Joshua 24:7

When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days.

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WEBBE

When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days.

BSB

So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

KJV

And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

ASV

And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.

BBE

And at their cry, the Lord made it dark between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea go over them, covering them with its waters; your eyes have seen what I did in Egypt: then for a long time you were living in the waste land.

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וַיִּצְעֲקוּ vai·yitz·'a·ku and they cried out H6817 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וַיָּשֶׂם vai·ya·sem and he put H7760 מַאֲפֵל ma·'a·fel darkness H3990 בֵּינֵיכֶם bei·nei·khem between you H996 וּבֵין u·vein and between H996 הַמִּצְרִים ha·mitz·rim the Egyptians H4713 וַיָּבֵא vai·ya·ve' and he brought H935 עָלָיו 'a·lav over it H5921 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַיָּם hai·yam the sea H3220 וַיְכַסֵּהוּ vay·kha·se·hu and it covered it H3680 וַתִּרְאֶינָה va·tir·'ei·nah and they saw H7200 עֵינֵיכֶם 'ei·nei·khem eyes your H5869 אֵת 'et (marks the object) H853 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- [that] which H834 עָשִׂיתִי 'a·si·ti I did H6213 בְּמִצְרָיִם be·mitz·ra·yim in Egypt H4714 וַתֵּשְׁבוּ va·te·she·vu and you dwelt H3427 בַמִּדְבָּר va·mid·bar in the wilderness H4057 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117 רַבִּים ra·bim many H7227

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–14

We must never think our work for God done, till our life is done. If he lengthen out our days beyond what we expected, like those of Joshua, it is because he has some further service for us to do. He who aims at the same mind which was in Christ Jesus, will glory in bearing the last testimony to his Saviour's goodness, and in telling to all around, the obligations with which the unmerited goodness of God has bound him. The assembly came together in a solemn religious manner. Joshua spake to them in God's name, and as from him. His sermon consists of doctrine and application. The doctrinal part is a history of the great things God had done for his people, and for their fathers before them. The application of this history of God's mercies to them, is an exhortation to fear and serve God, in gratitude for his favour, and that it might be continued.

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Cross-references

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Egypt

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Red Sea

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