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The Egyptians pursued after them: all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army; and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
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A Divine Setup
Commentators note that the Israelites were trapped exactly where God commanded them to be. What looked to Pharaoh like a foolish mistake, leaving Israel 'entangled in the wilderness,' was actually God's strategic plan. As Matthew Henry explains, God was intentionally luring Pharaoh into this confrontation to demonstrate His power and be 'honoured upon' the Egyptians. What seems to be the church's ruin is often God's means of defeating its enemies.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And his horsemen - See Exodus 14:5.
19th Century
Anglican
All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh. —That is, in Hebrew, all the chariot-horses of Pharaoh.
And his ho…
Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But the Egyptians pursued after them When they thought nothing of it, and had no fears about it:
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Pharaoh would think that all Israel was entangled in the wilderness and so would become easy prey. But God says, I will be honoured upon Pharao…
