The children of Israel ... were sore afraid. —It has been objected that 600,000 men above twenty years of age had no need…

But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by th…

And when Pharaoh drew near. Moses implies that the alarm was greater because of its suddenness, as no messenger had preceded them, giving …

And when Pharaoh drew nigh
Or "caused to draw nigh" ^F20 ; that is, his army, brought it very near to the …

There was no way open to Israel but upward, and from there their deliverance came. We may be in the way of duty, following God, and hastening towar…