George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Exodus 4:17
Rod. So the devil taught Mercury and Bacchus to mimic Moses, and to carry a wand. Tum virgam capit, hac animas ille evocat orco. (Virgil, iv.) (Calmet)
Rod. So the devil taught Mercury and Bacchus to mimic Moses, and to carry a wand. Tum virgam capit, hac animas ille evocat orco. (Virgil, iv.) (Calmet)
Verse Exodus 4:17. _THOU SHALT TAKE THIS ROD_] From the story of Moses's rod the heathens have invented the fables of the _thyrsus_ of Bacchus, and the _caduceus_ of Mercury. Cicero reckons five _Bac...
CHAPTER 4:1-28 MOSES' OBJECTIONS, JEHOVAH'S ANSWER AND THE RETURN TO EGYPT _ 1. The first objection (Exodus 4:1)_ 2. The two signs and Jehovah's assurance (Exodus 4:2) 3. The second objection (Exod...
EXODUS 4:17 F. Moses obtains from Jethro leave of absence. For tide rod in Exodus 4:17, _ cf._ * Exodus 4:2; Exodus 4:20 B; also...
Exodus 3:1 TO EXODUS 4:17. Moses commissioned by Jehovah at Horeb to deliver His people. The dialogue between Jehovah and Moses, as in other cases (cf. Delitzsch on Genesis 12:1), must be pictured, no...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 4 And Mo-ses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Je-ho-vah hath not appeared unto thee. (2) And Je-ho...
_AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE LORD, O MY LORD, I AM NOT ELOQUENT, NEITHER HERETOFORE, NOR SINCE THOU HAST SPOKEN UNTO THY SERVANT: BUT I AM SLOW OF SPEECH, AND OF A SLOW TONGUE._ I am not eloquent. It is...
SIGNS ATTESTING THE COMMISSION OF MOSES. HIS RETURN TO EGYPT Moses still hesitates, and now objects that the péople will not believe him when he tells them that Jehovah has sent him. He is granted th...
SIGNS] RV 'the signs,' i.e. the appointed signs. 18-26. Moses takes leave of Jethro and returns with his wife and children to Egypt....
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 4 THE *LORD GIVES GREAT POWER TO MOSES – VERSES 1-9 God shows his po...
THIS ROD, _i.e.,_ “the rod that had been changed into a serpent,” as the LXX. paraphrase. (18) SIGNS. — Rather, _“the_ signs” (τὰ σημεῖα_,_ LXX.); i.e., the signs which thou wilt have to perform, as...
וְ אֶת ־הַ מַּטֶּ֥ה הַ זֶּ֖ה תִּקַּ֣ח
CHAPTER IV. _ MOSES HESITATES._ Exodus 4:1. Holy Scripture is impartial, even towards its heroes. The sin of David is recorded, and the failure of Peter. And so is the reluctance of Moses to accept...
GOD'S PROMISES OVERCOME MOSES' RELUCTANCE Exodus 4:10 To Moses' _second misgiving_ God made a promise of exceeding beauty, which all who speak for God should consider. Compare Exodus 4:12 with Jeremi...
A further difficulty was now declared. The man who first doubted himself and then doubted because of his ignorance of God now doubted because of the people to whom he was to be sent. God had told him...
1 Corinthians 1:27....
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
17._And thou shalt take this rod. _There is no doubt that God chose this shepherd’s rod to be the instrument of his power, in order the more to confound the pride of Pharaoh. For what but shame and re...
Moses still raises difficulties, and God gives him again signs, remarkable signs. The two first seem to me in their character-types, the first, of sin and of its healing; the second, of power, which,...
AND THOU SHALL TAKE THIS ROD IN THINE HAND,.... Which he then had in his hand, and was no other than his shepherd's staff: WHEREWITH THOU SHALL DO SIGNS: wondrous things, meaning the ten plagues infl...
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. Ver. 17. _Wherewith thou shalt do signs._] God, of his freewill, joining his operation thereunto; as likewise he doth to the...
_Take this rod_ The staff or crook he carried as a shepherd, that he might not be ashamed of the mean condition out of which God called him. “This rod must be his staff of authority, and must be to hi...
1 Moses rod is turned into a Serpent. 6 His hand is leprous. 10 He is loath to bee sent. 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from Iethro. 21 Gods message to Pharaoh. 24 Zippo...
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. The shepherd's staff was to be a symbol of the divine signs which were to be performed by the hand of Moses. The Lord has pat...
THE FEARS OF MOSES REPROVED...
Exodus 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto 2thee. And Jehovah said unto him, What _is_...
God's message to Moses has been so clear that it cannot be mistaken. He has made no secret of the opposition of Pharaoh, but has declared positively that He would enable Israel to triumph over this an...
10-17 Moses continued backward to the work God designed him for; there was much of cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief in him. We must not judge of men by the readiness of their discourse. A great...
Both those which I have already made thee to do, and others as I shall direct and enable thee....
We are still called to linger at the foot of Mount Horeb, at "the backside of the desert;" and, truly, the air of this place is most healthful for the spiritual constitution. Man's unbelief and God's...
Exodus 4:17 take H3947 (H8799) rod H4294 hand H3027 do H6213 (H8799) signs H226...
MOSES CONTINUES HIS RESISTANCE AND YAHWEH BECOMES ANGRY (EXODUS 4:10). Moses is naturally appalled at the hugeness of the responsibility that Yahweh is seeking to place on him and desperately tries t...
CONTENTS: Moses' objections. Unbelief of the people and Moses' lack of eloquence. Return to Egypt. Message delivered to elders. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Jethro, Zipporah, elders. CONCLUSION: U...
Exodus 4:1. _They will not believe me._ Then the Lord directed him to work a miracle, the most convincing evidence of divine authority, for the removal of unbelief. Exodus 4:2. _A rod._ Milton has dis...
_He shall be thy spokesman._ MUTUAL AID IN RELIGIOUS WORK I. That sometimes great men are called to undertake a work against the performance of which they imagine themselves to have a natural impedi...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:14_ MUTUAL AID IN RELIGIOUS WORK I. THAT SOMETIMES GOOD MEN ARE CALLED TO UNDERTAKE A WORK, AGAINST THE PERFORMANCE OF WHICH THEY IMAGINE THEMSELVES TO HA...
EXPOSITION EXODUS 4:1 The reluctance of Moses to undertake the part of leader, indicated by his first reply at his first calling, "Who am I that I should go?" etc. (Exodus 3:11), was not yet overcome...
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me (Exodus 4:1), Now he's not convinced. They're gonna say, "Who sent you?" "All right", God said, "Tell them Jehovah God, the God of y...
Exodus 4:2 Exodus 7:9 Exodus 7:19 1 Corinthians 1:27...
SLOW TO OBEY Exodus 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Not for one moment would we take from Moses the honor which is his. He was a great man and a man faithful unto God. However, the Word of God in painting a...
Take this rod — The staff or crook he carried as a shepherd, that he might not be ashamed of that mean condition out of which God called him. This rod must be his staff of authority, and must be to hi...