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Exodus 15:17

Exodus 15:17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Thou shalt bring them in—i.e; give them possession of the laud. And plant them—i.e; fix them firmly in it—enable them to take root there. The mountain of thine inheritance. The land of Canaan, which is almost wholly mountainous, and which God had given as an inheritance to his people (; ).

The sanctuary. See the comment on . Which thy hands have established. Moses sees in idea the sanctuary already set up, and God dwelling in it; and emphasises his conviction by using the past tense.

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