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It happened in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked out on the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.
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God's Gaze as an Act of Power
When God 'looked' at the Egyptians, it was not a passive glance but an active, terrifying judgment. Commentators explain this as a 'terrible manifestation' of divine anger from the pillar of fire and cloud. Some ancient sources, cited by scholars like Gill, suggest this involved literal storms, thunder, and lightning, designed to reveal God's power and cause overwhelming panic.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In the morning watch - At sunrise, a little before 6 a.m. in April.
Troubled - By a sudden panic.
19th Century
Anglican
The Egyptians pursued. — All the Israelites having entered the bed of the sea, the pillar of the cloud, it would seem, withdrew af…
Baptist
They were now in the midst of the sea between the two high walls of water, and before they could flee, see what happened to them:
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16th Century
Protestant
And it came to pass, that, in the morning-watch. In the morning the angel began to look upon the Egyptians, not because they had escaped h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch The Romans divided the night into four watches, so the Hebrews; thoug…
The dividing of the Red Sea was the terror of the Canaanites (Joshua 2:9); the praise and triumph of the Israelites ([Reference Psalms …
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