Exodus 14
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V3 The phrase "entangled (buwk(בּוּךְ))[1] in the land" suggests that the Pharaoh thinks they are confused because they did not go the common way. In Exodus 13:17 we see "God led them not [through] the way ... that [was] near... Lest ... return to Egypt." In the text buwk(בּוּךְ) BeitKaf appears as nəḇuḵîm(נְבֻכִ֥ים) NunBeitKafYodMem suggesting this was a strategic route was taken to make the pharaoh think they were cornered and he had the military advantage. |
V4The Pharaoh and his army were emboldened to attack with a vengeance and the Israelites became afraid. |
V5 "the heart(לְבַ֨ב)[2] of Pharaoh and of his servants" means that they were reacting from their the inner heart and mind(לְבַ֨ב)[2]. |
By V11 Moses has gone from hero to zero in the eyes of the people. |
V13 "Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not..." which is one of the most common commands in the Bible |
V14 "The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace." The people will not be able to kill their enemy but the enemy will kill themselves. |
While we are told to fear not we will see the LORD bring a fear to the wicked by they being troubled and destroyed in spirit and truth. "Hamam" with a double Mem (הָמַם)[3] first seen in Exodus 14:24 as the word troubled and again in Exodus 23:27 as destroy all the people by His fear and again in Deuteronomy 2:15 are just a few of the places this word hamam appears in scripture. |
V19 "the angel[4] of God" is the messenger of God. |
"Between camps" Matthew 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats:
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V22 and V29 "waters [were] a wall unto them" The word "wall" is chowmah[5] normally ChetVavMemHey (חוֹמָה) but we see in the text is ḥōmāh (חֹמָ֔ה) ChetMemHey. Did the water form vertical walls or was the water like a wall unto them? Did the sand get washed up to form a long sand bar above the water where the east wind dried it out so they could walk on it? Both accounts would seem to be miraculous although the special effects in the movie would be less spectacular without the vertical walls of water. |
V24 "troubled[3] the host of the Egyptians" The word troubled contains a double Mem. |
V25 "took off their chariot wheels" If the water was coming back in and the sand was becoming soft the wheels would have sunk in ruts. Removing would allow the chariots to slide on the mud and even hydroplane on the returning water. |
Note the order of the telling of the story from V25 through V29 is not linear. |
V30 "the LORD saved"[6] |
Other students of archaeology are Kevin Fisher, Ron Wyatt, David Rohl, Tim Mahoney and the Patterns of Evidence speak of the crossing at Nuweiba concerning the rout of Moses, the Red Sea crossing the rocks producing water. Mt Sinai in the land of Jethro[7] according to Josephus, "the highest mountain" near Abad and according to Phylos in Arabia[8]. Elijah's cave, the rock upon which the Golden calf[9] was set with carvings of the god of prosperity Horath. Also the sites of the water that flowed at Horeb where he was to strike the rock[10] and to speak to the rock[11] |
Corrals of uncut stone and altars of sacrifice to provide for the people who were in need in the voluntary freewill offerings in the wilderness are also found. These sacrifices were the essence of the worship of God in Pure Religion without the leaven of legal charity and the Corban of the pharisees which was in the systems of Cain, Nimrod, Sodom, and the bondage of Egypt. |
Believing in God is not believing in miracles of a God you choose to imagine but believing in a God of life and Creation and the Law of Nature that gives life and the power to choose over the gods of the masses who bite one another, covet one another's goods through public religion. |
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Crossing the Red Sea
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
A strategic route
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled[1] in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
4 And I will harden(chazaq)[12] Pharaoh's heart(לְב)[13], that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured(kebed)[14] upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
Heart turned against people
5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart(לְבַ֨ב)[2] of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned[15] against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
8 And the LORD hardened(chazaq)[12] the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
Sore afraid
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Fear not
13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Divide the sea
15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17 And I, behold, I will harden(chazaq)[12] the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour(kebed)[14] upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour(kebed)[14] upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
The messenger moved
19 And the angel[4] of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Strong wind
21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall[5] unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Egyptians pursued
23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled[3] the host of the Egyptians,
Let us flee
25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Waters as a wall
29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall[5] unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
The Lord saved
30 Thus the LORD saved[6] Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 0943 בּוּךְ buwk [book] a primitive root; v; [BDB-100b] [{See TWOT on 214 }] AV-perplexed 2, entangled 1; 3
- 1) to perplex, confuse, be confused
- 1a) (Niphal) to be confused, be in confusion
- 1) to perplex, confuse, be confused
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 03824 לֵבָב lebab [lay-bawb’] LamedBeitBeit from 03823; n m; [BDB-523a] [{See TWOT on 1071 @@ "1071a" }] AV-heart 231, consider + 07760 5, mind 4, understanding 3, misc 9; 252
- 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding
- 1a) inner part, midst
- 1a1) midst (of things)
- 1a2) heart (of man)
- 1a3) soul, heart (of man)
- 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
- 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
