Hosea 12:13

“And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, etc.] Or, “by the prophet”; the famous and most excellent prophet Moses, who, by way of eminency, is so called; him the Lord sent, and employed, and made use of him as an instrument to bring his people out of their bondage in Egypt; in which he was a type of Christ the great Prophet of the church, raised up like unto him, and the Redeemer of his people from sin, Satan, and the world, law, hell, and death, and all enemies: and by a prophet he was preserved; by the same prophet Moses was Israel preserved at the Red sea, and in the wilderness; where they were kept as a flock of sheep from their powerful enemies, and brought to the borders…”

“by a prophet--Moses (Num 12:6-8; Deu 18:15, Deu 18:18). preserved--Translate, "kept"; there is an allusion to the same Hebrew word in Hos 12:12, "kept sheep"; Israel was kept by God as His flock, even as Jacob kept sheep (Psa 80:1; Isa 63:11).”

“By a prophet was he preserved - Or “kept.” Jacob “kept sheep” out of love of God, sooner than unite himself with one, alien from God; his posterity “was kept” like a sheep by God, as the Psalmist said, “He led His people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron” Psalms 77:20. They were “kept” from all evil and want and danger, by the direct power of God; “kept” from all the might of Pharaoh in Egypt and the Red Sea , “not through any power of their own, but by the ministry of a single prophet; “kept, in that great and terrible wilderness” Deuteronomy 8:15, wherein were “fiery serpents and scorpions and drought, where” was “no water,” but what God brought out of the rock of flint; no bread,…”

“A prophet - By Moses. Israel - Your forefathers. Preserved - In the wilderness. The aim of the prophet seems to be this, to prevent their vain pride, and boasting of their ancestors. Hosea 12:14”

“12:13 by a prophet: Moses’ faithful obedience to God contrasts with Israel’s disobedience.”

“Hos 13:4, Hos 13:5; Exo 12:50, Exo 12:51, Exo 13:3; Sa1 12:8; Psa 77:20; Isa 63:11, Isa 63:12; Amo 2:11, Amo 2:12; Mic 6:4; Act 3:22, Act 3:23, Act 7:35-37 Hosea 12:14”