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Text -- Exodus 15:4 (NET)

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15:4 The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has thrown into the sea, and his chosen officers were drowned in the Red Sea.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Pharaoh the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Abraham's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Joseph's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who refused to let Israel leave Egypt,the title of the king of Egypt whose daughter Solomon married,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in the time of Isaiah,the title Egypt's ruler just before Moses' time
 · Red Sea the ocean between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula,the sea between Egypt and Arabia
 · sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Songs | Sea, The | Red Sea | Poetry | POETRY, HEBREW | OMNIPOTENCE | NUMBERS, BOOK OF | NUMBER | Music | Moses | MOSES, SONG OF | ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 1 | GLASS, SEA OF | Exodus | EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 3-4 | EXODUS, THE | Drown | Chosen | Captain | CHARIOT | more
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Word/Phrase Notes
Wesley , Clarke , Calvin , TSK

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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Exo 15:4 - -- With great force, as an arrow out of a bow, so the Hebrew word signifies.

With great force, as an arrow out of a bow, so the Hebrew word signifies.

Clarke: Exo 15:4 - -- Pharaoh’ s chariots - his host - his chosen captains - On such an expedition it is likely that the principal Egyptian nobility accompanied thei...

Pharaoh’ s chariots - his host - his chosen captains - On such an expedition it is likely that the principal Egyptian nobility accompanied their king, and that the overthrow they met with here had reduced Egypt to the lowest extremity. Had the Israelites been intent on plunder, or had Moses been influenced by a spirit of ambition, how easily might both have gratified themselves, as, had they returned, they might have soon overrun and subjugated the whole land.

Calvin: Exo 15:4 - -- 4.Pharaoh’s chariots Moses in these words only meant to assert, that the drowning of Pharaoh was manifestly God’s work. Therefore, he now illustr...

4.Pharaoh’s chariots Moses in these words only meant to assert, that the drowning of Pharaoh was manifestly God’s work. Therefore, he now illustrates in more glowing terms the transaction which he had before simply narrated; as also when he compares the Egyptians to stones and lead, as if he had said that they were hurled by God’s mighty hand into the deep, so that they had no power to swim out. On this score, he repeats twice the mention of God’s “right hand;” as much as to say that such a miracle could not be ascribed either to fortune or to the efforts of man. We must take notice of what he soon after says, that the Egyptians “rose up against” God; because they had treated His people with injustice and cruelty. Thence we gather, that God’s majesty is violated by the wicked, whenever His Church, whose safety He has undertaken to preserve by His faithful patronage, is assailed by them. “Thou sentest forth thy wrath,” and “with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together,” are to be read in conjunction; for their meaning is that God, without any instrumentality, but by His simple volition, and in manifestation of His wrath, had brought the enemy to. destruction.

TSK: Exo 15:4 - -- Exod. 14:13-28 chosen : Exo 14:7

Exod. 14:13-28

chosen : Exo 14:7

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Exo 15:1-18 - -- With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificen...

With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expression which evidently points to him as the author. That it was written at the time is an assertion expressly made in the text, and it is supported by the strongest internal evidence. In every age this song gave the tone to the poetry of Israel; especially at great critical epochs of deliverance: and in the book of Revelation Exo 15:3 it is associated with the final triumph of the Church.

The division of the song into three parts is distinctly marked: Exo 15:1-5; Exo 15:6-10; Exo 15:11-18 : each begins with an ascription of praise to God; each increases in length and varied imagery unto the triumphant close.

Exo 15:1

He hath triumphed gloriously - Literally, He is gloriously glorious.

The horse and his rider - The word "rider"may include horseman, but applies properly to the charioteer.

Exo 15:2

The Lord is my strength and song - My strength and song is Jah. See Psa 68:4. The name was chosen here by Moses to draw attention to the promise ratified by the name "I am."

I will prepare Him an habitation - I will glorify Him. Our Authorized Version is open to serious objection, as suggesting a thought (namely, of erecting a temple) which could hardly have been in the mind of Moses at that time, and unsuited to the occasion.

Exo 15:3

A man of war - Compare Psa 24:8. The name has on this occasion a special fitness: man had no part in the victory; the battle was the Lord’ s.

The Lord is his name - " Jah is His name."See Exo 15:2.

