The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land.
Hastened out of Egypt
1. Note the reason of this urgency. Fear lest death overtake them all.
2. Note the utter selfishness of the motive. No true repentance in it.
3. Urgency is fitting when there is imminent danger.
4. There is the greatest need of urgency in every sinner’s case. Doom and death areat hand. (Homiletic Review.)
The Israelites going out of Egyptian bondage; or, the freedom of the Church
I. That the Israelites were given their freedom by those who had long oppressed them; and so the Church shall be freed by those who have long enslaved it.
II. That the Israelites, in availing themselves of their freedom, had to make many temporary shifts; and so the Church, in stepping into liberty, will have to encounter many perplexities.
III. That the Israelites, going into freedom, took with them all the wealth they could get from the Egyptians; and so the Church, in entering upon its liberty, should avail itself of all the valuables it can obtain from the world. (J. S. Exell,M. A.)
Borrowed from the Egyptians.
Borrowing from the enemy
I remember, when visiting Denmark some twenty years ago, I learned a little incident in the history of a great Danish admiral. On one occasion, when commanding a little sloop--it was before he was admiral--he had the audacity to engage an English frigate in battle. They both fired away, but after a little time the captain of the frigate noticed that the firing from the sloop ceased. A flag of truce was hoisted; a boat was lowered, and the Danish captain came alongside. Addressing his opponent, he said, “Sir, our powder is all done, and we have come to borrow some from you!” The devil has been using money against the cause of God for many years; let us take it from him, and turn his guns against himself. (Dr. SinclairPatterson.)
