Exodus 14:1
The next assault by Satan to destroy the whole Nation. See App-23. THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ spake. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
The next assault by Satan to destroy the whole Nation. See App-23. THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ spake. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. MIGDOL. The great fortress on the "Shur" or wall, built to protect Egypt from Asia. The present geography of the Eastern Delta does not, to day, agree with the Biblical record. But its geography in the nineteenth dynasty is well known from papyri, and is in perfect accord with it, a... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. The assault of the enemy foreseen and provided against by Jehovah. PHARAOH. See App-37.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL. Compare Psalms 103:7, "His _ways_ unto Moses", and in verses: Exodus 14:13; Exodus 13:4, "His _acts_ unto the sons of Israel". HOST. force. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for his army. See App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOLD. On the fourth day. See App-60. Why... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ See App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in Exodus 14:6 and Exodus 14:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
HORSES. Egypt was noted for chariots, horses, and cavalry, which had been introduced by the eighteenth dynasty.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6 WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NOT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6... [ Continue Reading ]
STAND STILL, and see. Note importance of this command. Compare Stand still, and hear, Numbers 9:8; 1 Samuel 9:27. 1Sa 12:7. 2 Chronicles 20:17; Job 37:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ said. See note on Exodus 3:7, and p. note on Exodus 6:10. WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. It is also the Figure of speech _Hysteresis;_ for no mention has been made of Moses' crying to the LORD. GO FORWARD. This was Israel's faith. It was "by faith... [ Continue Reading ]
I, BEHOLD, I. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis,_ for emphasis. App-6. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. CHARIOTS. Hebrew, singular chariot. Note the alternation. Pharaoh (singular) His host (plural) Pharaoh's chariot (singular) His horsemen (plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_: the Creator in relation to His creatures. See App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
A CLOUD AND DARKNESS. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). a very dark cloud.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH. irresistible might.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT SO MUCH AS ONE OF THEM. This implies that Pharaoh himself did not escape. Compare Exodus 15:9; Exodus 15:10; Psalms 106:11; Psalms 136:15. His body may have been washed UP ON THE SHORE, p. Exodus 14:30, and "also", in Exodus 15:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS SERVANT MOSES. First occurance. See the five, Exodus 14:3.Joshua 9:24; Joshua 11:16; 1 Kings 8:56; Psalms 105:26, and compare notes on Numbers 12:7. Deu 35:5. 1 Kings 8:53.Nehemiah 10:29.... [ Continue Reading ]