15And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
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And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. …
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-20)We have here, I. Direction given to Israel’s leader. 1. What he must do himself. He must, for the present, leave off praying, and apply himself to his business (Exod. 14:15): Wherefore cryest thou unto me ? Moses, though he was assured of a good issue to the present distress, yet did not neglect prayer. We read not of one word he said in prayer, but he lifted up to God his heart, the language of w…
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