Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 14: 5-9
MEDITATION
Exodus 14:5-9
5 Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
6 So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him.
7 Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them.
8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness.
9 So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The Report to the Pharaoh
a. The children of Israel had fled.
b. This was the “official version”.
c. The true version was that the Pharaoh had released the children of Israel.
2. The heart of the Pharaoh and his servants
a. The grief of the loss of the firstborn was over.
b. The full impact of the departure of the children of Israel struck home.
c. Egypt had been dependent on slave labour for many years.
d. They could not function without the hundreds of thousands of Jewish slaves working for free.
e. They expressed regret that they had allowed the children of Israel to go.
3. Plans to capture the children of Israel
a. Pharaoh himself would lead the attack.
b. He gathered 600 choice chariots to go with him.
c. Captains were appointed over this army of chariots.
4. God’s hand was there
a. He hardened Pharaoh’s heart.
b. The feared Egyptian chariots chased after the children of Israel.
5. Advancing rapidly
The Egyptian army caught up with the children of Israel quite quickly. They seemed to have caught Israel off-guard. They were camping by the sea.
经文：出埃及记 14：5-9
沉思
《出埃及记 14：5-9》
5 有人告诉埃及王说：“百姓逃跑！”法老和他的臣仆就向百姓变心，说：“我们容以色列人去，不再服侍我们，这做的是什么事呢？”
6 法老就预备他的车辆，带领军兵同去，
7 并带着六百辆特选的车和埃及所有的车，每辆都有车兵长。
8 耶和华使埃及王法老的心刚硬，他就追赶以色列人，因为以色列人是昂然无惧地出埃及。9 埃及人追赶他们，法老一切的马匹、车辆、马兵与军兵就在海边上，靠近比哈希录，对着巴力洗分，在他们安营的地方追上了。