Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Exodus 14:7
Captains over every one of them — Or rather over all of them; distributing the command of them to his several Captains.
Captains over every one of them — Or rather over all of them; distributing the command of them to his several Captains.
Verse Exodus 14:7. _SIX HUNDRED CHOSEN CHARIOTS, C._] According to the most authentic accounts we have of _war-chariots_, they were frequently drawn by _two_ or by _four_ horses, and carried three pe...
SIX HUNDRED CHOSEN CHARIOTS - The Egyptian army comprised large numbers of chariots, each drawn by two horses, with two men, one bearing the shield and driving, the other fully armed. The horses were...
CHAPTER 14 THE PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY AND REDEMPTION BY POWER _ 1. The coming of Pharaoh announced (Exodus 14:1)_ 2. The pursuit and Israel troubled (Exodus 14:5) 3. Moses speaks to the people (Exodu...
EXODUS 14. (Exodus 14:1 P, Exodus 14:5 f. J, Exodus 14:7 a(b) E, Exodus 14:8 P Exo
HE TOOK SIX HUNDRED CHOSEN CHARIOTS— These six hundred, most probably, were those which appertained to the king's guard, and were always ready to attend him, being the very choice and strength of his...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 14And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, saying (2) Speak unto the children of Is-ra-el, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-ha-hi-roth, between Mig-dol and the sea, befo...
_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 FR...
CROSSING THE RED SEA 2. At Etham the Israelites reached the Egyptian frontier, travelling in a northeasterly direction. Instead of crossing the frontier to the E. side of the Bitter Lakes they are com...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 14 THE *ISRAELITES CROSS THE RED SEA – VERSES 1-31 *PHARAOH PURSUES T...
SIX HUNDRED CHOSEN CHARIOTS. — The chariot force was that on which the Egyptians chiefly relied for victory from the beginning of the eighteenth dynasty. Diodorus Siculus assigns to his Sesostris (pro...
וַ יִּקַּ֗ח שֵׁשׁ ־מֵאֹ֥ות רֶ֨כֶב֙ בָּח֔וּר ו
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 v...
The first movement of the emancipated people was to march into the place of danger. It eventuated in the trial of their faith, as we shall see, but the divine meaning of it was told to Moses and it is...
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and (d) all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. (d) Josephus writes that besides those chariots, there were 50,000 horsemen, and 80,00...
_Captains. Septuagint, "Tristatas." Three men rode on every chariot, which was armed with scythes, to cut down all that came within contact, the chief warrior, with his armour bearer and charioteer. ...
Reader! keep in view, what hath before been said of the Lord's hardening this man's heart. Read that striking verse, Proverbs 12:16...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
At the Red Sea God acts in power according to the purposes of His love; consequently the enemy, who was closely pursuing His people, is destroyed without resource. This is what will happen to the peop...
AND HE TOOK SIX HUNDRED CHOSEN CHARIOTS,.... The chief and best he had, war chariots, chariots of iron; perhaps such as had iron scythes to them, to cut down men as they drove along; these were taken...
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. Ver. 7. _Six hundred chosen chariots._] They fought of old out of chariots armed with scyt...
_Six hundred chosen chariots_ The strength of ancient Egypt, which is a plain country, consisted in cavalry and military chariots. Indeed, it appears from sundry passages of Scripture, that the easter...
1 God instructeth the Israelites in their iourney. 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them. 10 The Israelites murmure. 13 Moses comforteth them. 15 God instructeth Moses. 19 The cloud remoueth behinde the...
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, the pick of his supply, the flower of his army, AND ALL THE CHARIOTS OF EGYPT, whatever other wagons were available, AND CAPTAINS OVER EVERYONE OF THEM, all th...
PHARAOH PURSUES ISRAEL...
FOURTH SECTION Direction of the Exodus. The Pursuit. The Distress. The Red Sea. The Song of Triumph Exodus 13:17 to Exodus 15:21 A. DIRECTION OF THE MARCH. THE DISTRESS. PASSAGE THROUGH THE RED SEA....
THE OBSTACLE OF THE RED SEA (vs.1-2) By the Word of the Lord Israel was brought now to a spot from which there was no natural way of escape. The Red Sea was before them, three mountains surrounded t...
1-9 Pharaoh would think that all Israel was entangled in the wilderness, and so would become an easy prey. But God says, I will be honoured upon Pharaoh. All men being made for the honour of their Ma...
QUEST. How. could he use or carry his chariots, when all his horses were killed by that plague? EXODUS 9:6. ANSW. That plague slew only the horses which were in the field, EXODUS 9:3, not those kept i...
"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." (Psalms 107:23-24) How true is this! and yet our coward hearts...
Exodus 14:7 took H3947 (H8799) six H8337 hundred H3967 choice H977 (H8803) chariots H7393 chariots H7
Exodus 14 . YAHWEH DESTROYS THE FORCES OF EGYPT (EXODUS 14:1). In this chapter we discover how Pharaoh changed his mind and determined to bring the Israelites back. Once the first grieving over the de...
Exodus 14:1 _And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth between Migdol and sea, over against Baalzephon: before it ye shall e...
CONTENTS: God's power exerted to redeem Israel. Passing the Red Sea. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Pharaoh, angel. CONCLUSION: The believer cannot go ahead in the strength of Christ until he has learned t...
Exodus 14:2. _Before Pi-hahiroth._ The Lord led the people into the straits between the hills, in order that Pharaoh and his hosts might be overwhelmed in the sea; and that Israel might see his salvat...
_The Egyptians marched after them._ ISRAEL PURSUED Notice some analogies between the flight of Israel from Egypt and the progress of the sinner from the captivity of the devil. In both eases we have...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 14:7 CHARIOTS were a significant advantage in ancient Near Eastern warfare. Egypt was skilled in their use, as indicated by the SIX HUNDRED CHOSEN CHARIOTS in addition to all the...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 14:5_ THE GOOD PURSUED BY OLD ENEMIES I. THAT THE GOOD, IN SEEKING TO COME OUT OF THE BONDAGE OF SIN, ARE FREQUENTLY PURSUED BY OLD ENEMIES. Thus was it wit...
EXPOSITION THE PURSUIT OF ISRAEL BY THE EGYPTIANS. A short respite from suffering was sufficient to enable Pharaoh to recover from his extreme alarm. No further deaths had followed on the destruction...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall encamp by th...
Exodus 14:23 Exodus 15:4 Joshua 17:16 Judges 4:3 Judges 4:15...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...