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Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.
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The Familiar Rod of Power
Commentators like John Gill note that Moses was commanded to use the very same rod with which he performed the plagues in Egypt. This highlights a key principle: God often uses familiar instruments and obedient people to enact His miraculous power. The power wasn't in the rod itself, but in God, who worked through Moses' act of obedience in lifting it.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
Why do you cry to me? —Like the people (Exodus 14:10), Moses had cried to Jehovah, though he tells us of his …
Baptist
God was like a wall of fire between them and their enemies, so that they had no cause for fear even though the Egyptians were so near.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But lift you up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it Even …
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Presbyterian
Moses' silent prayers of faith prevailed more with God than Israel's loud outcries of fear. The pillar of cloud and fire came behind them, where th…
