"Woe unto him who strives with his Maker.". But if He saw blood on the doorposts of a house He would pass over and those inside would be spared. Here He was ready for His part to accomplish. [Note: Cassuto, 147.]. It has been often remarked, and very justly, that although Genesis is so prolific of the various counsels and ways of God, there is the more marked an absence of the special truth of Exodus in it. The truth is that He speaks of good men and bad men; that He mentions not only what was excellent in the good, but such distressing and shameful things as draw out His own chastening it may be for a long while to come. If He thus dwells in us, is not this one of the capital truths which we are called to make good in our faith and practice day by day? (:43-49) FAITHFULNESS OF GOD TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE CELEBRATED ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS. Whether it would come to a result or not depended on altogether different circumstances not on any failure in Him. laws of nature are sufficient to effect whatever he intended to bring about in the history of redemption." And this has an amazing effect upon the spiritual man, who nourishes himself on the sound words of God, because we are all apt otherwise to be careless and to use words lightly. The two calls are in reality the narrations of different writers, giving a somewhat different version of the same thing. 38Amixed multitude also went up with them,along with flocks and herds, avery large number of livestock. Succoth. (Exodus 6:9; Exodus 6:12) But in Exodus 4:31 they believed and rejoiced when he announced deliverance to them. No one could be expected to believe this (if he did not look into the Bible and bow to the truth), that God could have written a whole book and never once have spoken of holiness before this. This latter statement is evidently a rough one, but it is confirmed, and even enlarged, by the more accurate estimate of Numbers 1, 2, which goes into particulars with respect to the several tribes, and makes the exact amount of the adult male population, exclusive of the Levites, to be 625,540 (Numbers 2:32). The chapter ends with more instructions concerning the celebration of Passover. He surely learned. It is Christ the hidden manna, Christ in His humiliation never to be forgotten by our hearts. The children of EXPOSITION For material, see expository section of this commentary. It is widely credited as helping foster empathy for the plight of Jewish refugees and garnering support for the State of Israel. Who am I to argue with God over what's fair, or what's right, or what's wrong? The lamb was to be slain on the evening of the fourteenth day, the blood applied to the door posts. Moses and Aaron are brothers, the sons of Amram and Jochebed. Verses 37 41 summarize the exit from Egypt. Is this the man once so ready to smite Rahab and deliver Israel? Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, "This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. The Hebrew says swarm, from the same root as that used in 8:21 to describe the plague of gadflies. No wonder then if, contrary to usual custom, it should emerge, as it were, from nothing, if it grows in the same way and makes continual progress. How God deals with him thereon we shall also see before we have done with the book of Exodus. For food, they baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. The flesh of the lamb was to be eaten not raw or sodden, but roast with fire, the strong and evident sign of fierce unsparing divine judgment It must and ought to be so; for herein Christ's death met our sins and God's judgment. Whom, having not seen, yet I love. _FROM RAMESES TO SUCCOTH_] Rameses appears to have been another name for _Goshen_, though it is probable that there might have been a chief city or village in that land, where the. It was not enough to be the almighty shield of the children as of the fathers: no matter what their weakness and exposure in the midst of jealous and hostile and wicked Canaanites, He had been the protector of the wandering patriarchs. Thus Aaron and his sons had no such duty in the Passover, as we find in the extraordinary temple celebration recorded in2 Chronicles 30:5; 2 Chronicles 30:5. He said, "Abide in Me, and let My words abide in you. Because his power is so limited, his authority is so limited, he only works within the limits that God describes and defines for him. It was to be sprinkled with a bunch of hyssop (v. So, "When your children shall say, What is the meaning of this service? Exodus 12:38 tells us the "mixed multitude went up with" the children of Israel. Pharaoh finally allowed the Israelites and their livestock to leave Egypt. They are Levites (Exodus 2:1; 6:20; Numbers 26:59). For there was not one quality in the people which could in anywise move the heart towards them except their misery not one worthy moral feeling, not one generous emotion, not the smallest care for the glory of God. We must never forget the ways in which God has acted before if we are to appreciate what He is doing now: and, in point of fact, our value for and intelligence of these things will be found to go together. Pharaoh, his host and his chariots, all the flower of Egypt were there drawn up and ready to devour the poor children of Israel. Exodus is a vastly successful international bestseller that spent nineteen months as the number one book on the New York Times bestseller list. What exists was called into being, and may pass out of it, if God so please. Here comes in that most remarkable type of Christ personally given as the bread of life for the people of God to feed on. The threat of the locusts to eat what remained from the hail brought Pharaoh's servants to their senses; but on the demand of Moses that all should go, old and young, children and cattle, to keep their feast to Jehovah (not a word of three days now), they are driven out from before the king, and the eighth blow falls all over the land. In the first leg of the trip, thesons of Israel journeyed fromRameses to Succoth. In a note he adds "From a return to Congress in 1782, the population appeared to be 2,389,300, and in the census of 1790, 4,000,000; increase in nine years, 1,610,700; from which deduct ten thousand per annum for European settlers, 6 per cent. Now in a few weeks the Jews are gonna be celebrating New Year's, Rosh Hashana. From Rameses (Exodus 1:11_ b_ *) the The actual basis for critical denials here is founded on what they call the "impossibility" of it. So it is not mine to question or challenge. Though it is possible that it means that the Israelites left on the very day Jacob arrived in Egypt 430 years earlier, it is more likely that it refers to their exit on the very day of Passover. