Exodus 14:20 (WEB)
It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by night. One didn’t come near the other all night.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“…after so many warning plagues, perish in the parted sea, (which was permitted to be passable to “the People” alone,) by the backward roll of the waves: for repentance and her handmaid exomologesis he had cast away.” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 15–31.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Therefore this darkness of the body has been placed between us and God, like the cloud of old between the Egyptians and the Hebrews; and this is perhaps what is meant by “He made darkness His secret place,” namely our dulness, through which few can see even a little.” — editor's note: Exod. xiv. 20.
Read the whole comment“II. Again the darkness is past; again Light is made; again Egypt is punished with darkness; again Israel is enlightened by a pillar.” — editor's note: Exod. xiv. 20.
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