The Pulpit Commentary — Exodus — Volume 2 — Section 4

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 passed to him Ver. 14.-The people shall he&r.-Rather, from the Egyptians, just as if he hnd bought "the peoples'' -i.e., the tribes, or nations, of them. (See eh. vi. 6, T; xix. 5.) these parn;-Philistines, Amalekites, Edom- Ver. 17. Thou ahalt bring them in-i.e., ites, Moe.bites, etc.-will helU" of the wonders give them possession of the land. And plant done in Egypt, especially of the crowning them-i.e., fix them firmlv in it-enable wonder of e.ll-lsrael's passage through the them to take root there. The mountain of Rcl Sea and Egypt's destruction in it~e.nd thine inheritanoe. The land of Cane.an, which will in consequence tremble with fear "l'l·hen is almost wholly mountainous, and which God the Israelites approach them, and offer them had given as an inheritance to his peopfo no effectue.J opposition. Pa.lestina. This is a (<ien. xv. 7; Heb. xi. 8). The aanotua.ry. Greek form. The Hebrew is Pht!lafflelh, See the comment on verse 13. Whioh thy which would perhaps be best translated hands have established. Moses sees in idea " Philistia." (Compare Ps. Ix. 8 ; lxxx..-ii. the sanctuary already set llp, and God dwelling 4; cviii. 9.) The Philistine country was a in it ; and emphasises his conviction by using strip of territory extending along the coast of the pe.st tense. the Mediterranean from a little below Gaza Ver. 18.-ln terms most simple yet most on the south. nee.rlv to Mount Carmel on the grand, often imitated (PS. x. 16; xxix. 10; north. It is- curious the.t the Philistines a.re cxlvi. 10, etc.), but never surpassed, the poet not mentioned under that nome on e.ny of gives the final result of e.11 God's providential the early Egyptian monuments. They may and temporary arrangements, to wit, the eter- perhaps be the Punuala of the time of nal este.blishmentoE his most glorious kingdom. R,imeses lII., whom some however identify And here reaching the final consummation of with the Pelasgi. all things (1 Cor. xv. 118), he will not weaken Ver. 15.-The Dukes of Edom. Compa.te the impression made by adding another word, Gen. xxxvi. 15. Bv the time the.t the Israel• but ends his ode. • ites approached the borders of Edom, the dukes had given place to kings (Nmn. xx.14) 1 Vers. I9~U.-Sequel to tM Song. The and everything like abject fear of Israel hs.d " sequel " treats of two quite separate matters. passed away. The Edomites "came out 1. lt asserts, in verse 19, the lustoric groundwork against Moses with much people and with of the song, reirorating in a condensed form a strong hand," and refused to e.llow the the three principal facts of the passage-already lsra.elites passage through their borders ( 0,. vers. 20, 21 ). The mighty men of Jlloab. recorded in eh. xiv.--{ a) Israel's safe transit The alarm of the Moe.bites was indicated by across the sea-bed ; (b) the pursuit attempted Bala.k's efforts to induce Balaam to curse the by the Egyptian chariot-force ; and ( c) the Israelites (N UDL xx.ii.-xx.iv.). By their return of the waters upon the pursuers by "mighty men" some understood me.ii of un- God's provi.dential action. 2. It relates, in usual strength and stature (Cook) ; but the expression, which is very frequent both in the verses 20 and 21, the part taken by Miriam prophetic.al and the historical books, seems to in the recitation of the ode, which has been be a mere periphrasis for " warriors." All the noticed in the " introduction" to the chapter in.habitants of Cana.an shall melt away. This prophecy received a remarkable accom- Ver. 19.-The hone of Pharaoh, with his plishment when " it came to pass that all the ehariots, and with his homemen. Rather, kings of the Canaanites heard that the Lord " with his cha.riots, and with his chariot men." had dried up the waters of Jordan from before Compare eh. xiv. 23. The Lord brought the children of Israel, and their heart melted, II.gain the waters of the sea upon them. See neither was their spirit in them any more" eh. xiv. 26, 27, and xv. 10. The waters did (Josh. v. I). not merely return to their natural place when Yer. 16.-Fear and dread llhall fall llpon the east wind ceased to blow, but were them. Compare Deut. ii. 25 ; xi 25. The "brought be.ck" by miraculous power, and Edomites of Mount Seir and the Moe.bites with abnormal rapidity. gave Israel a free passage through their bor- Ver. 20.-Jlliriam, the prophetess. Miriam ders (Deut. ii. 4-8, 18, 29), being afraid to is regarded by the prophet Micah (vi. 4), oppose them. Till thy people pus over, 0 as having had a share in the deliverance of Lord. Some see in this an anticipation of Israel, and claims the prophetic gift in N urn tl,e crossing of J orde.n ; but perhaps Moses xii. 2. Her claim appears to be e.llowed both meant uo more than the crossing of the in the present passage, and in Nwn. xii. 6-8, C,mauuite frontier, in some place or other, where the degree of her inspiration is placed wLich must take place if the land was to be below that of Moses. She is the first womau CB. 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