The Marshall republican., 1907-06-14
ISRAEL'S
FROM EGYPT
sssas, sehssLsssssi.rJsss is. 1877
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GOLDEN TExT.-"Thus the Lord
ssved Israel that day out Of the hand Of
the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egypt
ians dead upon the seashore ."-Exodus
tt.30.
TIME. According TO the ommon
chronology. p. c. 1891; according to
Brugsch. 1900. Price. 177s Breasted places
M~enephtah's death IN LIS. The last OF
March or the nrst Of April.
PLAcE.-They started from succoth
and Rameses, In Goshen: Travelled north
eastward TO the frontier district OF Et-
ham. and then southwark TO the head OF
the Red Sea near the present Sues. or
perhaps near the present Bitter lakes, "
the Red ses then extended 20 far north.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Divine ouidsnce.-Ex. 13:17-
14;4. Three great routes led out Of
Egypt TO the east. 1. The Philistis
road. or the way Of the land Of the
Philistines" CEx. 1910. was the
northern road, and crossed the line
OF the lakes which form the bed OF
! the modern suez canal Just north OF
Lake Ballah, at q point still known as
El.Dantarah. "the bridge" o.
The Wall Road. "the Way Of
Shur," 1. O., wal (Gen. 16:7). IL the
central road. starting from the north.
ern end OF Lake Timssh. near the
modern town Ismaiiia. II goes straight
into the desert, and leads to Palestine
by way Of Beershebs and Hebron. II
was probably along this road that
Abraham and Jacob went into Egypt.
But there was a long stretch Of desert,
and u would require a continuous
miracle 10 sustain the people and
their iocks. 3 The Re SEES Road.
the Way OF the Wilderness OF the
Red Sea" (Ex. 1919. was the road
which swept across the wilderness.
between the two arms Of the Red sea,
from the head Of the Gulf Of Suez 10
the head OF the Gulf Of Akabah." II
IL to-day the great route OF the pill
grim caravans 10 Mecca.
The natural choice OF Moses was
the hrst route. the northern or Philis-
tia road. lie was not yet guided BY
the pillar OF Gre. nor. In the irst fusb
Of victory over Pharaoh. did he prob
ably realize the weakness OF the
Hebrews. and their need OF long dis
cipline before they could conquer the
C%anaanites.
The pillar OF cloud and OF nre made
It's appearance at Ethan. never
again TO desert that pilgrim band MI
the Jordan was crossed and II had set.
tied down TO brood over the house of
God."-F. u. Meyer. II was the pres
ence Of Jehovah. manifested In
supernatural IRE. which gave on q
lofty column Of smoke. visible afar
over the host by day. while st night
upon the smoke. like the inner nres
Of vesuvius that illuminate the cloud
cap OF the volcano. Some such signal
was needed 10 guide the great mass
Of people. Moreover. the cloud was .
protection against the heat OF the
sun; and. best OF all. II afforded a cor.
slant assurance that God had not left
them 10 themselves.
Pharaoh's Pursuit. Ex. 1853.
Some time must have elapsed before
Pharaoh would have pursued the
Hebrews. The piety Of the Esyp
tians TO the dead vas so great that
the weightiest political affairs would
necessarily be neglected while the
king paid the last honors to his dead
son. Besides. the families OF the ON
GERS and soidiery had also been uni
~versaiiy bereaved." - Geikie. But
Pharaoh soon found time to repent
OF having let the Israelites 60. The
public works stood stu for lack Of
labor. Vast territories were sudden
ly unoccupied. There was a sudden
loss Of revenue and service which he
could III dispense with."-F. n, Meyer.
The Divine Eneoursosmsnt.--Ex.
IA: 1918. The sea before and that
serried host behind.-it was a miser-
able alternative TO men who could
neither fight nor swim. Hamilton.
Never before were q people In SO
evil a Ease; TO the right OF them and
to the left of them rose lofty noun
tains. and behind them were the sol
diers OF Egypt. But one way was
open-the way upward. the way to
Gods throne and heart."-R 8, Mac
Arthur, ID. ID. The hckle and migrate
full people. however. turned upon
Moses with bitter reproaches. HIS
answer Is one of the grandest eH-
hibitions OF faith recorded In the
Bible.
The Miraculous Passage.-Vs. 1922.
The night came on. The nrst part
was mooniess. for II was at least
three or -four days after the full moon
Of the Passover. In the light OF the
pillar OF fre. however, the lsraelites
moved forward In obedience to Moses.
But that light would disclose to the
Egyptians the movements of the He
brew host. and therefore the great
cloud removed behind the lsraelites.
turning toward them its bright side.