It is Moses, a man of whom the Spirit of God has made the largest use not only in the Old Testament but in the New, as in so many forms shadowing forth the Lord Jesus. Thus in Romans 5:1-21 salvation is very clearly referred to, and put in full contradistinction to what God has wrought for us by the blood of Christ. . And remember that this is not a mere exceptional fact. It was a symbol of the "zeal of the Lord," and therefore was enveloped in a cloud, which protected Israel by day from heat, sunstroke, and pestilence (Isaiah 4:5-6; Isaiah 49:10; Psalm 91:5-6; Psalm 121:6), and by night lighted up its path by its luminous splendour, and defended it from the terrors of the night and from all calamity (Psalm 27:1., Psalm 91:5-6); but which also threatened sudden destruction to those who murmured against God (Numbers 17:10), and sent out a devouring fire against the rebels and consumed them (Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 16:35). He was surprised by nothing. Thus the Passover has, above all, a fundamental and a permanent character beyond all other feasts. God could not pass over that. It will come as a shock to the critics who have been prattling about "Reed Sea" for a generation or two to find out, as Batto put it, "It wasn't (the Reed Sea that they crossed), and they're wrong."[31]. Hence the Passover is brought before us of which the New Testament makes great account the type of Christ the Lamb of God sacrificed for us, with the striking accompaniment of leaven absolutely excluded Leaven represents iniquity in its tendency to extend itself by assimilating what was exposed to its action This ordinance then means the disallowance and putting away of all evil that belongs to man in his fallen state. But what a lesson it is! But, soon after, Moses calls this same being an Angel, to which he now assigns the name of the eternal God. The Israelites had quitted Egypt, had broken off from their old life, were about to plunge into that wild waste of sand and rock which separates Africa from Asia by an almost impassable barrier. 65) that "the Israelites did not listen to Moses at first for anguish of spirit and cruel bondage. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he proved them." It is sad to hear a so-called orthodox antagonist of rationalism weaken the tenth infliction (Exodus 11:1-10) by the remark that "it must not be inferred that none of the first-born remained alive in the land, or that none besides the first-born died." Our difficulty is that the very familiarity of men with it hinders their taking notice of what is under their eyes. He wanted to remind her of His deliverance every time any firstborn thing was born. When they marched, this pillar went before them, at the rate that they could follow, and appointed the place of their encampment, as Infinite Wisdom saw fit, which both eased them from care, and secured them from danger, both in moving and in resting. x Curtius, l. 5. c. 2. y Strom. 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. They groaned only because of their wretchedness; but there was no looking out to God no counting on His mercy. By coming under this cloud, they signified their putting themselves under the divine guidance and command by the ministry of Moses. Open now the Crystal Fountain, Whence the healing waters flow. Moses gave them direction but as he received it from the Lord. 1. The cloud of his human nature was a veil to the light and fire of his divine nature; we find him (Revelation 10:1) clothed with a cloud, and his feet as pillars of fire. In the daytime the cloud was in front of them to lead them, following the cloud. *The remarks of Dr. D. (Introd. Nevertheless it remains true, that although the victory is assured, the fight must be maintained to the very last. We expect it to be the same with this. Now, since He is the eternal guardian of His Church, Christ is not less truly present with us now by His power than he was formerly manifest to the fathers. The first donkey that was born of this particular mother was the Lord's.Now if you wanted to keep the donkey and use it, then you had to buy it from the Lord, was the idea. We all know what the Egyptians thought of the Nile. The Israelites who were not circumcised in the wilderness could not have found work for Aaron and his sons; for that rite was the basis for all the rest, and yet it was certainly neglected there and then. Can we not comprehend brethren, that we were under the power of an enemy of God? It was not first received in Midian and afterwards repeated in Egypt, because the former call is followed by Moses and Aaron going in to Pharaoh and asking him to let the Israelites go for the purpose of holding a feast in the wilderness. Part of Exodus 16:1-36 is Elohistic; Numbers 11:1-35 is Jehovistic.". We might have put in that Jehovah saved Israel on the night of the paschal lamb; but nowhere then is such an expression heard. Far removed from both is the truth and the language of scripture; and to scripture we must hold. What Christ has done is the right thing as well for us as for the glory of God; but then there is another result which should be noticed as the consequence of redemption, and so, beginning to appear in this chapter, it is brought out more fully elsewhere. It is so precisely with the term "Jehovah." It was for the purpose of having the full power of Satan brought out against His people that He might demolish it for ever. O. T. i. It is the same word that is used for sea monsters generally. