Exodus 14
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| - | The Defeat of Egypt (14:1 - 14:31) | + | ==Overview== |
| - | Pharaoh pursues (14:1 - 14:12) | + | |
| - | Observation | + | ==The Defeat of Egypt (14:1 - 14:31)== |
| - | 14:1 - The Lord spoke to Moses | + | ===Pharaoh pursues (14:1 - 14:12)=== |
| - | 14:2 - God tells Moses to tell Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea | + | ''Observation'' |
| - | + | 14:1 - The Lord spoke to Moses concerning what would happen to Pharaoh | |
| - | + | * 14:2 - God tells Moses to tell Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea | |
| - | + | ** Israel is to camp in front of Baal-zephon, oposite it, by the sea | |
| - | + | ** Pi-hahiroth | |
| - | 14:3 - By Israel doing this, it will entice Pharaoh to say they are wandering aimlessly and that they are trapped. | + | ** Migdol - from wikipedia "Migdol, or migdal, is a Hebrew word (מגדּלה מגדּל , מגדּל מגדּול) which means either a tower (from its size or height), an elevated stage (a rostrum or pulpit), or a raised bed (within a river). Physically, it can mean fortified land, i.e. a walled city or castle; or elevated land, as in a raised bed, like a platform, possibly a lookout. Figuratively, it has connotations of proud authority." |
| - | 14:4 - God will harden Pharaoh's heart. | + | ** Baal-zephon |
| - | + | * 14:3 - By Israel doing this, it will entice Pharaoh to say they are wandering aimlessly and that they are trapped. | |
| - | + | *14:4 - God will harden Pharaoh's heart. | |
| - | + | ** Pharaoh will then chase after Israel | |
| - | + | ** God will be honored in some as yet unspecified way through Pharaoh and his army. | |
| - | 14:5 - Upon hearing that Israel had fled Egypt, Pharaoh and his servants have a change in heart. | + | ** All Egyptians will know that the Lord is God. |
| - | + | ** Israel obeyed. | |
| - | + | * 14:5 - Upon hearing that Israel had fled Egypt, Pharaoh and his servants have a change in heart. | |
| - | 14:6 - Pharaoh prepares his chariot and takes his people with him after Israel | + | ** Forgetting all they had just gone through they ask themselves, "What is this we have done." |
| - | 14:7 - Pharaoh takes six hundred "select" chariots with him after Israel | + | ** They realize they have no one to serve them |
| - | + | * 14:6 - Pharaoh prepares his chariot and takes his people with him after Israel | |
| - | 14:8 - Pharaoh's heart is hardened by God | + | * 14:7 - Pharaoh takes six hundred "select" chariots with him after Israel |
| - | + | ** He takes all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over them all. | |
| - | + | * 14:8 - Pharaoh's heart is hardened by God | |
| - | 14:9 - The Egyptians chased after Israel with all the horses and all the chariots of Pharaoh | + | ** This causes him to chase after Israel |
| - | + | ** Israel at the time was going out boldly | |
| + | * 14:9 - The Egyptians chased after Israel with all the horses and all the chariots of Pharaoh | ||
| + | ** Egypt overtakes Israel as they camp by the sea | ||
| + | * 14:10 - Upon seeing Pharaoh and his army pursuing, they become frightened | ||
| + | ** This is a change from 14:8 when they went out boldly | ||
| + | ** Israel cries out to God | ||
| + | * 14:11 - Speaking to Moses with sarcasm, they ask him why he brought them out of Egypt to die | ||
| + | ** They've already forgotten | ||
| + | ** They blame Moses. | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 7 January 2008
Overview
The Defeat of Egypt (14:1 - 14:31)
Pharaoh pursues (14:1 - 14:12)
Observation 14:1 - The Lord spoke to Moses concerning what would happen to Pharaoh
- 14:2 - God tells Moses to tell Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea
- Israel is to camp in front of Baal-zephon, oposite it, by the sea
- Pi-hahiroth
- Migdol - from wikipedia "Migdol, or migdal, is a Hebrew word (מגדּלה מגדּל , מגדּל מגדּול) which means either a tower (from its size or height), an elevated stage (a rostrum or pulpit), or a raised bed (within a river). Physically, it can mean fortified land, i.e. a walled city or castle; or elevated land, as in a raised bed, like a platform, possibly a lookout. Figuratively, it has connotations of proud authority."
- Baal-zephon
- 14:3 - By Israel doing this, it will entice Pharaoh to say they are wandering aimlessly and that they are trapped.
- 14:4 - God will harden Pharaoh's heart.
- Pharaoh will then chase after Israel
- God will be honored in some as yet unspecified way through Pharaoh and his army.
- All Egyptians will know that the Lord is God.
- Israel obeyed.
- 14:5 - Upon hearing that Israel had fled Egypt, Pharaoh and his servants have a change in heart.
- Forgetting all they had just gone through they ask themselves, "What is this we have done."
- They realize they have no one to serve them
- 14:6 - Pharaoh prepares his chariot and takes his people with him after Israel
- 14:7 - Pharaoh takes six hundred "select" chariots with him after Israel
- He takes all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over them all.
- 14:8 - Pharaoh's heart is hardened by God
- This causes him to chase after Israel
- Israel at the time was going out boldly
- 14:9 - The Egyptians chased after Israel with all the horses and all the chariots of Pharaoh
- Egypt overtakes Israel as they camp by the sea
- 14:10 - Upon seeing Pharaoh and his army pursuing, they become frightened
- This is a change from 14:8 when they went out boldly
- Israel cries out to God
- 14:11 - Speaking to Moses with sarcasm, they ask him why he brought them out of Egypt to die
- They've already forgotten
- They blame Moses.
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