Exo 15:4

Hath He cast - " Hurled,"as from a sling. See Exo 14:27.

His chosen captains - See Exo 14:7 note.

Exo 15:5

As a stone - The warriors in chariots are always represented on the monuments with heavy coats of mail; the corslets of "chosen captains"consisted of plates of highly tempered bronze, with sleeves reaching nearly to the elbow, covering the whole body and the thighs nearly to the knee. The wearers must have sunk at once like a stone, or as we read in Exo 5:10, like lumps of lead.

Exo 15:7

Thy wrath - Literally, Thy burning, i. e. the fire of Thy wrath, a word chosen expressly with reference to the effect.

Exo 15:8

The blast of God’ s nostrils corresponds to the natural agency, the east wind Exo 14:21, which drove the waters back: on the north the waters rose high, overhanging the sands, but kept back by the strongwind: on the south they laid in massive rollers, kept down by the same agency in the deep bed of the Red Sea.

Exo 15:9

The enemy said - The abrupt, gasping utterances; the haste, cupidity and ferocity of the Egyptians; the confusion and disorder of their thoughts, belong to the highest order of poetry. They enable us to realize the feelings which induced Pharaoh and his host to pursue the Israelites over the treacherous sandbanks.

Exo 15:10

Thou didst blow with thy wind - Notice the solemn majesty of these few words, in immediate contrast with the tumult and confusion of the preceding verse. In Exo 14:28, we read only, "the waters returned,"here we are told that it was because the wind blew. A sudden change in the direction of the wind would bring back at once the masses of water heaped up on the north.

They sank as lead - See the note at Exo 15:5.

Exo 15:11

Among the gods - Compare Psa 86:8; Deu 32:16-17. A Hebrew just leaving the land in which polytheism attained its highest development, with gigantic statues and temples of incomparable grandeur, might well on such an occasion dwell upon this consummation of the long series of triumphs by which the "greatness beyond compare"of Yahweh was once for all established.

Exo 15:13

Thy holy habitation - Either Palestine, regarded as the land of promise, sanctified by manifestations of God to the Patriarchs, and destined to be both the home of God’ s people, and the place where His glory and purposes were to be perfectly revealed: or Mount Moriah.

Exo 15:14

The inhabitants of Palestina - i. e. the country of the Philistines. They were the first who would expect an invasion, and the first whose district would have been invaded but for the faintheartedness of the Israelites.

Exo 15:15

The dukes of Edom - See Gen 36:15. It denotes the chieftains, not the kings of Edom.

The mighty men of Moab - The physical strength and great stature of the Moabites are noted in other passages: see Jer 48:29, Jer 48:41.

Canaan - The name in this, as in many passages of Genesis, designates the whole of Palestine: and is used of course with reference to the promise to Abraham. It was known to the Egyptians, and occurs frequently on the monuments as Pa-kanana, which applies, if not to the whole of Palestine, yet to the northern district under Lebanon, which the Phoenicians occupied and called "Canaan."

Exo 15:17

In the mountain of thine inheritance - See Exo 15:13.

Poole: Exo 15:4 - -- With great force, like an arrow out of a bow; as the Hebrew word signifies.

With great force, like an arrow out of a bow; as the Hebrew word signifies.

Haydock: Exo 15:4 - -- Captains. Literally, Princes. Hebrew shalishim, chiefs. The three great officers, chap. xiv. 7. We find three were entrusted with the highest po...

Captains. Literally, Princes. Hebrew shalishim, chiefs. The three great officers, chap. xiv. 7. We find three were entrusted with the highest power in the empire of Chaldea, (Ezechiel xxiii. 15; Daniel v. 7.) as well as at the court of David. (2 Kings xxiii. 8; 1 Paralipomenon xi. 10. Hadino, Eleazar, and Semma, had various other princes under them. (Calmet)

Gill: Exo 15:4 - -- Pharaoh's chariots and his hosts hath he cast into the sea,.... Which was done by the Angel of the Lord, who was Jehovah himself, our Immanuel, and ma...

