Exo 13:21-22, 40:38, Num 9:15-21, 10:34, Neh 9:12, 19, Psa 78:14, 105:39 | TSK

Exodus 13:21-22

14:19-24; 40:34-38; Nu 9:15-23; 10:34; 14:14; De 1:33; Ne 9:12,19

Ps 78:14; 99:7; 105:39; Isa 4:5,6; 1Co 10:1,2

He took.

Ps 121:5-8

pillar of fire.

Re 10:1

Exodus 40:38

the cloud.

13:21; Nu 9:15

fire.

Ps 78:14; 105:39; Isa 4:5,6 CONCLUDING REMARKS. Moses was undoubtedly the author of this Book, which forms a continuation of the preceding, and was evidently written after the promulgation of the law: it embraces the history of about 145 years. Moses, having in the Book of Genesis described the creation of the world, the origin of nations, and the peopling of the earth, details in the Book of Exodus the commencement and nature of the Jewish Church and Polity, which has very properly been termed a Theocracy, (Theokratia, from [Theos ,] God, and [krateó ,] to rule,) in which Jehovah appears not merely as their Creator and God, but as their King. Hence this and the following books of Moses are not purely historical; but contain not only laws for the regulation of their moral conduct and the rites and ceremonies of their religious worship, but judicial and political laws relating to government and civl life. The stupendous facts connected with these events, may be clearly perceived by consulting the marginal references; and many of the circumstances are confirmed by the testimony of heathen writers. Numenius, a Pythagorean philosopher, mentioned by Eusebius, speaks of the opposition of the magicians, whom he calls Jannes and Jambres, to the miracles of Moses. Though the names of these magicians are not preserved in the Sacred Text, yet tradition had preserved them in the Jewish records, from which St. Paul (2 Ti 3:8.) undoubtedly quotes. Add to this that many of the notions of the heathen respecting the appearance of the Deity, and their religious institutions and laws, were borrowed from this book; and many of their fables were nothing more than distorted traditions of those events which are here plainly related by Moses.

Numbers 9:15-21

on the day.

Ex 40:2,18

the cloud.

14:14; Ex 14:19,20,24; 33:9,10; 40:34; Ne 9:12,19; Ps 78:14; 105:39

Isa 4:5; Eze 10:3,4; 1Co 10:1

at even.

Ex 13:21; 40:38

18-22; Ex 13:21,22; 40:38; De 1:33; Ne 9:12,19; Ps 78:14; 105:39

Isa 4:5,6; 1Co 10:1; 2Co 5:19; Re 21:3This cloud not only enlightened the Israelites, but also protected them, and was a continual pledge of God's presence and protection. To this manifestation of the Divine glory, the prophet Isaiah alludes, when he says, (Isa 4:5,) "The Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night." God is the director, protector, and glory of his church.

when the cloud.

10:11,33,34; Ex 40:36-38; Ps 80:1,2; Isa 49:10; Joh 10:3-5,9

and in the.

Ex 33:14,15; Ps 32:8; 73:24; Joh 10:3,4,9

and at the.

20; 10:13; Ex 17:1; 2Jo 1:6

as long as.

1Co 10:1There is no time lost, while we are waiting God's time. It is as acceptable a piece of submission to the will of God, to sit still contentedly when our lot requires it, as to work for him when we are called to it.

tarried long. Heb. prolonged. kept the.

1:52,53; 3:8; Zec 3:7

abode. Heb. was.

Ne 9:12,19