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people" ( Exodus 13:21-22 ). It was the last place where man would have looked for refreshing streams. When here below Jesus never proclaimed Himself as the Christ on the one hand, or as the Son of God on the other, though truly both, and always accepting and vindicating either when He was thus confessed by others. On this enterprise then we behold him going forth, when he was come to years of discretion. The two calls are in reality the narrations of different writers, giving a somewhat different version of the same thing. If it was because of their great numbers winning a military victory they may have become more boastful. "He cried unto Jehovah; and Jehovah showed him a tree which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet. But man left to himself invariably refuses the testimony of God. Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22 God's guidance of his people. It stresses that the LORD led them with a pillar of cloud or fire. To transmit the knowledge of it with all possible care to their children ( v. 8-10 ). Destruction in one way or another seemed to be inevitable. O. T. i. He might have been the simple and happy instrument of God in the mighty work; but Aaron is brought forward to share it. If this calculation for the whole population of the States be in any degree near the truth, it cannot be doubted that in particular districts the period of doubling from procreation only has often been less than fifteen years. If you didn't redeem it, then you had to kill it, the donkey, or the cow or whatever. 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. Getting It Right (Exodus 13:1-21) 1. There might be unreadiness on their part, but He at any rate was able to make good all He had promised. But even Gesenius and Knobel take the word otherwise, and so do Onkelos and Aben Ezra, as Dr. McCaul has shown. Nevertheless God is faithful, and the very efforts to destroy are met by His good hand, who produces faithfulness even in those that might have been supposed most of all subservient to the cruel designs of the king. God never compelled a man to be au unbeliever. Never do we meet with language like this in the New Testament. For we know that Jesus was the Head of the kingdom, and that "Christ" is the title in which He takes His rights over Israel and their land, which will be in force in the day that is coming. Then Moses finds another difficulty. Moses was told by Jehovah to put his hand in his bosom. When we come together as His assembly, should we not remind ourselves that we are not only members of the body of Christ, but God's habitation through the Spirit? Why? "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. They too would be the chosen vessel of His power in their weakness, and this for ever in His mercy. "This night" and "that night" can in no way invalidate these directions, nor is their own meaning doubtful. It appears that the wife had something to do with the matter. "And Moses took the bones of Joseph " (Exodus 13:19). In all of Egypt they were all wiped out. In this, too, appeared "the glory of the Lord" (Exodus 16:10; Exodus 40:34; Numbers 17:7), the Shechinah of the later Jewish theology. If it is a great thing to enjoy the profit of good company, there is no company or converse like that of God. Salvation means the known destruction of their foes, God having risen up in the majesty of His power, and manifested it completely in their favour. There was no communion. In fact it is one of the blessed features of the word of God that we can never assume to possess an exhaustive view of scripture. 19-20;] Numbers 12:5-6; Deuteronomy 31:15-16; Psalms 99:6-7). If any part of it was sung at the time the Hebrews passed over, it was probably the words of the first verse . Exodus 13:21 21 By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. We are bound ever to refuse the thought that the record of facts in scripture implies that they are according to the full mind of God. It may have been, and probably was, after the sons of Israel left Egypt, as it throughout supposes the feast already instituted. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light to go by day and night ( Exodus 13:20-21 ): For they needed to get out of there, and so they were traveling day and night for awhile. In due time the unforgetting heart of God shows His remembrance of Israel. Thus we find the junction of Aaron with Moses, which has many important consequences, and some of them of a serious character, as this book records. Look at authority in the world, or at that which pertains to man, or at the resources of nature: a man brings the vouchers of One who was sovereign over every domain. So it is with all other truths; and amongst the rest with this, that God, instead of waiting to have us in heaven, and taking up His abode in our midst there, makes us to be His habitation while we are here a proof of His love and of the perfectness of Christ's redemption incomparably greater than waiting till we are actually changed and taken to heaven, because here He deigns to dwell with us spite of all we are. But you couldn't sacrifice a donkey; so you could keep the donkey and sacrifice the lamb. Moses had Aaron cast down his staff in Pharaoh's presence, which became a serpent. He loves and cherishes the name in which He has bound up the objects of His choice with Himself. We are bought with a price. Consecration of Firstborn. And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword." 2. Now it was undeniable. But the question which was decided that paschal night affected the Jew not less than the Egyptian. Apart from the