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The Pulpit Commentary — Exodus — Volume 2
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 360,812 words · 378 reading sections
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'l'HE PULPIT COM~IENTARY, EDITED BY THE VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D.D., DEA:< OF GLOUCESTER; AND BY THE UEV. JOSEPH S. EXELL, U.A. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY TUE VERY REV. F. w. FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S., DEAN OF CA..c~TErmunY. RIGHT REV. H. COTTERILL, D.D., F.R.S.E. VERY REV. PRINCIPAL J. TULLOCH, D.D. REV. CANON…
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1111.ting with a s!Bt.cment of the great fact, &mi;-le word of the text ~y the phrMe II I will that the Egyptie.D.11 were swaJI011•cd np. Tiu!llc bmld him a 1anctuary. Tho meaning iff a three portions arc: I. ,·cni. 2-5, "The Lord J>01!8ible one : but mOl!t modern comme11tato111 prefer to connect the verb ucd with a…
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l'Hulrrui, pa•ijirn. 11 beoome glorlou,, Or wind. ThiA wiri<l m1JRt, have r/m1'! ftom a n~w "iH gJ,,rioW1." KaliHch rightly regards vurHe.H quarter, r,r its eff,!d,H would n,Jt, havP. twr:11 lo G arn.l 7 RH containing "a g,mcral rlcwriptirm bring the water 1-Y.tek. We may reaw,nahlv of Ur,rJ's orrmipotcncfl and j1L~tic…
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11. 14: xiY. 2::1. 24: x,·i. 6. 11; xxvi. 2: etc.); occupied. The event made the expression and it would seem to be not unlikely the.t he used peculiarly appropriate. When tlloll hast me.y he.Ye known where the place would be by purohaaed. By bringing his people out of special reYelation. Egypt, their ownership had pas…
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whom the Bible honours with the title of the refrain, "Si.ng le to the Lord," etc. (Se,e "prophetess." Prophetesses were common in the" Introduction to th,s chapter.) While Egypt o.t a much earlier dnte; and thos, tho.t responding, the female chorus both danced e. woman should have the gift wonld have Wld struck thei…
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Y~riet:, "·itl10ut scnsihle loss; but even l1ere "the song" furnishes a pattern on which it would be hard to improYe. The grounds for preferring poetry to prose for such an ()II( J)()uring ()f the heart as a thanksgiving have been already stated. 'l'he propriety of he)rinning and ending with praise is unquestionable. R…
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have heen ns grent ns poet, as we know him to have been as warrior, leader, statesman legislator, historian, patriot, and saint. The grandest features of poetry beloncr to th; thrilling piece before us. It is the magnificent outburst of the feeling of uncontrollable triumph, awakened by the sight of the overthrow of…
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the rnighl~· waters" (vers. 5-10). 3. The fatality of it. The destruction wa.s com- p.ete. 'l'hcre was no recovery from it. Horse and chariot and charioteer ; the chosen captains; the whole array of Pharaoh's military strength-all went down in one swift, fell swoop, to the sea-bottom. "Thy right hand, 0 Lord, hath d…
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beast, and over his image, and over the number of his name, stand on-i.e., on I he margin of-the sea of glass, having the harps of God," and "sing the sou~ of Moses, lhc servant of God,and the song of the Lamb"(Rev.xv.2). We do not enter into any elaborate explication of the Apocalyptic syrnLols. The beast and his folh…
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for praise. For in this as other matters God has taken the weak things of the world to c,mfound the things that are mighty. He puts the holy and eternal fire on lips that t~e world despises. 'i'hey who have made the praises of the Church have not been the writers of epics; they are not found among the poets-laureate…
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has to speak of the east wind, it is as of something which comes as easily as a blast from the nostrils. True, this expression is chiefly used to indicate his wrath; but it also indicates the ease-if ease be a fitting word to use of Jehovah-with which his work is done. In ver. 9, man is represented as resolving ancl r…
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supplied some needs, but all needs wherein Israel was able to receive his aid. More !1eeds ,rnuld h:we been supplied, if more had been felt; more causes of gratitude given, if runre could ha,·e been brought into operation. God is now felt to be a guide (vcr. 1:3), and tlic land that was thought to fasten the people …
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not absent from the pages of the Old Testament itself. It was, of course, imp<Jssihlc, that any scene of butchery, pillage, and violation, could be presented to us here; but there is not even any tone of savage, revengeful exultation over the destroyed. Israel stands by the mighty waters, looks on the corpses of the Eg…
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signs that were also great benefits and jud<1ments. Fresh from the miraculous passa<1e aJJ<~ wit.ii the destruction of Pharaoh's host ;c.'\rcely faded from their eyes, these sincrers°of praise ,·ery fitly ask, Who is like to Jehovah, glorious in holiness, fearful in p~aiscs doing wonders ? I. GLORIOus IN HOLTh""ESS. S…
