1 God instructs the Israelites in their journey
5 Pharaoh pursues after them
10 The Israelites murmur
13 Moses comforts them
15 God instructs Moses
19 The cloud removes behind the camp
21 The Israelites pass through the Red sea, which drowns the Egyptians

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

that they Ex 14:9 13:17,18 Nu 33:7,8

Pi-hahiroth, 'the mouth of Chiroth,' as it is rendered by the Lxx. Dr. Shaw is of opinion, that Chiroth denotes the valley which extends from the wilderness of Etham to the Red Sea. 'This valley, ends at the sea in a small bay made by the eastern extremities of the mountains (of Gewoubee and Attackah, between which the valley lies) which I have been describing, and is called Tiah-Beni-Israel, the road of the Israelites, by a tradition that is still kept up by the Arabs, of their having passed through it; so it is also called Baideah, from the new and unheard of miracle that was wrought near it, by dividing the Red sea, and destroying therein Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.' Migdol. The word Migdol signifies a tower, and hence some have supposed that it was a fortress which served to defend the bay. But the Lxx, render it Magdolus, which is mentioned by Herodotus, and others, and is expressly said by Stephanus to be a city of Egypt. This Bochart conjectures to have been the same as Migdol. Jer 44:1 46:14 Eze 29:10

Heb. Baal-zephon. This may have been the name of a town or city in which Baal was worshipped; and probably called zephon, from being situated on the north point of the Red sea, near the present Suez.

3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

Pharaoh Ex 7:3,4 De 31:21 Ps 139:2,4 Eze 38:10,11,17 Ac 4:28

they are entangled Jud 16:2 1Sa 23:7,23 Ps 3:2 71:11 Jer 20:10,11

4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

harden Ex 14:8,17 4:21 7:3,13,14 Ro 11:8

I will be Ex 14:18 9:16 15:10,11,14-16 18:11 Ne 9:10 Isa 2:11,12 Eze 20:9 28:22 39:13 Da 4:30-37 Ro 9:17,22,23 Re 19:1-6

that the Egyptians Ex 7:5,17

5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: 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?

and the heart Ex 12:33 Ps 105:25

why have we Jer 34:10-17 Lu 11:24-26 2Pe 2:20-22

6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

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7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

Ex 14:23 15:4 Jos 17:16-18 Jud 4:3,15 Ps 20:7 68:17

8 And the LORD hardened 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.

the Lord Ex 14:4

with an high hand Ex 6:1 13:9,16,18 Nu 33:3 De 26:8 32:27 Ps 86:13 Ac 13:17

9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

the Egyptians Ex 15:9 Jos 24:6

encamping Ex 14:2

10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.

sore afraid Ps 53:5 Isa 7:2 8:12,13 51:12,13 Mt 8:26 14:30,31 1Jo 4:18

cried out Jos 24:7 2Ch 18:31 Ne 9:9 Ps 34:17 106:44 107:6,13,19,28 Jer 22:23 Mt 8:25

11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

because Ex 15:23,24 16:2,3 17:2,3 Nu 11:1 14:1-5 16:41 Ps 106:7,8

wherefore Ex 5:22 Ge 43:6 Nu 11:15

12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

is not this Ex 5:21 3:9

let us alone Ho 4:17 Mr 1:24 5:7,17,18

for it had Jon 4:3,8

13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

fear ye not Nu 14:9 De 20:3 2Ki 6:16 2Ch 20:15,17 Ps 27:1,2 46:1-3 Isa 26:3 30:15 35:4 41:10-14 Mt 28:5

see the Ex 14:30 15:1 Ge 49:18 1Ch 11:14 Ps 3:8 Isa 43:11 Jer 3:23 La 3:26 Ho 13:4,9

for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today. or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians today. ye shall see Ex 14:30 15:4,5,10,19,21 Ne 9:9

