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Verse Exodus 4:21. _BUT I WILL HARDEN HIS HEART_] The case of Pharaoh
has given rise to many fierce controversies, and to several strange
and conflicting opinions. Would men but look at the whole acc...
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I WILL HARDEN - Calamities which do not subdue the heart harden it. In
the case of Pharaoh, the hardening was at once a righteous judgment,
and a natural result of a long series of oppressions and cru...
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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...
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EXODUS 4:21 J. THE DEATH OF PHARAOH'S FIRSTBORN IS THREATENED.
Exodus 4:22 f. seems to have been moved back hither from before Exodus
10:28 to serve as a general introduction to the Plagues, receiving...
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I WILL HARDEN. I will embolden. By Hebrew idiom active verbs of doing
are used of suffering or permitting. thing to be done. Compare Genesis
31:7, e.g. Hebrew "God did not give him to do me evil". Com...
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GOEST TO RETURN— Houbigant renders this, _And the Lord said unto
him, when he was returning into Egypt._ The Vulgate renders it in the
same manner.
_I WILL HARDEN HIS HEART_— For a full explication o...
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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...
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_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, WHEN THOU GOEST TO RETURN INTO EGYPT,
SEE THAT THOU DO ALL THOSE WONDERS BEFORE PHARAOH, WHICH I HAVE PUT IN
THINE HAND: BUT I WILL HARDEN HIS HEART, THAT HE SHALL NOT L...
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4:21 harden (c-32) Or 'make stubborn.' so ch. 14.4,8,17....
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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...
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I WILL HARDEN HIS HEART] God proposes to harden Pharaoh's heart, in
order to have the opportunity of displaying His power in the
deliverance of His people, and exhibiting His character to the
Egyptian...
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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...
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ALL THOSE WONDERS. — Not the “three signs” of Exodus 3:3, but
the “portents” or “wonders “which were to be done before
Pharaoh, and which had been alluded to in Exodus 3:20. These were, in
the counsel...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶל ־מֹשֶׁה֒ בְּ
לֶכְתְּך
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MOSES OBEYS _._
Exodus 4:18.
Moses is now commissioned: he is to go to Egypt, and Aaron is coming
thence to meet him. Yet he first returns to Midian, to Jethro, who is
both his employer and the head...
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MOSES AND AARON ANNOUNCE GOD'S PURPOSE TO ISRAEL
Exodus 4:18
So often the keenest tests of a man's fitness for his life-work are
furnished by his behavior in his home. It may be that Zipporah had
res...
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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...
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And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt,
see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in
thine hand: but I will (i) harden his heart, that he shall no...
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So many objections vain and carnal men have in all ages brought
against the hardening of Pharaoh's heart; that I wish the Reader, be
who he may, to pause once for all over this account of it, and
cons...
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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...
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21._When thou goest to return. _Moses had not previously enumerated
the wonders; but from this verse we gather, that whatever we shall
presently read to be done, was already commanded by God. There is...
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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,...
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AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES,.... At the same time he appeared to him
in Midian, and ordered him to go into Egypt, even before his departure
thither:
WHEN THOU GOEST TO RETURN INTO EGYPT; and when go...
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And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt,
see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in
thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not le...
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_Which I have put in thy hand_ In thy power: _I will harden his heart_
After he has frequently hardened it himself, wilfully shutting his
eyes against the light, I will at last permit Satan to harden...
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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...
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And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt,
see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in
thine hand. The first commission was here repeated and explain...
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MOSES DISMISSED BY JETHRO...
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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_...
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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...
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18-23 After God had appeared in the bush, he often spake to Moses.
Pharaoh had hardened his own heart against the groans and cries of the
oppressed Israelites; and now God, in the way of righteous ju...
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IN THINE HAND, i.e. in thy power or commission, to be clone by thy
hand, and the rod in it. I WILL HARDEN HIS HEART, that he shall he
unmerciful to all the groans and pressures of the Israelites,
inex...
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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...
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Exodus 4:21 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 go H3212 (H8800)
back H7725 (H8800) Egypt...
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THE THREE SONS (EXODUS 4:21).
This section could be described as being at the heart of the book of
Exodus, for it deals with three attitudes that lie at the heart of
God's dealings with the world: His...
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HARDEN HIS HEART
(Cf) (Exodus 8:15); (Exodus 8:32); (Exodus 9:34). In the face of the
righteous demand of Jehovah and of the tremendous attestations by
miracle that He was indeed God, and that Moses...
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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...
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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...
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_See that thou do all these wonders before Pharaoh._
MOSES BEFORE PHARAOH
Israel was under the sovereign control of the King of Egypt. He had
property in them. Moses in the name of the Lord suddenly...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 4:18 These verses are a transition from
Moses’ exile in Midian to his return to Egypt.
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 4:21 I WILL HARDEN HIS HEART. The hardening of
Pharaoh’s heart is referred to throughout chs. Exodus 4:1,
emphasizing Pharaoh’s responsibility for his own action
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:21_
THE ANTICIPATION OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE
I. THAT VERY FREQUENTLY GOD CAUSES GOOD MEN TO ANTICIPATE CHRISTIAN
SERVICE.
1. _It is often anticipated as the...
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EXPOSITION
EXODUS 4:18-2
If Moses had, as we have supposed, been accepted into the Midianitish
nation, he would need permission to withdraw himself from the tribal
head. This head was now Jether, or...
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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...
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wonders. Exodus 3:20 I will harden. Exodus 7:3 Exodus 7:13 Exodus 9:12
Exodus 9:35...
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In thy hand — in thy power: I will harden his heart — After he has
frequently harden'd it himself, wilfully shutting his eyes against the
light, I will at last permit Satan to harden it effectually....
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If God hardened Pharaoh’s heart, how can Pharaoh be held
responsible?
PROBLEM: The Bible quotes God as saying, “I will harden his
[Pharaoh’s] heart, so that he will not let the people go.” But if
God...