5186 (H8798) hand H3027 sea H3220 divide H1234 ...
YAHWEH REVEALS HIS POWER BY DESTROYING THE EGYPTIAN FORCES (EXODUS 14:15). a Israel is to go forward and Moses must lift up his staff over the sea and divide it (Exodus 14:15 a). b The children of I...
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...
_Through the midst of the sea._ THE RED SEA I. God’s deliverance of Israel. II. Judgment on God’s enemies, as well as a deliverance of His friends. III. God’s separation of Israel for his service....
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 14:15_ PROGRESS UNDER DIFFICULTY The children of Israel are now commanded, in their perplexing circumstances, to move forward into the waters of the Red Se...
EXPOSITION GOD'S ANSWER TO MOSES' PRAYER. To the faithful prayer of Moses, albeit pitched perhaps in too low a key, God made gracious answer. A "cry" had been unnecessary, since his word was already p...
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...
lift Exodus 14:21 Exodus 14:26 Exodus 4:2 Exodus 4:17 Exodus 4:20...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...