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III. Dorno WONDERS. Here is another peculiar Divine prerogative. Jehovah does wonders such as none among the gods can do. One has almost forgotten the magicians, it is so long since they retreated into obscurity and shame. This is praise to Jehovah, which o.t once pushed aside all magicians and pretenders to the supern…
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f:1ct Christians are brought off more thau conquerors over "the world 1 the flesh and the devil." But in Rev. xv. 2, only "the world'' is referred to; and of it only two constituents are mentioned: "the beast" and" the image" or likeness "of the beast." [On these and that "other beast" sec Kev. xiii.; and for such e…
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Vers. 1-21.-One of the first songs in the Bible-the first Jewish song-we may alrrn,st coll it the top-root whence springs the main stem of Jewish psalmody. The art of poetry and instruments of music were no doubt brought from Egypt; the land of slavery was yet the land of science. Such "spoils" were made all the more v…
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EXPOSITION. Ven;. 22-27.-Tm: JO'll1U."EY FBOM THE though dark-coloured e.nd somewhe.t bre.ckish. Rm Su TO ELIIII. After a st.ay, which cannot From AJllil Muse. the Israelites pursued their be exs.ct.J.y measured, but which was probably vre.y in e. direction e. little east of south one of some days, near the point of t…
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8) a.ppe11rs to ha.ve extended from Lake Ser- lanthus emblica) of India. But none of thr,m bonis ou tho north, a.cross the isthmllB, to the is foand in the Sinaitic peninsula. Burck- Red Sea, a.nd a.long its eastern shores as far as hardt suggested (Tra1Je/,,i i1t Syria. p. 47-1) the Wa.dy Ghurundel. It is almost wh…
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glorious and conquering career in tile land of "springs." The "twelve springs" have not promise All thoae diBea.ses. See Dent. ,; i been identified; but the Arabs a.re a.pt to con- 15: xx,;ii. 2i. Kalisch correctly obsen·es ceal the sources of their water supplies that, though the E~l'tians had the character (Niebuh…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 22-27.-Marah and Elim. "So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur," etc. 'l'he main topics here are- I. TnE SWEET FOLLOWED BY THE BITTER. Singing these songs of triumph, and pra.ising God with timbrel and dance, on the further shores of …
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lea,es us to taste the sharpness of privation, that we may be led to cry after him (Ps. cxix. 81, 82). 2. They came t-0 Mamh, whe,•e the wate1·s were bitte,-. This was a keen and poigna!lt disappointment to them-" sorrow upon sorrow." As usual, it drove the people to murmuring, and Moses to prayer. Bear gently with …
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'l'he lesson God would have them learn from the incident was-" I am Jehovah that healeth thee." His Jehovah character guanmtced that what he had shown himself to be in this one instance, he would be always, viz., a Healer. As Jehovah, God is the Being of exhaustle~s resource. As Jehovah, he is the Being eternally ident…
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This "~tatute and ordinance" is the comprehensive germ of the subsequent covenant ( eh. xxiv. 3-9). 2. As a pledge. The sweetening of the waters, as already seen, was n rc,·elation of Jehovah in his character as Healer. It pledged to Israel that he would if only they obeyed his statutes, exempt them from such plague…
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upon them that they were without a home. There wa.s no swift exchange from one Htorehouse of temporal comforts to another. For remember, Egy;,t with all its misery was IL sort of home; there the Israelites had been born and trained; there they had o-ot into a bondage of habits and traditions which was not to be removed…
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riences, forgetful as to how God he.d remembered them and delivered them. Being now free from the bondage of Egypt, they must no longer blame outward constraints, but look earnestly on inward defects, for these are about to prove their greatest hindrance and danger. Yet this was not a time to speak sternly, even tho…
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itself. Some preachers make so much of an illustration, that that which it illustrnteR is forgotten. (You may drive a brass-headed nail so "home," that while it is fixed nothing will hang upon it.] III. A RETREAT l'OR MEDITATION AFTERWARDS (ver. 27). Some excellent sermon~ are forgotten directly in the hurry and bustl…
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to subordinate place~. Besides these, the entourage of Moses consists of Hur, Miriam'e husband; Jethro for guide; a.nd Joshua., a. sort of body servant. All over the de8ert are names witnessing to this hour to the sole supremacy of Moses. 2. Divine Guidanca did 'not impair his i11divt"duality. Inspiration a.nd the "Cl…
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Ver. 27.-Elim. "And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water,~ •tc. (Ex. xv. 27). Describe locality, and point out the great change from Marah, ar1'1 the miserable preceding three days in the desert. And then note the following sugges- tions as to the pilgrim path of a human wul. I. OUR PILGRIMAGE LIEB THRO…
