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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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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 14:31
19th Century
Bishop
Israel saw that great work. —The destruction of Pharaoh’s chariot force and cavalry in the Red Sea secured Israel's retreat and sa…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 14:26–31
19th Century
Preacher
And well they might! Yet how soon they murmured both against the Lord and against Moses!
John Calvin
On Exodus 14:31
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Exodus 14:31
17th Century
Pastor
And Israel saw the great work
Or "hand" F12 ; the hand of the Lord, the mighty power of God, and took not…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 14:21–31
17th Century
Minister
The dividing of the Red Sea was the terror of the Canaanites (Joshua 2:9); the praise and triumph of the Israelites ([Reference Psalms …