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Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh, and in his servant Moses.
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Awe, Not Just Terror
Commentators explain that the "fear" Israel felt was not just terror, but a reverent awe of God's power and goodness. This godly fear led them to "believe," which John Calvin notes is the foundation of true worship. Seeing God's mighty work should produce a deep, trusting reverence in our own hearts.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
Israel saw that great work. —The destruction of Pharaoh’s chariot force and cavalry in the Red Sea secured Israel's retreat and sa…
Baptist
And well they might! Yet how soon they murmured both against the Lord and against Moses!
16th Century
Protestant
And Israel saw. After the biblical author has stated that the Israelites saw the dead bodies spread upon the seashore, he now adds that in…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Israel saw the great work Or "hand" F12 ; the hand of the Lord, the mighty power of God, and took not…
Presbyterian
The dividing of the Red Sea was the terror of the Canaanites (Joshua 2:9); the praise and triumph of the Israelites ([Reference Psalms …
