Joshua 24:7

“And when they cried unto the Lord, etc.] That is, the Israelites, being in the utmost distress, the sea before them, Pharaoh’s large host behind them, and the rocks on each side of them; (see <021410>Exodus 14:10); he put darkness between you and the Egyptians; the pillar of cloud, the dark side of which was turned to the Egyptians, and which was the reason of their following the Israelites into the sea; for not being able to see their way, knew not where they were; (see <021420>Exodus 14:20); and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; or “upon him, and covered him” f528; on Pharaoh, as Kimchi; or on Egypt; that is, the Egyptians or on everyone of them, as Jarchi, none escaped; (see…”

“Your eyes - He speaketh this to the elders, Jos 24:1, who were so, not only by power and dignity, but many of them by age; and there being now not sixty years past since those Egyptian plagues, it is very probable that a considerable number of those present, had seen those things in Egypt, and being not twenty years old, were exempted from that dreadful sentence passed upon all who were older, Num 14:29. Joshua 24:9”

“24:7 Even though the older Israelites present here had been children at the time of the Exodus, they had seen the events with their very own eyes.”

“And when: Exo 14:10 he put: Exo 14:20 brought: Exo 14:27, Exo 14:28 your eyes: Exo 14:31; Deu 4:34, Deu 29:2 ye dwelt: Jos 5:6; Num 14:33, Num 14:34; Neh 9:12-21; Psa 95:9, Psa 95:10; Act 13:17, Act 13:18; Heb 3:17 Joshua 24:8”