Exodus 14:15 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 14:15

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

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ASV

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.

KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

EXEGETIC HOMILIES 22 (379)

Or do you not hear how Moses, although he said nothing but met the Lord with his inexpressible groanings, was heard by the Lord, who said, "Why do you cry to me?" God knows how to hear even the blood of a just man, to which no tongue is attached and of which no voice pierces the air. The presence of good works is a loud voice before God.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Wherefore criest thou unto me? - Moses does not speak of his intercession, and we only know of it from this answer to his prayer.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2851: “Unseasonable Prayer” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1903)

AT first sight we might suppose that crying unto God was so good a thing that it would never be necessary for the Lord to ask the question, "Why do you cry unto Me?" But the question we are now to consider shows that there may be a time when, even to a man like Moses, it is necessary for God to ask, "Why do you cry unto Me?"

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
מַה־	mah-	why?	H4100 →
תִּצְעַ֖ק	titz.'Ak	are you crying out	H6817 →
אֵלָ֑י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
דַּבֵּ֥ר	da.Ber	speak	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְיִסָּֽעוּ׃	ve.yi.Sa.'u	so they may set out	H5265 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 17:4
Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:6
  And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
- Numbers 14:10
  But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
- John 8:59
  At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
Through
Joshua 7:10
But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:1
  Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
- 1 Samuel 15:22
  But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of…
- 1 Chronicles 22:16
  in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
Through
Nehemiah 9:9
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
leads to
- Exodus 3:7–9
  The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Exodus 14:10–14
  As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

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06About Exodus

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Where the connections lead

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About Exodus