Exodus 14:31

31._And Israel saw. _After he has said that the Israelites saw the dead bodies spread upon the seashore, he now adds that in this spectacle God’s hand, (160) i.e., His power, appeared, because there was no difficulty in distinguishing between God’s wrath and His fatherly love, in preserving so miraculously an unwarlike multitude, and in destroying in the depths of the sea an army formidable on every account. Moses, therefore, does not unreasonably conclude here that the Divine power was conspicuous in the deliverance of the people. He afterwards adds, that, not without their profit, did the Israelites see God’s hand; because they feared Him, and believed Him, and His servant Moses. “Fear” is here used for that reverence which kept the people in the way of duty, for they were not only affected by dread, but also attracted to devote themselves to God, whose goodness they had so sweetly and...

21-31 The dividing the Red sea was the terror of the Canaanites, Joshua 2:9; the praise and triumph of the Israelites, Psalms 114:3; Psalms 106:9; Psalms 136:13. It was a type of baptism, 1 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Corinthians 10:2. Israel's passage through it was typical of the conversion of souls, Isaiah 11:15; and the Egyptians being drowned in it was typical of the final rui...

Verse Exodus 14:31. _THE PEOPLE FEARED THE LORD_] They were convinced by the interference of Jehovah that his power was unlimited, and that he could do whatsoever he pleased, both in the way of _judgment_ and in the way of _mercy_. _AND BELIEVED THE LORD, AND HIS SERVANT MOSES._] They now clearly discerned that God had fulfilled all his promises; and that not one thing had failed of all the good which he had spoken concerning Israel. And _they believed his servant Moses _- they had now the fullest proof that he was Divinely appointed to work all these miracles, and to bring them out of Egypt into the promised land. Thus God got himself honour upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians, and credit in the sight of Israel. After this overthrow of their king and his host, the Egyptians interrupted them no more in the journeyings, convinced

EXPOSITION THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EGYPTIANS. As the rearguard of the Israelite host having entered the tract from which the waters had retired, proceeded along it, and left the western end of the isthmus vacant, the pillar of the cloud seems to have followed it up and withdrawn with it. The Egyptians immediately advanced. Notwithstanding the preternatural darkness, they had become aware, perhaps by means of their ears, of the movement that was taking place, and with early dawn they were under arms and pressing on the line of the Israelite retreat. They found the channel still dry, and hastily entering it with their chariot force, they hurried forward in pursuit. The first check which they received was wholly supernatural. "The Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians" ...

AND ISRAEL SAW THE GREAT WORK,.... Or "hand" l; the hand of the Lord, the mighty power of God, and took notice of it, and seriously considered the greatness of it: WHICH THE LORD DID UPON THE EGYPTIANS; which mighty hand he laid upon them, and which great power he exercised on them, and which great work, the effect thereof, he wrought in destroying them in such a manner, by causing the waters, which divided for them and their safety, to return upon the Egyptians to their utter destruction: AND THE PEOPLE FEARED THE LORD; had an awe of his power and greatness upon their minds, and a sense of his goodness to them upon their hearts, which influenced their fear of him, and caused them to fear him with a filial and godly fear: AND BELIEVED THE LORD AND HIS SERVANT MOSES; they believed the Lord to be the only Jehovah, the supreme Being, the one only living and true God, faithful to his word...

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 encamp by the sea_ It might have been sufficient for the pillar of cloud to move that way; but it was really such an extraordinary thing for the Lord to lead the people right down to the sea that he gave a special command as well as the movement of the cloud. That Moses himself might not be staggered by what would seem to him to be such strange guidance the Lord tells him what to say to the people and then gives him this explanation: Exodus 14:3. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. And I will harden Pharaoh's he

FEARED (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

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 (Exodus 14:13) 4. The Lord speaks to Moses (Exodus 14:15) 5. The passages through the Red Sea (Exodus 14:19) 6. The Egyptians overthrown (Exodus 14:23) 7. The great work accomplished ...

EXODUS 14. (Exodus 14:1 P, Exodus 14:5 f. J, Exodus 14:7 a(b) E, Exodus 14:8 P Exodus 14:9 a E, Exodus 14:9 (b)c - Exodus 14:10 a (afraid) J, Exodus 14:10 b E, Exodus 14:11 J,...

AND ISRAEL SAW THAT GREAT WORK WHICH THE LORD DID. One principal object that the Lord had in view in choosing his methods of delivering the Israelites from Egypt was to establish their faith in Jehovah. This result followed, for "the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses." PRACTICAL AND SUGGESTIVE. God's people find his presence most manifest when danger is the greatest and trouble the deepest. Ver. 19. God's people find light and comfort when his enemies find darkness and terror. Ver. 20. God's people find. path of safety cleft for them through the seas of trouble and danger. Ver. 21. Personal redemption is not unlike this national redemption. Both proceed under God's direction, and both turn upon the shed blood. Both require. baptism of both soul and body. And when the pilgrim state is entered both have their places of rest and of peril, and their i...