Exodus 14:20

It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and one didn’t come near the other all night.

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WEBBE

It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by night. One didn’t come near the other all night.

BSB

so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

KJV

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

ASV

and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.

BBE

And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.

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וַיָּבֹא vai·ya·vo' and it went H935 בֵּין bein between H996 מַחֲנֵה ma·cha·neh [the] camp of H4264 מִצְרַיִם mitz·ra·yim Egypt H4714 וּבֵין u·vein and between H996 מַחֲנֵה ma·cha·neh [the] camp of H4264 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 הֶעָנָן he·'a·nan the cloud H6051 וְהַחֹשֶׁךְ ve·ha·cho·shekh and the darkness H2822 וַיָּאֶר vai·ya·'er and it lit up H215 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַלָּיְלָה ha·la·ye·lah the night H3915 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 קָרַב ka·rav it drew near H7126 זֶה zeh this H2088 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 זֶה zeh this H2088 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 הַלָּיְלָה ha·la·ye·lah the night H3915

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–20

Moses' silent prayers of faith prevailed more with God than Israel's loud outcries of fear. The pillar of cloud and fire came behind them, where they needed a guard, and it was a wall between them and their enemies. The word and providence of God have a black and dark side toward sin and sinners, but a bright and pleasant side toward the people of the Lord. He, who divided between light and darkness, Ge 1:4, allotted darkness to the Egyptians, and light to the Israelites. Such a difference there will be between the inheritance of the saints in light, and that utter darkness which will be the portion of hypocrites for ever.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.