power of God accomplishing His word, the objectors seem to be ignorant that doubling the population in fifteen years or less is by no means without example. Exodus 13:21 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Exodus 13:21, NIV: By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. I am not now speaking of His grace, but of His own essential being "I AM. "And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud " The purpose of this was "to lead them the way." Scripture taken from the New King James Version. "[34] It is impossible for the expression to mean "Sea of Reeds." *It is alleged that there is "a double description of the manna inExodus 16:11; Exodus 16:11, etc., and Numbers 11:7-9. How many sorrows are thus escaped! Exodus 13:21-22 the Pillar of Fire "The Lord was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. And the Lord went before them,. Who is called the Angel of the Lord, Exodus 14:19, not a created but the uncreated Angel, the Angel of Jehovah's presence, in whom his name, nature, and perfections were, even the Word and Son of God, the Lord Christ, see 1 Corinthians 10:9 who went before the armies of Israel, as their King, Leader, and Commander: by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; through the Red sea, and the wilderness, at the edge of which they now were, which was untrodden, and trackless, and the way through it very difficult to find; and being a sandy desert, as soon as a path was made, it was immediately covered with sand, and to be seen no more: this cloud was not an ordinary one, but extraordinary, supernatural, and miraculous; in the superior part of it, it was in the form of a pillar, rising upwards towards heaven; in the lower part of it, it was more spread, and covered the camp of Israel; for, besides the use of it to show the way through a trackless wilderness, it was a shelter and protection from the scorching heat of the sun in a sandy desert, where there was scarce anything to screen them from it, to which the allusion is in Isaiah 4:5 this cloud was an emblem of Christ, who has sometimes appeared clothed with a cloud, Revelation 10:1 of the obscurity of his human nature, of the fulness of grace in him, and being in the form of a pillar, of his uprightness, firmness, stability, and visibility in it; and of the use and benefit he is to his people, partly to show them the way in which they should go, by his Spirit and word, and lead them in it by his own example, whom it becomes them to follow, he being a wise, safe, and constant guide; and partly to shelter and protect them from the heat of a fiery law, from the flaming sword of justice, from the wrath of God, from the fiery darts of Satan, and from the furious persecution of wicked men, sometimes compared to the violent heat of the sun, Song of Solomon 1:6. and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; whenever they travelled by night, as they sometimes did, and in those hot countries it was very agreeable; and this pillar of fire gave them light when the moon shone not, and was a direction to them which way to go: sometimes it is night with the people of God, a night of darkness and desertion, of drowsiness, sleepiness, and carnal security, or of affliction and distress: Christ is the light and comfort of his people, and by his Spirit and word illuminates, guides, and directs them what to do, and where and how to walk: to go by day or night; to direct them in their journey, whether by night or day: this was but one pillar, though Aben Ezra thinks they were two; but it may be observed they are mentioned as one, and that the pillar of cloud in the night was a cloud of darkness to the Egyptians, and gave light to the Israelites, Exodus 14:19, see also Numbers 9:21 and it is easy to observe that what appears as a cloud or smoke in the daytime, looks like fire in the night: so when Alexander's army was on the march, as a signal, "fire was observed in the night, and smoke by day,''. Exodus 13:21 - Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible THE LORD, THE SON OF GOD, whose presence and conduct the Israelites had in the wilderness, as appears from 1 CORINTHIANS 10:4,9; compare HEBREWS 11:26; who is sometimes called the _Angel of the Lord_,. When this cloud went before the army of Israel, it assumed the form of a column; so that by day it resembled a dark column of smoke rising up towards heaven, and by night a column of fire, to show the whole army what direction to take. Another plague might, if not must, be the destruction of the nation. How came it that God's glory was forgotten in that which ought to have been ever prominent to a father's heart? So we find the wilderness experiences are experiences where they are learning how that God can meet their needs no matter what they be. We shall find this set out in express terms in a later chapter; but the substance of it seems conveyed on this first occasion when He directs attention to His being the God of promise, coupling consequently the names of the fathers with Himself. We owe everything to Christ. On the face of it the prescribed mode required the lamb to be taken on the tenth day of the month of Abib and kept till the fourteenth, in the evening of which it was killed. God is said to bring Israel out of Egypt as the eagle brings up her young ones (Deuteronomy 32:11), teaching them by degrees to fly. Was it to be in view of His grace or their desert? He omits to notice the true cause of diversity in the description difference of authorship. God was now about to present Himself as the unchanging One that could and would accomplish His word according to the relation in which He and His people stood. to him, replies, "Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? 1 and the lord spake unto moses, saying, 2 sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. On either side Aaron and Hur support his arms when heavy, and thus victory is secured for the people of God. Is this the man once so ready to smite Rahab and deliver Israel? When revealing Himself as Jehovah their God then, He delighted to take a name which in some way linked Himself with His people. "What shall I say unto them?" etc.". What we need from such critics is an explanation of HOW the entire army of Pharaoh was drowned in that "swampland!" The Egyptians had heavily fortified this caravan route, also called the Via Maris (the way of the sea). If we think he leads not his people the nearest way, yet we may be sure he leads them the best way, and so it will appear when we come to our journey's end. The Israelites received further assistance from the wind, which blew at gale force all night and dried up enough of the sea to form a passage for them to cross to the other side. Is it not humbling? For whilst Moses took the rod, Aaron's rod as Jehovah commanded him, he smote the rock twice with his rod. Hence man gives himself up to unbelief, and then God may either at that or a later time, according to His own wisdom, seal up a person in a judicial hardness which is a distinct positive act on God's part. God is content to speak of things as they are without a word on His side to explain or account for it, or in anywise to soften matters for man. Though there can be no stable foundation without the sacrifice of Christ, in itself it does not give, but only lays the basis for, the full blessing of grace in redemption. Undoubtedly it must have been a far greater trial to his spirit than the relinquishment of any personal advantages. And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty." We are meant to take notice that now we can speak of "salvation," not before. Exodus 14:24). God had drawn Pharaoh out, and now he would be glorified in a final demonstration of power that would overthrow Egypt and bring complete deliverance to his people (13-18).By nightfall the Egyptians had almost caught up to the Israelites, but the fiery cloud that symbolized Gods presence came between the two, and so prevented the Egyptians from advancing farther (19-20). Orders being thus given which way they should go, we are told, (1.) The Lord went before them] That by the LORD here is meant the Lord Jesus, we have the authority of St. Paul to believe, 1 Corinthians 10:9: it was he whose Spirit they tempted in the wilderness, for it was he who led them through the desert to the promised rest. And here comes in another principle of immense importance. Next, the seventh plague (Exodus 9:13-35), hail with thunder and consuming fire, drew from Pharaoh the confession of his sin and a promise to let the people go, broken by him as soon as Jehovah heard the intercession of Moses. It was great satisfaction to Moses and the pious . writers appear. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that opens the matrix, being males; but the firstborn of my children I redeem ( Exodus 13:15 ). Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary Ex 13:17-21. So they are to bind them to their wrists, and to their forehead. In the second, growing out of these circumstances and of the edict which doomed to death every man-child of Israel, appears the deliverer, the type of an infinitely greater one. It gave them light by night when they had occasion for it, and at all times made their camp pleasant and the wilderness they were in less frightful. This was the sharper a blow as immediately before Pharaoh went back even from his promise of three days' absence, Moses had pleaded the inexpediency of their sacrificing the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes. Mr. Malthus, who had no bias in favour of the Bible, will be allowed to speak on this subject. As to the difficulties raised in Bishop Colenso's chaps. The choice God made of their way, Exodus 13:17; Exodus 13:18. He is bought with a price, as we are often told in scripture, and we know it. Can there be more absurd trifling than the sentence thatExodus 15:1-27; Exodus 15:1-27 ("the poem as we now have it", is Elohistic as contrasted with Exodus 14:1-31? Tur HaArokh, Exodus 13:21:1 ' , "and the Lord would walk in front of them, etc." Ibn Ezra writes that this verse is an example of the Torah using syntax man is familiar with, and the meaning is that the Divine power in the form of His messenger traveled with the Israelites. * They belonged to God henceforth after a special sort as the consequence of deliverance from Egypt. Hence therefore the children of God may surely gather what its antitype must be to God Himself. If this furnish the direct reason why there could be no such fulfilment, the moral hindrances from the state of Israel from man fallen were quite as real, though necessarily indirect. But the moment we come to spiritual action, it is always "Moses and Aaron" never "Aaron and Moses." It is not surprising, therefore, that this ancient name would have been given to that body of water crossed by Israel, which most certainly was the Red Sea, and which was universally known to the people of that era as the End Sea. to the Old Testament here for instance is astounding. Just as little, too, must we suppose the visible and material part of it to have been an element of the divine nature, which is purely spiritual. SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP)- A 66-year-old Brazilian saved his grandson from the grip of a 16-foot-long anaconda by beating the snake with rocks and a knife for half an hour, police said Thursday. How could He do this till sin was gone? Furthermore, we cannot trace the exact route followed by the people, either in their wanderings in the wilderness, or in their entry into it. Did it affect every pond and stream, nay every vessel of wood and stone? Throughout the word of God there are two standing types of sin. "[36] This simply means that it is linguistically impossible for it to modify the word "sea.". 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. "Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them: a. When, therefore, Isaiah prophesies His coming, he recounts amongst others this divine blessing, that the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, that there might be, a tabernacle for a shadow in the day-time from the heat, and for a place of refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain,(Isaiah 4:5;), as if he had said, that He would really and substantially fulfill what then was seen under a figurative symbol. Their God, as ours, would prove Himself a consuming fire. Sometimes this is not as obvious as it was in Exodus, but it is always just as true. See Numbers 9:16-18, &c. When they left Egypt, the Israelites did not go by way of the Mediterranean coast, as this was well defended by the Egyptians and war would certainly have resulted. "Sanctify unto me all the firstborn." The rationalist counts at least the first of these "a natural phenomenon of the country," the wonder being its origination by Aaron and the exemption of the Israelites. To go by day and night.The night journeys of the people are mentioned again in Numbers 9:21. by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; through the Red sea, and the wilderness, at the edge of which they now were, which was untrodden, and trackless, and the way through it very difficult to find; and being a sandy desert, as soon as a path was made, it was immediately covered with sand, and to be seen no more: this cloud was not an ordinary one, but extraordinary, supernatural, and miraculous; in the superior part of it, it was in the form of a pillar, rising upwards towards heaven; in the lower part of it, it was more spread, and covered the camp of Israel; for, besides the use of it to show the way through a trackless wilderness, it was a shelter and protection from the scorching heat of the sun in a sandy desert, where there was scarce anything to screen them from it, to which the allusion is in Isaiah 4:5 this cloud was an emblem of Christ, who has sometimes appeared clothed with a cloud, Revelation 10:1 of the obscurity of his human nature, of the fulness of grace in him, and being in the form of a pillar, of his uprightness, firmness, stability, and visibility in it; and of the use and benefit he is to his people, partly to show them the way in which they should go, by his Spirit and word, and lead them in it by his own example, whom it becomes them to follow, he being a wise, safe, and constant guide; and partly to shelter and protect them from the heat of a fiery law, from the flaming sword of justice, from the wrath of God, from the fiery darts of Satan, and from the furious persecution of wicked men, sometimes compared to the violent heat of the sun, Sol 1:6. and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; whenever they travelled by night, as they sometimes did, and in those hot countries it was very agreeable; and this pillar of fire gave them light when the moon shone not, and was a direction to them which way to go: sometimes it is night with the people of God, a night of darkness and desertion, of drowsiness, sleepiness, and carnal security, or of affliction and distress: Christ is the light and comfort of his people, and by his Spirit and word illuminates, guides, and directs them what to do, and where and how to walk: to go by day or night; to direct them in their journey, whether by night or day: this was but one pillar, though Aben Ezra thinks they were two; but it may be observed they are mentioned as one, and that the pillar of cloud in the night was a cloud of darkness to the Egyptians, and gave light to the Israelites, Exodus 14:19, see also Numbers 9:21 and it is easy to observe that what appears as a cloud or smoke in the daytime, looks like fire in the night: so when Alexander's army was on the march, as a signal,"fire was observed in the night, and smoke by day,''as says the historian (x): nor can, this account of Moses seem incredible to the Heathens themselves, as Clemens of Alexandria observes (y), since they relate a story somewhat similar to this, which they profess to believe; as, that when Thrasybulus brought the exile Grecians from Phyle, and willing to do it secretly, a pillar was his guide, and as he passed in the night through untrodden paths, when the moon shone not, and it was a dark winter night, a light was seen going before him, which brought them safe to Mynichia, and then left them: indeed this was not so extraordinary and miraculous, if true, as this pillar, as Bishop Patrick observes, because it was but for a night, whereas this continued all the forty years in the wilderness, until the Israelites came to Canaan's land, as follows: the Arabic geographer (z) speaks of exhalations arising out of caves at the sides of mountains, which in the daytime looked like smoke, and in the night time like fire. 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