Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 12:13

13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt , and by a prophet was he preserved▪ ▪

By Moses.

Your forefathers.

Where they had been bondmen 215 years or near upon it, old Slaves, or Vassals for some descents.

In the Wilderness, Exod. cap. 2, 3, &c. Now the drift of the Prophet herein to me appear's to be this, to prevent their vain Pride and boasting of their Ancestors, their vainer sheltring themselves under Ancestors Merits against Gods just displeasure on them for their sins. And the sottish plea of what▪ their fathers did at Bethel ▪ and Gilgal. There are many things which arise on consideration of what their fathers were, suffered, enjoyed and did, to aggravate their sins and ensure them of punishment, but nothing to secure them against judgment to come, or to lessen judgments when they come.

Marginal references: Exod. 1[illegible: 1 letter].[illegible: 1 letter]0, 51. and 13.3.