EXODUS 14:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.”
Moses answered the people: do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. Moses' response to the complaint is one of the great pastoral declarations in Scripture: do not be afraid, stand firm, you will see. Three imperatives and a promise. The same Egyptians now visible on the horizon will be permanently removed from Israel's sight. The word deliverance — yeshuah — is the same root as the name Joshua, and ultimately as the name Jesus. The yeshuah of the Lord at the sea is the type of the yeshuah the Lord will bring at the cross. Do not be afraid appears 365 times in Scripture according to some counts — one for every day of the year. Moses' command at the sea is the paradigm: the presence of God between Israel and their enemy is the ground of the command not to fear.
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