20And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
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And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: …
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. …
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Commentary
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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