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. See note on Exodus 1:1. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast it with fire, and with unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs shall they eat it. Murrain and even hail were not such uncommon visitors in Egypt, still less so were other plagues. They lived and believed in Jesus and are now dead. Is not this literally, Because the (or a) hand (is) on the throne of Jah, war (is) from Jehovah with Amalek from generation to generation? "Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". The author boldly says, "The Song of Moses in the fifteenth chapter was not written by Moses himself It is a Palestinian production. I believe that if it weren't for God's protecting hand, Satan would've already wiped all of us out. ), eleph may have meant "hundred" or "unit of ten" or some other number smaller than "thousand," though the evidence to support this theory is presently weak, in my opinion. Note, The great things God does for his people are not to be a nine days' wonder, as we say, but the remembrance of them is to be perpetuated throughout all ages, especially the work of our redemption by Christ. But it brings into your life that element of decomposition, the breaking down, filling the whole life. However from the context it seems that Succoth was only a few miles from Rameses. contr. (:43-45) Instructions Regarding Participation Who is Eligible? This is going to be the Lord's Passover. I'll not die, but I will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, into the glorious likeness of Jesus Christ. Wiersbe: the total number of Jews must have been about 2 million. Thus, it had to be a step of faith on their part. And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and he said, Rise up, get out of here from the people, both you and the children of Israel; go, serve the Lord, as you have said. If they have no real roots in Israels religious traditions, this would not be surprising. It's mine to simply trust and believe, because you can be sure that God will do what He said He is going to do. The Gentile will unfeignedly rejoice for all the goodness Jehovah will have done to Israel, delivering them from the hand of all enemies from first to last. This again is not an immaterial expression by the way, but bound up with the truth now first brought before us: "Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Jehovah, which thy hands have established. And when He does it's gonna be life for the world, the kingdom age being brought in. 32. i De Vita Mosis, l. 1. p. 625. j Bp. There were other requisitions on God's part which showed that this had another and an infinitely more solemn character than the preceding plagues. The questions that God creates in the mind of a child that give you the opportunity of unfolding to that mind the understanding of the infinite God, to bring that child into a knowledge and a loving relationship with Him. economy, the female is always connected to the male. "Abide in Me. _geber,_ with art.. the strong 1. The former represents them as a boon given by God to satisfy the people's hunger, and convince them of their dependence on the covenant God. What a state! The fact that 430 years is the specific figure is confirmed in Ex 12:41 where it says the Hebrews left Egypt, literally, on this selfsame day (to the very day). Besides a multitude of old and infirm persons who would be obliged to ride on camels and asses, c., and who must, from the proportion that such bear to the young and healthy, amount to many thousands more! Many of the tents may have been pitched in the Wady-ed-Deir and the Seil Leja. And this is the more striking, because God emp 37._And the children of Israel journeyed. If you look at the tombstones you'll read "Resting in Jesus", "Trusting in the Lord", and you read the statements of faith of that individual. The last part of the book involves the specifications and building of the tabernacle the place where the Lord Himself dwelt amongst His people. Thus we are made to be the Lord's freemen; and what should do it if Christ's redemption could not? How many sorrows are thus escaped! They are part of a mixed multitude. "And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi: For he said, Because Jah hath sworn that Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. The difficulty of handling so vast a body, and marching them from Goshen to the Red Sea, and from the Red Sea to Sinai, remains, and, no doubt, is considerable. This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations." No longer does this feast carry you clear back to Egypt. Solemn but infinite favour! Now, if we take these words simply as they stand, Israel touched the . See the power and efficacy of that blessing, when God commands it, Be fruitful and multiply. It is the author's effort to share his insights about God's We acknowledge them, owning nature in its place; and quite right. 361ff.). But the moment we come to spiritual action, it is always "Moses and Aaron" never "Aaron and Moses." month of the year to you (Exodus 12:1-2). John Mackay: This was the decisive first stage in their liberation. ""So let them stay in the house till morning. They hide it, and then they discover it and there's great rejoicing when it's discovered, a great celebration, "They found the broken bread." 1. So speak unto the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house: And if the household is too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour that is next to his house and let them take it according to the number of souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. We are never to suppose that the manner of the revelation of God is an unimportant consideration. And take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, be gone ( Exodus 12:29-32 ); Now you remember earlier he had offered compromises, "Go but leave your children here. p. 190, 5th edition. million, from the bondage of Egypt. SUCCOTH; a place so called, either because there the Israelites first And until you had gone through these three things, you were not really considered a Jew. And, what is more striking still, He does not even take His stand upon His being the Son of God, though this was His eternal name. Egyptian Thuku, the region whose capital was Pithom: see on Exodus fit for wars, beside women and children, which we cannot suppose to Not that I would be an unembodied spirit, but my desire is to be clothed upon with the body which is from heaven, for we know that as long as we're at home in this body, we are absent from the Lord. Of dependence the bread of life, Jesus said, `` there is no such thought as that used 8:21. 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