Exodus 14:3

For Pharaoh will think of the Bnei Yisroel, They are entangled in the land, + 14:3 wandering in confusion the midbar hath shut them in. + 14:3 from making their exodus

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

In Context

2Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-Hachirot, between Migdol and the yam, in front of Ba'al-Tzephon; opposite it shall ye encamp by the yam.

4And I will harden lev Pharaoh, that he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified over Pharaoh, and upon all his army; so that the Egyptians may have da'as that I am Hashem. And they did accordingly.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:21And it shall come to pass, when ra'ot rabbot and tzarot are befallen them, that this shirah shall testify against them as an ed (witness); for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their zera; for I know their yetzer (inclination) in which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into ha'aretz which I swore.

1 Samuel 23:7And it was told Sha'ul that Dovid was come to Ke'ilah. And Sha'ul said, Elohim hath delivered him into mine yad; for he is shut in, by entering into an ir (town) that hath gates and bar.

Psalms 3:2Hashem, how are they increased that are my foes! 1 Many are they that rise up against me. 1

Psalms 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, 1 Thou hast binah of my thought from afar off. 1

Jeremiah 20:10For I heard the slander of many, 1 Magor (terror) on every side. 1 Report, say they, letʼs report him. 1 Kol enosh shelomi watched for my stumbling, saying: 1 Perhaps he will be enticed, 1 and we shall prevail against him, 1 and we shall take our revenge on him. 1

Ezekiel 38:17Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by My avadim the nevi'im of Yisroel, which prophesied in those days that after many years I would bring thee against them?

Matthew Henry on Exodus 14:2-10

The Israelites Pursued by Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that… Read the whole commentary →

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