- 1a6) conscience
- 1a7) heart (of moral character)
- 1a8) as seat of appetites
- 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions
- 1a10) as seat of courage
- 1a) inner part, midst
- 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 02000 הָמַם hamam [haw-mam’] a primitive root HeyMemMem [compare 01949 HeyVavMem to distract, ring again, 01993 HeyMemHey roar, cry aloud,]; v; [BDB-243a] [{See TWOT on 507 }] AV-discomfit 5, destroy 3, vex 1, crush 1, break 1, consume 1 trouble 1; 13
- 1) to move noisily, confuse, make a noise, discomfit, break, consume, crush, destroy, trouble, vex
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to move noisily
- 1a2) to confuse, discomfit, vex
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to move noisily, confuse, make a noise, discomfit, break, consume, crush, destroy, trouble, vex
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 04397 מֲלְאָךְ mal’ak [mal-awk’] MemLamedAlefKaf from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; n m; [BDB-521b] [{See TWOT on 1068 @@ "1068a" }] AV-angel 111, messenger 98, ambassadors 4, variant 1; 214
- 1) messenger, representative
- 1a) messenger
- 1b) angel
- 1c) the theophanic angel
- 1) messenger, representative
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 02346 חוֹמָה chowmah [kho-maw’] primitive root ChetVavMemHey; n f; [BDB-327a] [{See TWOT on 674 @@ "674c" }] AV-wall 131, walled 2; 133
- 1) wall
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 03467 ^עשׁי^ YodShinAyin yasha‘ \@yaw-shah’\@ a primitive root, Greek 5614 ~ωσαννα~; v; AV-save 149, saviour 15, deliver 13, help 12, preserved 5, salvation 3, avenging 2, at all 1, avenged 1, defend 1, rescue 1, safe 1, victory 1; 205
- 1) to save, be saved, be delivered
- 1a) (Niphal)
- 1a1) to be liberated, be saved, be delivered
- 1a2) to be saved (in battle), be victorious
- 1b) (Hiphil)
- 1b1) to save, deliver
- 1b2) to save from moral troubles
- 1b3) to give victory to
- 1a) (Niphal)
- י Yod The Infinite Point of essential good. Divine spark hidden in the ט Tet. Spark of spirit. [closed hand... Deed, work, to make] (Numeric value: 10)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
- 1) to save, be saved, be delivered
- ↑ Exodus 2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
- ↑ Galatians 4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
- ↑ Exodus 32:4 And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- ↑ Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- ↑ Numbers 20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts [also]. 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 02388 ^קזח^ chazaq \@khaw-zak’\@ a primitive root ChetZayinKuf; v; {See TWOT on 636} AV-strong 48, repair 47, hold 37, strengthened 28, strengthen 14, harden 13, prevail 10, encourage 9, take 9, courage 8, caught 5, stronger 5, hold 5, misc 52; 290
- 1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to be strong, grow strong
- 1a1a) to prevail, prevail upon
- 1a1b) to be firm, be caught fast, be secure
- 1a1c) to press, be urgent
- 1a1d) to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense)
- 1a1e) to be severe, be grievous
- 1a2) to strengthen
- 1a1) to be strong, grow strong
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to make strong
- 1b2) to restore to strength, give strength
- 1b3) to strengthen, sustain, encourage
- 1b4) to make strong, make bold, encourage
- 1b5) to make firm
- 1b6) to make rigid, make hard
- 1c) (Hiphil)
- 1c1) to make strong, strengthen
- 1c2) to make firm
- 1c3) to display strength
- 1c4) to make severe
- 1c5) to support
- 1c6) to repair
- 1c7) to prevail, prevail upon
- 1c8) to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support
- 1c9) to hold, contain
- 1d) (Hithpael)
- 1d1) to strengthen oneself
- 1d2) to put forth strength, use one’s strength
- 1d3) to withstand
- 1d4) to hold strongly with
- 1a) (Qal)
- ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
- זָ ז Zayin The "Crowned" head. The Service and Valor, cut and bread, war and nourish. [weapon.... Cut, to cut off, manacle] (Numeric value: 7)
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
- Three words used to describe the hardened 03515 kebed, 07185 qashah, 02388 chazaq heart of the Pharaoh by Moses.
- 1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
- ↑ 03820 לֵב leb [labe] a form of 03824; n m; [BDB-524a, BDB-525b] [{See TWOT on 1071 @@ "1071a" }] AV-heart 508, mind 12, midst 11, understanding 10, hearted 7, wisdom 6, comfortably 4, well 4, considered 2, friendly 2, kindly 2, stouthearted + 047 2, care + 07760 2, misc 21; 593
- 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
- 1a) inner part, midst
- 1a1) midst (of things)
- 1a2) heart (of man)
- 1a3) soul, heart (of man)
- 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
- 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
- 1a6) conscience
- 1a7) heart (of moral character)
- 1a8) as seat of appetites
- 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage
- 1a) inner part, midst
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 03515 כָּבֵד kebed [kaw-bade’] KufBeitDalet from 03513 KufBeitDalet honour ; adj; [BDB-458a] [{See TWOT on 943 @@ "943a" }] AV-great 8, grievous 8, heavy 8, sore 4, hard 2, much 2, slow 2, hardened 1, heavier 1, laden 1, thick 1; 38
- 1) heavy, great
- 1a) heavy
- 1b) massive, abundant, numerous
- 1c) heavy, dull
- 1d) hard, difficult, burdensome
- 1e) very oppressive, numerous, rich
- 1) heavy, great
- ↑ 02015 הָפַךְ haphak [haw-fak’] HeyPeiKaf a primitive root; v; [BDB-245a] [{See TWOT on 512 }] AV-turn 57, overthrow 13, overturn 5, change 3, turn … 6, become 1, came 1, converted 1, gave 1, make 1, perverse 1, perverted 1, retired 1, tumbled 1; 94
- 1) to turn, overthrow, overturn
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to overturn, overthrow
- 1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around
- 1a3) to change, transform
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back
- 1b2) to change oneself
- 1b3) to be perverse
- 1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against
- 1b5) to be reversed
- 1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown
- 1b7) to be upturned
- 1c) (Hithpael)
- 1c1) to transform oneself
- 1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way
- 1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone