Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
Moses lifted up his heart in silent prayer more effectually than Israel's loud outcries, but now God calls him from prayer to action at his post. Every thing is beautiful in its season; when we are in the way of duty we must go forward, not stand in mute astonishment, and leave the event to God.
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Commenting on Exodus 14:15-20
15. And the Lord Had said. — Lat. said I have used the praeter-pluperfect tense for the sake of avoiding ambiguity; for the reason is here given why Moses so confidently reproved the hesitation of the people, and promised that they should be safe under the present help of God; viz., because he had already been assured by divine revelation that God was willing to...
God's question to Moses is no reproof but an admonition to resolute action; the people must move forward while Moses stretches his staff over the sea. The angel then removes from before Israel and stations himself behind them as their defence against the pursuing Egyptians.
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Commenting on Exodus 14:15-19