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it is better watel"l'd at present than the other ; encamped in places whic.h had no name. 2. 1~ being somewhat less remo,·ed from the Viewed as an itinerary, the record is mani- direc,t line between Wadv Ghurnndel and festly incomplete Ver. 2.-The whole congregation , , , mur- Sinai than El Markha ; and S. A cert:a.in…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 1-3.-The unrrascmab1eness of discontent. The people of Israel expe- rience now the second trial that has come upon them since the passage of the Hed Sea. First, they had nothing which they could drink (eh. xv. 24-); now they are afraid that they will soon have nothing to eat. They have consumed their…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1--4.-Murmurirtgs. In the cc Wilderness of Sin," between Elim and Sinai, on the 15th day of the second month after the departing of Israel out of Egypt, (ver. 1). One short month, but how much can be forgotten even in so brief a space of time! (c-f. eh. xxxii. l). Egypt now lay at …
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in several of his speeches (Job vii. 11-21; x. 1-22, etc.); or of Jeremiah (,Ter. iv. 10 • xx. 7). As Augustine says of Moses, "These are not words of contumacy o; indignation, but of inquiry ancl prayer." 3. Even from the desperate speeches of good men, temporarily carried beyond bounds by their sorrow. Job enters thi…
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 4-8.-THE PnomSE OF BREAD PROM "proved" the obedience of the Israelites by a BEAVEN. When men who are in real distress definite, positive command-they were not to mu.kc complaint, even though the tone of their gather on ordinary days more than was suffi- cient for the day. All life is intended as a…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 4-8. The mercy of God in hearing and helping even an ungrateful and d,:.~- contented people.-God is very merciful to those who are in covenant with him, whom he has chosen for his own, and made " the sheep of his p:i.sture." Very often, and very far may they go astray, tw·n from the right way, rebel …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 4-16.-The gift of Manna. Quails also were given, on this occasion in mercy, and on a later occasion in wrath (Num. xi. 31-34); but it was the manna which was the principal gift, both as providing Israel with a continuous supply of food, and as having a permanent significance in th…
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food. There is a law of modesty in dress. There are the laws relating to the :i.cqui~i- tion and expenditure of money-honesty in acquisition, economy in use, liberality in giving (cf. Deut. xv. 7-12), devotion of the first fruits of income to God. There is the supreme law, which includes all others-" Whether, theref…
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~eg_ularly, season aft~r season, and be~use numerous secondary agencies are employed m its production. ): ou plough, that 1s, break up the ground to receive the seed· but whence came the seed? From last year's gift. You sow it in the fields, cover 'it up again and lea"l'e it-to whose care? To God's. It is he who now…
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some token thot God approved the action of que.ils at the honr announced, will sufficiently these his fe.ithiul servants, ond would support show that it is God himself who has you them, we.s needed. Hence the e.ppearance of under his charge and watches over you. Ver. 13.-The quails came up. The word the Lord to the co…
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In some points it resembled the one, in other cording to Kalisch, the omer is about tw!I points the other; in some, it differed from quarts (English): but this estimate is prolm- both. It crune out of the air like the " a.ir- bly m excess. Josephus makes the measun, hone)· ," and did not exude from shrubs; but it one …
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entirely independent of Goel; or, 2. If God had bound himself never under any circum- stances to interfere with the course of nature. But neither of these positions is true. So far from nature being independent of God, nature wholly proceeds from God, is his creation, nnd momentarily depends on him both for its existen…
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them openly, daily pressed upon them. He who starves here in England can scarcely Harve save by his own fault-because he will not stretch out his hand to gather of the bread of life, will not take it when it is offered to him, rejects it, despises it, " loathes" it. Ill. lT WAS WHITE, A~""D SWEET TO THE TASTE, AS C…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Chap. xvi-The manna of the body.-.A homi1y on povidence. "They said one to another, what is this? (marg.) for they wist not what it was" (Ex. xvi.1:5). Jntro- duction :-Trace the journey from Elim to the sea (Nu.m. xx.xiii. 10); and thence to the wilderness of Sin; and give a thoroughly go…
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i;:ithcr mann:1.. Here t'nforcc, not 0nly the dignity of work, but the Christian duty thcrl'Of._ The idle, whcthcr iu high life or low, are the dangerous classes. If exempted from t01l for bread, all the more obligation to labour for the good of ma.n to the glory of God. VI. YE~TilKRE lfl1ST BE S.,BBATll. VII. A R…
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IX. ITS EVERY·DAYNE88, No man can live upon a past experience of the sufficiency of Christ. X. lTs ORDER. Full and free a.s the supply of manna. was, its appropriation and usa wero under Divine direction, were according to a certain order. So are there now cho.nnels, means, ordinances of grace, which no man can safely…
