dircQion. CHAP. XIV. God commandeth the Iſraelites to encamp at Pihahiroth, 1, 2. The reaſon why, 3, 4. Pharaoh and his ſervants repent for lecting the people go, 5. Purſue and overtake the Iſraelites, 9. The Iſraelites are afraid, 10. And murmur againſt Moſes, 11, 12. Moſes encourAges the people with a promiſe of deliverance, 13, 14. God encouraging Moſes, 15. Bids the people go forward, 16, 17, 18. God leadeth the Iſraclites by a pillar of Cloud, 19. Moſes dividing the ſea, 21. The Ijraebtes paſs over on ar) ground, 22. The Egyptians with all their forces purſue them into the ſea, 23, 24, 25. God commands Moſes to cauſe the waters to rerurn on rhe Egyptians, 26. The ay return, 2Je The Egyptians drowned, 28 Iſrael's ſafety, 30. And faith, 31+ N B "the LORD ſpake « unto Moſes, fay-
in a Or of had ſpoken, to wit, before they came to Succoth, chap: 12: 37. For what was there briefly and generally expreticd, Is here more largely and particularly declared, together with the oc- caſion of it, which was God's command.
2 Speak unto the children of Iſrael, * that they turn and encamp before * Pi-hahiroth b, berween Migdol c and the ſea, over againſt Baal-zephon 4: before ic ſhall ye encamp by the ſea. |
b Heb. The mouth of Hiroth, i: e: the entrance or ſtraits of Hiroth, two great mountains, berween which they marched, and were cn-
cloſed on both ſides. c A City in Egypt, Jer: 44: 1: wherein it is thought there was a Gaziſon. d Another place of note, ſituated in
an hig" place, and having a fair and large Proſpe&, and peſlibly a Gariſfon too.
2 For Pharaoh will ſay of the children of Ifſrae], They are entangled 1n the land, the wilderneſs hath
ſhut them in e. | e They are incloſed with Mountains, and Gariſons, and De.
ſerts.
4 And * I will harden Pharaohs heart, that he ſhal] follow after them, and I will be honoured f upon Pha- raoh, and upon all his hoft, that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did ſo,
F By the manifeſtation of my Power and Ju'lice.
5 © And it was told the king of Egypt that the Pceple fled g: * and the heart of Pharaoh and of his ſervants was turned againſt the people, and they ſaid, Why have we done this &, that we have let Iſrael go
from ſerving us ? z Did nor only depart fo
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r three days to ſacrifice at Horeb, as Moſes pretende1, but deſigned an eſcape and flight, as appeared by their ſpeedy march, and other ci: cumſtances. + They who never truly _— of their Sins, now heartily repent of their only good A;
6 Abd he made ready his chariot,and cook his people
with him. JE 7 And he took fix hundred choſen chariots 7 and all k the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of
them F. | ;
7 Queſt. How could he uſe or carry his Chariots, when all his Horſes were killed by the Plague ? Exod: 9: 6. Anſw. That Plague flew only the Horſes which were in the Field, cha/:9:3: not choſe kept in Houſes, as the Chariot-Horſes generally were, and now are. k i; e: A great number; all that could be got together in haſte, which the preſent ſervice required. / Over the men that fought our of every Chariot. Or, over all of them, the command of all theſe Chariots being diſtributed to ſeveral Captains or Com-
ders- 8 And the LORD hardned the heart of Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and he purſued after * the children of
Iſrael: and the children of Iſrael went out with an high hand 2. |
m Either 1. Of God,with a Divine Hand or Power, by compa- ring Exod. 13. 16. Or 2. Their own, not with Hands hanging down, a poſture betraying weakneſs, and fainting, fear,and ſhame, Heb: 12: 12: but with Hands lifted up ; with courage, and confi- gence, not like Fu itives,but like valiant and victorious Souldiers, openly, boldly, refolvedly ; as men arc ſaid to jmwith 4 high hand, Numb: 15. 39: that fin in ſuch a manner.
9 But the * Egyptians purſued after them ( all the
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1s Chariots, and upon his horſemen.
neſs ts them x, but it gave light by night zo theſe + 3 fo that the one came nor near the other all thenight.
darkneſs to mind, an rogether hinder them from motion or ation, as that alſo did for three days. f To the Jſraelites, as the oppoſition theweth.
and the LORD cauſed the Sea to go back by a Eaſt-wind y all that night, and made the Sea dry land : and the waters were * divided z, ;
and South,and to dry and harden the Mud Yet the wind could never have done ſo ſo ſpeedily, if there had not been an higher, even a divine hand to Pfal. 166 manage and improve it. z So largely, that a great number of the 9- and
Iſraelites might march in one rank, and the whole n | £0 a good way in it in the time here mentioned.
of the Sea upon the dry ground, and the waters were a 3 wall b unto them ontheir right hand, and on their lefe, P141.78-
height, and for their defence,
his chariots, and his horlemen,
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his army ) and overtook them 'encamping by the ſes, beſide Pi-hahiroth before Baal-zephon., |
10 T And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Iſrael lifrup their eyes,and behold,the Egyptians march= :d after them, and they were ſore afraid », and the
chi.dren of iſrael cryed out o unto the LORD. = Which is not ſtrange ; theſe being now a People of low Spi- its, depreſſed . y long and grievous Servitude ; being alſo gene- rally unarmed, wearicd with their journey, and their fears aggra- vated, by the preſence and outcries of their Wives and Chi!dren. Bur they \k-ould have ſupported themſelves by the conſideration of -he mighty Power of :,od, of which they had late and great expe- rence. 0 Partly by Petition, and partly by Complaint and Ex« politulation. 1: And they ſaid unto Moſes, Becauſe there were
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0 graves in Egypt, haſt thou taken us away to die in he wilderneſs? Wherefore haſt thou deait thus with us, tO.Carry us forth out of Egypt ? 12 * Is not this the word that we zypt, faying, Let us alone, that we may ſerve the E- 5: 27: au ;yptians? for it had been better for us to ſerve the E- " 7 gyPptians,than that we ſhould die in the wilderneſs. 13 4 Anq Moles faid unto the people * Fear ye not; * 2Chry,
1e will ſhew to youto day : | for the Egyptians whom
p where ye have ſeen 9 to day, ye ſhall ſee them again no more have /:;,* for ever, the Egypti.|
or ſtagger through unbelief, but with quier Minds look upto God. &Cc. it notes the frame of their Minds, not the poſture of their Bodies.
/ Or, as ye have ſeen them, to wit, alive and armed, and ready
ro - dogg you ; forotherwile tazey did ſee them dead and diſarmed, Verje 30.