The Lord's Promise Doesn't Depend on the Lawfulness of These Figures

Samuel Johnson: The Lord's promise doesn't depend on the righteousness of these figures. Over and over again in this passage, we see the language of I will be with you. He says that sometimes God saves through miraculous circumstances. Sometimes he just uses ordinary means of providence to save his people. "I'm going to make one final comment and maybe we'll cut this out because maybe Jim will think this is stupid"