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cheering none the less in the expression-" I will rain bread from heaven." 1. They shall have bread. He does not yet tell Moses what shape the bread will take; but the people shall have something t.o sustain them, and that something in sufficient quantity. 2. The bread shall be rained f,·om heaven. We do not read th…
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IV. THE ACTUAL mvINa. Here again we notice the tencler aud gentle dealino-s of God. The necessary and permanent supply of bread is preceded by a special and ~cca- sional supply of quails. By this gift he, as it were, runs towards Israel to soothe their murmurings. The flesh of Egypt was the thing they missed the most, …
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"How unjust," says one, "that that lllan should have so much ea~ier a time than I. 'l'hat my comparatively slight offence should be punished so much more heavily than his, which is far more heinous I" Nay! By ~d1at standard do you measure the relative enormity of the offences? Goo's standard is character and experie…
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true bread which cometh down from heaven;" and it cannot be but that t.his feature in the type will be reflected in the antitype. There is provision in Christ for all. He gives his flesh for the life of the world (ver. 51). He is come that men "might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John x. 10).…
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has opened the way for the free communication of the Spirit's influences. He dwells by this Spirit in each of his members, nourishing, strengthening, and purifying them. To nourish ourseh-es upon Christ is to take more of this Spirit into our hearts and lives. Thus is Christ the bread of life.----,J. 0. Vers. 16-22.-T…
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mo.nno. might be collected before "the eun waxed hot" (~er. 21). If not collected then. the eubstance melted a.way, o.nd could not be had at all. A lesson, surely, in the first instance, of diligence in bueiness; and secondly, of the advantage of improving morn in~ hours. 'l'he most successful gatherer of manna, whethe…
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 22--30.-THE GATHERING OF THE is a strong indication that the whole idea was SIXTH DAY. Wben the Israelites, having col- new, at any rate to those whom Moses was lected what seemed to them the usual quantity addressing.,, ~ake that which ye will bake, of manna on the sixth day, brought it home etc.…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 23-30.-Thc institution of the Sabbath. That, in some sense, the Sabbath was instituted in Paradise seems to follow from Gen. ii. 3. It was at any rate then set apart by Divine counsel and decree. And it is quite possible that a revelation of its sanctity was made to Adam. The week of seven days may, …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 22-30.-771e Manna and the Sabbath.-!. THE FACT OF MANN A BEING GIVEN ON SIX DAYS AND JS"OT ON THE SEVENTH, lJ3 A PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE SABBATH. It would'certainly seem from this passaie that the Israelites had not. up to this time been very good Sabbath keepers; that if they …
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yet able to give some good gifts; and God will hold them responsible thus to givo what they can. The peculiar and transcendent gifts of grace they are not able to bestow; b11t seeing God has constituted them the channels of certain blessings, woe be to them if they block up the channels, or in any way diminish the flow…
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foey should be tru8tful and satisfied m the reception of a daily supply; but that supply was brought at the very beginning of the day. It was not at their option to gather it at any time of the day they chose. 'J'he supply was at the beginning of the day, beca11se day is the time for eating as night is fur sleeping. Th…
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EXPOSITION. Vers. 31-36.-THE APPEARANCE OF THE ~e author of the Epistle t? the Hebrews MANNA, ITS C01iTINUANCE, AND ITS DEPOSITION (1x. 4) follows the LXX. ID representing I!i THE TABEBNACLE.-ln bringing the subject the word used by a--rrl.µ.~os, which certainly of the manna to a conclusion, the writer adds a means "…
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HOMILETICS. Vera. 32-34.-Memorials of mercies. It is indicative of the weakness and imperfec- tion of human nature, that memorials of mercies should be needed. But frail humanity cannot do without them ; and God in his goodness, knowing this, sanctions them. As he had the rod of Aaron, which budded (N um. xvii. 10), a…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER XVII. and palace of the bishops of Parat! formerly stood " (Stanley, Sinai and Palestine, p. 41 ). Vers. 1-i.-Tru: SECOND MU1!MUBING l!'OB There was no water, The W ady Feiran is ""ATER. When the Israelites had come to watered ordinarily by a copious stream ; but Rephid.im, which was probably i…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 1-7.-Water out of the rock, "They did all drink the same spiritual drink; for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ " (l Cor. x. 4). When man is at his last gasp, perishing for lack of what be sorely needs, then God lavishes bis mercies. All previous trials we…
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