THE FIRST-BORN SET APART UNTO JEHOVAH
Exodus 13:1
Two Hebrew customs dated from the Exodus-first, the dedication of the
first-born to God's service, and second, the Feast of Unleavened
Bread, when the Passover must be killed. See Luke 22:7. The first-born
had been especially redeemed and so were es... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE ARE LED OUT AND PURSUED
Exodus 13:17; Exodus 14:1
There were two routes to Canaan, the nearest through the land of the
Philistines; but to take that would have exposed the Hebrews to the
very sights that so dismayed the twelve spies. See Numbers 33:1. They
might have had to fight every m... [ Continue Reading ]