Exodus 14:13

“And Moses said unto the people, etc.] Not in wrath and anger, but very coolly and sedately, agreeably to his character of the meekest man on earth; though what they had said to him was very insulting and provoking: fear ye not; Pharaoh and his numerous host, do not be dismayed at them or possess yourselves with a dread of them, and of destruction by them: stand still; do not stir from the place where you are, do not offer to run away, or to make your escape by flight (and which indeed seemed impossible), keep your place and station, and put yourselves in such a situation as to wait and observe the issue of things: and see the salvation of the Lord which he will shew to you today; which is…”

“Moses said, . . . Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord--Never, perhaps, was the fortitude of a man so severely tried as that of the Hebrew leader in this crisis, exposed as he was to various and inevitable dangers, the most formidable of which was the vengeance of a seditious and desperate multitude; but his meek, unruffled, magnanimous composure presents one of the sublimest examples of moral courage to be found in history. And whence did his courage arise? He saw the miraculous cloud still accompanying them, and his confidence arose solely from the hope of a divine interposition, although, perhaps, he might have looked for the expected deliverance in every quarter,…”

“For the Egyptians whom ... - The true sense is, ye shall never see the Egyptians in the same way, under the same circumstances. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Moses answered not these fools according to their folly: Instead of chiding he comforts them, and with an admirable pretence of mind, not disheartened either by the threatenings of Egypt, or the tremblings of Israel, stills their murmuring, Fear ye not, It is our duty, when we cannot get out of our troubles, yet to get above our fears, so that they may only serve to quicken our prayers and endeavours, but may not prevail to silence our faith and hope. Stand still, and think not to save yourselves either by fighting or flying; wait God's orders, and observe them; Compose yourselves, by an entire confidence in God, into a peaceful prospect of the great salvation God is now about to work for…”

“14:13-14 One person, at least, had learned the lesson of the plagues and applied it to this crisis of faith. Moses did not know what God would do, but in one of the great statements of faith in the Bible, Moses declared his confidence in God. It was not the Lord who would fail, but the Egyptians.”

“Fear ye not: Num 14:9; Deu 20:3; Kg2 6:16; Ch2 20:15, Ch2 20:17; Psa 27:1, Psa 27:2, Psa 46:1-3; Isa 26:3, Isa 30:15, Isa 35:4, Isa 41:10-14; Mat 28:5 see the: Exo 14:30, 15:1-27; Gen 49:18; Ch1 11:14; Psa 3:8; Isa 43:11; Jer 3:23; Lam 3:26; Hos 13:4, Hos 13:9; Hab 3:8, Hab 3:13 for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day: or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, etc ye shall see: Exo 14:30, Exo 15:4, Exo 15:5, Exo 15:10, Exo 15:19, Exo 15:21; Neh 9:9 Exodus 14:14”

“Moses met their unbelief and fear with the energy of strong faith, and promised them such help from the Lord, that they would never see again the Egyptians, whom they had seen that day. ראיתם אשׁר does not mean ὅν τρόπον ἑωράκατε (lxx), quemadmodum vidistis (Ros., Kn.); but the sentence is inverted: "The Egyptians, whom ye have seen to-day, ye will never see again." Exodus 14:14”