The Poetry of the Hebrew Pentateuch

Page 103

ESSAY inspired successor of

Micah

87

Moses who supplied occurrences

which are not recorded next Essay

in.

That by Asaph, were

my

the supplemental

as another instance.

details, furnished

In

in the Pentateucli.

have occasion to quote the Prophet

I shall

universally

known

and believed by the Jews, is attested by the record which Josephus has given of the concomitants of Israel's deliverance is

at the

Red

Egyptians at the same time

:

"

own

place,

following

which overtook the

As

whole Egyptian army was within its

The

Sea.

his account of the catastrophe

it,

soon as ever the the sea flowed to

and came down with a torrent raised by

the storms of wind, and encompassed the Egyptians.

Showers of rain also came down from the sky, and dreadful thunders and lightning

with flashes of

;

Thunder-bolts also were darted upon them there anything which used to be sent

men, as indications of at this time

them."

;

for a

his wrath,

fire.

nor was by God upon ;

which did not happen

dark and dismal night oppressed

I

Never did Hebrew song make a bolder flight than when it contemplated the Almighty as going forth

"

And it is remarkable representation of Adonai in this

conquering and to conquer."

that although the

His warlike character

is

so perfectly adapted to the

comprehension of man, there ality

about

it,

is

always a

felt spiritu-

which places before us the difference

" Antiquities of the Jews,"

Book

ii.

chap.

xvi. sec. 3.

jJablk^uk

^^^^ °[ Red Sea.

^^l


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