hould not fee the Egyptians, as they had feen them; namely, alive, v. 39. See the Greek. 14. The LORD fhall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15. And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Wherefore crieft thou unto me? Speak unto the children of If rael, that they go forward. 15. Wherefore cry eft thon unto me? God reproves not his Prayer, but directs him to the work he was to do, He having heard his Prayer. See the Chaldee. 16. But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine band over the fea, and divide it: and the children of Ifrael fhall go on dry-ground through the midst of the fea. 17. And I, behold I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me bonour upon Pharaoh, and upon all bis hoft, upon his chariots, and upon his horse-men. 18. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horfe-men. 19. And the angel of God which went before the camp of Ifrael, removed, and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and food bebind them. 20. And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Ifrael, and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to thefe: fo that the one came not near the other all the night. 19. The Angel of the LORD: See the Notes on ch. 13. 21. 20. And it was,&c. It being but one and the fame. See ch. 13. 22. 1 21. And 21. And Mofes ftretched out 21. Divided: Jofh. bis hand over the fea, and the 4.23. Pfal. 114. 3. LORD caufed the fea to go back by a strong east-wind all that night, and made the fea dryland, and the waters were divided. 22. And the children of Ifrael went into the midst of the fea upon the dry-ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right band, and on their left. 22. The children: Pfal. 78. 13. 1 Cor. 10. 1. Heb, 11, 29. 23. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them, to the midst of the fea, even all Pharaoh's horses, bis chariots, and his horse-men. 24. And it came to pass, that in the morning-watch the LORD looked unto the hoft of the Egyptians, through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the hoft of the Egyptians, 25. And took off their chariotwheels, that they drave them heavily: So that the Egyptians faid, Let us flee from the face of Ifrael; for the LORD fighteth for them, against the Egyptians. 25. That they drave them heavily: Or, And made them to go heavily. 26. And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Stretch out thine hand over the fea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horse-men. 27. And Mofes ftretched forth his hand over the fea, and the fea returned to his strength when the morning appeared, and the Egypti ans fled against it: and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midft of the fea. 23 27. Overthrew : Heb. Shook off. God fent upon them Lightning,and ThunShowers, Thunder. der bolts, fays fofephus. Vid. ch. 15.10. Pfal. 77. 17, 18.3 28. ni 28. And the waters returned 28. One: Pfal. and covered the chariots, and the 106, II. horfe-men, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the fea after them: there remained not so much as one of them. 29. But the children of Ifrael walked upon dry-land in the midst of the fea: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30. Thus the LORD faved Ifrael that day out of the band of the Egyptians: and Ifrael faw the Egyptians dead upon the fea-fhore. 11. And Ifrael faw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his fervant Mofes. Hand. And his fer31. Work: Heb. Hand. And his fervant Mofes. They believed. Mofes as a Servant of God. CHAP. XV. The ARGUMENT. The Song of Mofes. Miriam and other Women express their joy with Timbrels and Dances, The Ifraelites come to the wilderness of Shur, and want water. They murmur. The Waters of Marah made fweet. The If raelites come to Elim. 1. THen 1. Mofes : Wild. FO. 20. Un to the LORD: ì.ė. To his praife. Vid. 150 243 2. My frength: To whofe affiftance this deliverance is to be afcribed. Song: . e. The argument 2. The LORD is my strength and fong, and he is become my falvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my ther's God, and I will exalt him. Thanksgiving: Vid. Ifa. 12. 2. an habitation: Or, I will glorifie Vulgar render it. fa 3. The LORD is a man of war : the LORD is his name. of my Praise and And I will prepare him him, as the Greek and 3. A man of War: i.e. A great Warriour. It is an Hebra ifm; The Hebrew word, which we tranflate Man, is ob ferved, in Conjunction with another word, to fignifie fome Excellency or Perfection. Thus a man of Words fignifies an eloquent Man, Exod.4. 10. 4. Pharaoh's chariots and his hoft hath he caft into the fea: his chofen captains alfo are drowned in the Red fea. 5. The depths have covered them: they fank into the bottom as a stone. 6. Thy right band, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right band, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 6. Thy right hand: The Scripture speaks (ay the Jews) in the language of the Chil dren of Men. The right hand of a Man, is the inftrument by which he effects what he finds in his power. Hence it is attributed to God, when his Power is celebrated. 1. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou haft overthrown them that role up against thee: thou fenteft forth thy wrath, which confumed them as stubble. 8. And with the blast of thy noftrils the waters were gathered together the flouds frood upright as an beap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the fea the deftruction of the Egyptians. 8. With the blast of thy nostrils: Or, Wind of thine anger. This may referr to that Wind, ch. 14.21. which made way for Congealed: i.e, HardenZ 4 ed ed (as congealed Matter is) fo that the Hebrews went on dry-land. pur 9. The enemy faid, I will 9. Deftroy: Or, fue, I will overtake, I will divide repoffefs. the fpoil; my luft shall be fatisfied upon them, I will draw my word, my hand fhall deftroy them. io. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the fea covered them: they fank as lead in the mighty waters. 11. Who is like unto thee, O LORD, amongst the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearfull in praifes, doing wonders. 10. Blow with thy Wind: See v.8. and ch. 14. 21,27. 11. Gods: Or, mighty ones. Fearfull in praifes: To be feared and reverenced when thy Name is celebrated or praised. 13. Unto thy boly habitation: i. e. To the Land of Canaan, the place of the He brews reft, and the place in which God would reveal himself to them, and where he would dwell with them, fer. 50. 19. Pfal.78. 54,55. 14. The people fhall hear, and be afraid forrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. 14. The People: Deut. 2. 25. Joh. 2.9. 15. Then the dukes of Edom fhall be amazed, the mighty men of Moab, trembling fhall take hold upon them all the inhabitants of Canaan fhall melt away. 16. Fear |