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.
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