14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

the Lord Ex 14:25 15:3 De 1:30 3:22 20:4 Jos 10:10,14,42 23:3,10 Jud 5:20 2Ch 20:17,29 Ne 4:20 Isa 31:4,5

hold Ps 50:3 83:1 Isa 30:15

15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

Ex 17:4 Jos 7:10 Ezr 10:4,5 Ne 9:9

16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

lift Ex 14:21,26 4:2,17,20 7:9,19

the sea. This sea was what is called in Scripture the sea of weeds; so called, according to Mr. Bruce, from the vast quantity of coral which grown in it. We call it the Red Sea; so called it is supposed, from Edom or Esau, whose territories extend to its coasts. It separates Arabia from Egypt and Ethiopia, and is computed to be 150 leagues in length from Suez to the straits of Babelmandel. The upper part is divided into two gulfs, that to the East called the Elanitic, from the city Elana at the northern extremity, and that to the west, the Heroopolitic, from the city of Heroopolis. The former is called by the Arabians Bahr el Akaba, the sea of Akaba; and the latter Bahr el Kolzum, the sea of destruction, or Clysma; which was that which the Israelites passed. and the Ex 14:21,22

17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

I behold Ge 6:17 9:9 Le 26:28 De 32:39 Isa 48:15 51:12 Jer 23:39 Eze 5:8 6:3 34:11,20 Ho 5:14

I will Ex 14:8 4:23 7:3,13,14

and I will Ex 14:18 14:4

18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

Ex 14:4 7:5,17

19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

the angel Ex 14:24 13:21 23:20,21 32:34 Nu 20:16 Isa 63:9

and the pillar Ex 13:21,22

20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Ps 18:11 Pr 4:18,19 Isa 8:14 2Co 2:15,16

21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

stretched Ex 14:16

the Lord Ex 15:8 Jos 3:13-16 4:23 Ne 9:11 Job 26:12 Ps 66:6 74:13 78:13 106:7-10 114:3-5 136:13 Isa 51:10,15 63:12

22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

the children Ex 14:29 15:19 Nu 33:8 Ps 66:6 78:13 Isa 63:13 1Co 10:1 Heb 11:29

and the waters. This verse demonstrates that this event was wholly miraculous, and cannot be ascribed, as some have supposed, to an extraordinary ebb, which happened just then to be produced by a strong east wind: for this would not have caused the waters, contrary to every law of fluids, to stand as a wall on the right hand and the left. a wall Ex 15:8 Hab 3:8-10 Zec 2:5

23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Ex 14:17 15:9,19 1Ki 22:20 Ec 9:3 Isa 14:24-27

24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch 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,

that in the 1Sa 11:11

looked unto Job 40:12 Ps 18:13,14 77:16-19 104:32

through Ex 14:19,20

and troubled Ex 14:25 Job 22:13 23:15,16 34:20,29 Ps 48:5

25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

took off Jud 4:15 Ps 46:9 76:6 Jer 51:21

that they drave them heavily, or, and made them to go heavily. let us flee Job 11:20 20:24 27:22 Ps 68:12 Am 1:14 5:19 9:1

for the Lord Ex 14:14 De 3:22 1Sa 4:7,8

26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

stretch out Ex 14:16 7:19 8:5 Mt 8:27

the waters Ex 1:22 Jud 1:6,7 Mt 7:2 Jas 2:13 Re 16:6

27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

and the sea Ex 14:21,22 15:1-21 Jos 4:18

Lord Jud 5:20,21

overthrew. Heb shook off

28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

the waters Ex 15:10 De 11:4 Ne 9:11 Ps 78:53 Hab 3:8-10,13 Heb 11:29

remained Ex 14:13 2Ch 20:24 Ps 106:9-11 136:15

29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

walked Ex 14:22 Job 38:8-11 Ps 66:6,7 77:19,20 78:52,53 Isa 43:2 51:10,13 63:12,13

a wall Jos 3:16

30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

the Lord Ex 14:13 1Sa 14:23 2Ch 32:22 Ps 106:8,10 Isa 63:9 Jude 1:5

saw Ps 58:10 59:10 91:8 92:9-11

31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

work. Heb. hand. feared 1Sa 12:18 Ps 119:120

believed Ex 4:31 19:9 2Ch 20:20 Ps 106:12,13 Lu 8:13 Joh 2:11,23-25 8:30-32 11:45 Ac 8:13