The Egyptians Destroyed In The Sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the charioteers, and all the army of Pharaoh that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them survived. Exo 14:28
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Nation Israel Delivered and Organized
II. FROM EGYPT TO SINAI, Exodus 12:37-18:27
3. The Passage of the Red Sea and the Song of Deliverance, Exodus 14:1-15:19
30. Why were the Egyptians destroyed and the Israelites saved?
CROSSING THE RED SEA
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all that night and turned the seabed into dry land, and the waters were divided.
The Israelites went into the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters formed a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
Then the Egyptians pursued them into the middle of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his war-chariots and his charioteers.
So it happened at the early morning watch [before dawn], that the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and put them in a state of confusion.
He made their chariot wheels hard to turn, and the chariots difficult to drive; so the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, on their war-chariots and their charioteers.”
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal flow at sunrise; and the Egyptians retreated right into it [being met by the returning water]; so the LORD overthrew the Egyptians and tossed them into the midst of the sea.
The waters returned and covered the chariots and the charioteers, and all the army of Pharaoh that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them survived.
But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters formed a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
The LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians [lying] dead on the seashore.
When Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against the Egyptians, they feared the LORD [with reverence and awe-filled respect], and they believed in the LORD, and in His servant Moses.
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Exodus 14:21-31
THE EGYPTIANS DESTROYED IN THE SEA
As the front ranks of Israel approached the surf, the billows parted. The very waves they dreaded became a wall. By faith Israel passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. They went through the flood on foot. So shalt thou, oh frightened child of God! Behind thee, the terror of the foe; before thee, the horror of the unknown. But God is with thee. The sheen of the Presence-Cloud shines upon and before thee. Be of good cheer, though thou passest through the waters, thou shalt not be overwhelmed. See Psa_66:6; Psa_78:13; Isa_43:2.
The Egyptians owed their safety at first to the presence of Israel; but it was only for a time. The ungodly owe more to the presence of God’s children than they realize. See Gen_19:22. On which side of God’s cloud are you? In Christ we may stand without fear before the searchlight of God! Compare Exo_14:24 with Heb_4:13 and Rev_6:16.
Comments by
WILLIAM MACDONALD
Believers Bible Commentary
On
Exodus 14:21-31
VII. THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT (12:31–15:21)
B. Crossing the Red Sea (Chap. 14)
14:19-28 The Angel of God (Christ, see Judges 6 for discussion) took His place as a pillar of cloud at the rear of the host of Israel, protecting them from the Egyptians. The pillar of cloud provided light for the Israelites and darkness for the Egyptians. At Moses’ bidding the Red Sea parted, forming two walls of water with a path of dry land between. The Israelites passed through safely, but when Pharaoh’s army tried to follow, the LORD . . . troubled them and disabled their chariots so that they drove them with difficulty. Before they could retreat, the sea closed in on them at Moses’ command. Not so much as one of them remained. The same faith that opened up the Red Sea enables us to do the impossible when we are moving forward in the will of God.
14:29-31 The crossing of the Red Sea is set forth as the greatest display of God’s power in the OT, but the greatest power of all time is that which raised Christ from the dead.
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