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Exodus 14 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This is an important event in the history of Israel, known as the "parting of the Sea of Reeds."
Special concepts in this chapter
Pharaoh's hard heart
Pharaoh's heart is often described as hard in this chapter. This means that his heart was not open or willing to understand Yahweh's instructions. When his heart was hardened, it became less and less receptive to Yahweh.
Pharaoh's chariots
These chariots were a fighting force. Pharaoh took an army to kill the Hebrew people. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Rhetorical Questions
The Israelites asked a few rhetorical questions of Moses. These questions were not really directed at Moses, but at Yahweh. This showed their lack of faith in Yahweh. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith)