Chūāijíjì 14:19

19 Zaì Yǐsèliè yíng qián xíng zǒu shén de shǐzhĕ , zhuǎn dào tāmen hòubiān qù , yún zhù yĕ cóng tāmen qiánbiān zhuǎn dào tāmen hòubiān lì zhù .

Chūāijíjì 14:19 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 14:19

And the Angel of God which went before the camp of Israel,
&c.] The Jews say ^F25 this was Michael, the great prince, who became a wall of fire between Israel and the Egyptians; and if they understood by him the uncreated angel, the eternal Word, the Son of God, who is always in Scripture meant by Michael, they are right: for certainly this Angel of the Lord is the same with Jehovah, who is said to go before them in a pillar of cloud and fire, ( Exodus 13:21 ) :

removed, and went behind them;
but because removing from place to place, and going forwards or backwards, cannot be properly said of a divine Person, who is omnipresent, and fills every place and space; this is to be understood of the emblem of him, the pillar of cloud, as the next clause explains it:

and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood
behind them;
the Targum of Jonathan adds,

``because of the Egyptians, who cast arrows and stones, and the cloud received them;''

and so Jarchi; whereby the Israelites were protected and preserved from receiving any hurt by them: so Christ is the protection of his people from all their enemies, sin, Satan, and the world, that sin cannot damn them, nor Satan destroy them, nor the world overcome them; for his salvation is as walls and bulwarks to them, and he is indeed a wall of fire about them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Pirke Eliezer, c. 42.

Chūāijíjì 14:19 In-Context

17 Wǒ yào shǐ Āijí rén de xīn gāng yìng , tāmen jiù gēn zhe xià qù . wǒ yào zaì fǎlǎo hé tāde quán jūn , chēliàng , mǎ bīng shàng de róngyào .

18 Wǒ zaì fǎlǎo hé tāde chēliàng , mǎ bīng shàng dé róngyào de shíhou , Āijí rén jiù zhīdào wǒ shì Yēhéhuá le .

19 Zaì Yǐsèliè yíng qián xíng zǒu shén de shǐzhĕ , zhuǎn dào tāmen hòubiān qù , yún zhù yĕ cóng tāmen qiánbiān zhuǎn dào tāmen hòubiān lì zhù .

20 Zaì Āijí yíng hé Yǐsèliè yíng zhōngjiān yǒu yún zhù , yī bian hēiàn , yī bian fāguāng , zhōng yè liǎng xià bùdé xiàng jìn .

21 Móxī xiàng hǎi shēn zhàng , Yēhéhuá biàn yòng dà dōng fēng , shǐ hǎi shuǐ yī yè tuì qù , shuǐ biàn fēnkāi , hǎi jiù chéng le gàn dì .