Pharaoh's chariots and his hosts hath he cast into the sea,.... Which was done by the Angel of the Lord, who was Jehovah himself, our Immanuel, and man of war, as appears from Exo 14:17, an emblem of the destruction of antichrist, and all the antichristian states, of which Pharaoh and his host were types:

his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea: who were appointed over his chosen chariots, which all perished in the sea together. In the carnage that will be made by Christ, the warrior and conqueror, among the followers of antichrist, the man of "sin", the antitypical Pharaoh, the flesh of captains is mentioned for the fowls of heaven to feed upon, Rev 19:18.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Exo 15:4 The form is a Qal passive rather than a Pual, for there is not Piel form or meaning.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Exo 15:1-27 - --1 The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance.22 The people want water in the wilderness.23 The waters at Marah are bitter, they murmur...

MHCC: Exo 15:1-21 - --This song is the most ancient we know of. It is a holy song, to the honour of God, to exalt his name, and celebrate his praise, and his only, not in t...

Matthew Henry: Exo 15:1-21 - -- Having read how that complete victory of Israel over the Egyptians was obtained, here we are told how it was celebrated; those that were to hold the...

Keil-Delitzsch: Exo 15:1-21 - -- In the song of praise which Moses and the children of Israel sang at the Red Sea, in celebration of the wonderful works of Jehovah, the congregation...

Constable: Exo 1:1--15:22 - --I. THE LIBERATION OF ISRAEL 1:1--15:21 "The story of the first half of Exodus, in broad summary, is Rescue. The ...

Constable: Exo 13:17--15:22 - --D. God's completion of Israel's liberation 13:17-15:21 The Israelites now began their migration from Gos...

Constable: Exo 15:1-21 - --3. Israel's song of deliverance 15:1-21 "The song is composed of three gradually increasing stro...

Guzik: Exo 15:1-27 - --Exodus 15 - The Song of Moses A. The Song of Moses. 1. (1-5) First stanza: The LORD is a man of war. Then Moses and the children of Israel sang th...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Exodus (Book Introduction) EXODUS, a "going forth," derives its name from its being occupied principally with a relation of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and the i...

JFB: Exodus (Outline) INCREASE OF THE ISRAELITES. (Exo. 1:1-22) BIRTH AND PRESERVATION OF MOSES. (Exo 2:1-10) there went a man of the house of Levi, &c. Amram was the hus...

TSK: Exodus (Book Introduction) The title of this Book is derived from the Septuagint; in which it is called ΕΞΟΔΟΣ , " Exodus;" or, as it is in the Codex Alexandrinus, Ε...

TSK: Exodus 15 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Exo 15:1, The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance; Exo 15:22, The people want water in the wilderness; Exo 15:23, The ...

Poole: Exodus (Book Introduction) SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED EXODUS. THE ARGUMENT. AFTER the death of Joseph, who had sent for his father’ s house into Egypt, the children o...

Poole: Exodus 15 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 15 Moses and the people praise the Lord, Exo 15:1-21 . They want water, Exo 15:22 . The waters of Marah are bitter, Exo 15:23 . The people ...

MHCC: Exodus (Book Introduction) The Book of Exodus relates the forming of the children of Israel into a church and a nation. We have hitherto seen true religion shown in domestic lif...

MHCC: Exodus 15 (Chapter Introduction) (v. 1-21) The song of Moses for the deliverance of Israel. (Exo 15:22-27) The bitter waters at Marah, The Israelites come to Elim.

Matthew Henry: Exodus (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Book of Moses, Called Exodus Moses (the servant of the Lord in writing for him as well as ...

Matthew Henry: Exodus 15 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter, I. Israel looks back upon Egypt with a song of praise for their deliverance. Here is, I. The song itself (v. 1-19). 2. The sole...

Constable: Exodus (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The Hebrew title of this book (we'elleh shemot) originated from the...

Constable: Exodus (Outline) Outline I. The liberation of Israel 1:1-15:21 A. God's preparation of Israel and Moses chs. ...

Constable: Exodus Exodus Bibliography Adams, Dwayne H. "The Building Program that Works (Exodus 25:4--36:7 [31:1-11])." Exegesis ...

Haydock: Exodus (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF EXODUS. INTRODUCTION. The second Book of Moses is called Exodus from the Greek word Exodos, which signifies going out; becaus...

Gill: Exodus (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS This book is called by the Jews Veelleh Shemoth, from the first words with which it begins, and sometimes Sepher Shemoth, an...

Gill: Exodus 15 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 15 This chapter contains the song of Moses, and of the children of Israel, on the banks of the Red sea; in which they celebr...

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