Éxodo 14:24

24 Pero poco antes del amanecer, el Señor
miró al ejército egipcio desde la columna de fuego y de nube, y causó gran confusión en sus fuerzas de combate.

Éxodo 14:24 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 14:24

And it came to pass, that in the morning watch
The Romans divided the night into four watches, so the Hebrews; though some say into three only. The first began at six o'clock, and lasted till nine, the second was from thence to twelve, the third from thence to three in the morning, and the last from three to six, which is here called the morning watch; so that this was some time between three and six o'clock in the morning:

the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians, through the pillar of
fire and of the cloud;
the Angel of the Lord, and who was Jehovah himself, who was in it, he looked to the army of the Egyptians; not to know whereabout they were, he being the omniscient God; nor in a friendly manner, but as an enemy, with indignation and wrath. The Targum of Jonathan is,

``he looked through the pillar of fire, to cast upon them coals of fire, and through the pillar of cloud, to cast upon them hailstones.''

The Jerusalem Targum is,

``pitch, fire, and hailstones;''

and Josephus ^F17 speaks of storms and tempests, of thunder and lightning, and of thunderbolts out of the clouds; and Artapanus ^F18 of fire or lightning flashing out against them, by which many perished. Perhaps the psalmist may have reference to this in ( Psalms 106:10-15 )

and troubled the host of the Egyptians;
the thunder and lightning no doubt frightened the horses, so that they broke their ranks, and horsemen and chariots might run foul on one another, and the hailstones scatter and destroy many; however, the whole must be terrible and distressing to them, especially it being in the night season.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 2. c. 16. sect. 2.)
F18 Apud Euseb. ut supra. (Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27. p. 436.)

Éxodo 14:24 In-Context

22 Entonces el pueblo de Israel cruzó por en medio del mar, caminando sobre tierra seca, con muros de agua a cada lado.

23 Entonces los egipcios —con todos los carros de guerra y sus conductores, y con los caballos del faraón— persiguieron a los israelitas hasta el medio del mar.

24 Pero poco antes del amanecer, el Señor
miró al ejército egipcio desde la columna de fuego y de nube, y causó gran confusión en sus fuerzas de combate.

25 Torció
las ruedas de los carros, para que les resultara difícil manejarlos. «¡Salgamos de aquí, alejémonos de los israelitas! —gritaban los egipcios—; ¡el Señor
está luchando por ellos en contra de Egipto!».

26 Cuando todos los israelitas habían llegado al otro lado, el Señor
le dijo a Moisés: «Extiende otra vez tu mano sobre el mar, y las aguas volverán con fuerza y cubrirán a los egipcios, a sus carros y a sus conductores».