EXODUS CHAPTER 2 Moses's parentage and birth, EXODUS 2:1,2. His mother makes an ark, puts him therein, EXODUS 2:3. Pharaoh's daughter going to wash herself, seeth him, takes him for her own child, and gives him to his mother to nurse, EXODUS 2:4. Moses seeing an Israelite wronged by an Egyptian, kil... [ Continue Reading ]
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SHE COULD NOT LONGER HIDE HIM, with safety to herself, because they now grew more violent in executing that bloody decree, and the child growing up was more likely to be discovered, especially seeing the Egyptians dwelt among them, EXODUS 3:22. That boats were made of such materials as BULRUSHES in... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS SISTER STOOD AFAR OFF, that she might not be thought to have laid the child there, or to be related to it. This she might very probably guess, both from the circumstances in which she found him, and from the singular fairness and beauty of the child, far differing from the Egyptian hue; and she... [ Continue Reading ]
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This she might very probably guess, both from the circumstances in which she found him, and from the singular fairness and beauty of the child, far differing from the Egyptian hue; and she might certainly know it by its circumcision.... [ Continue Reading ]
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HE BECAME HER SON, by adoption, HEBREWS 11:24. For, as Philo reports, she, though long married, had no child of her own; and therefore treated him as her own, and gave him royal education and instruction. See ACTS 7:21. MOSES; it matters not whether this be an Egyptian name, or a Hebrew name answeri... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THOSE DAYS, whilst Moses lived at court, and was owned as the son of Pharaoh's daughter, and, as some write, designed to succeed Pharaoh in the throne. _Moses was grown to maturity_, being forty years old, ACTS 7:23. HE WENT OUT UNTO HIS BRETHREN; partly by natural affection and inclination, that... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOKED THIS WAY AND THAT WAY; not from conscience of guilt in what he intended, but from human and warrantable prudence. This action of Moses was extraordinary, and is not to be justified by the common right of defending the oppressed, which belongs not to private persons, ROMANS 12:19; but only by... [ Continue Reading ]
The next day after that achievement, he returns to execute the office in which God had set him as a judge, whose work it is both to destroy enemies, and to reconcile brethren.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES FEARED, through the weakness of his faith, which afterwards growing stronger, _he feared not_ that which now he did fear, the _wrath of the king_, HEBREWS 11:27. Distinguish the times, and scriptures agree which seemed to clash together.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SOUGHT TO SLAY MOSES; not out of zeal to punish a murderer, but to secure himself from so dangerous a person, probably supposing that this was the man foretold to be the scourge of Egypt, and the deliverer of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN; not of idols, for then Moses would not have married into his family; but of the true God; for some such were in those ancient times here and there, as appears by Melchisedek, though his manner of worshipping God might be superstitious and corrupt: or the Hebrew _cohen_ may here... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SHEPHERDS DROVE THEM AWAY, that they might enjoy the fruit of their labours, and make use of the water which they had drawn for their own cattle. MOSES HELPED THEM; either by persuading them with fair words, or by force; for Moses was strong, and full of courage and resolution, wherewith the she... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR FATHER; either, 1. Strictly, and then he is the same who elsewhere is called _Jethro_, EXODUS 3:1 EXO 18 $ oft times; and, as some think, _Hobab_, JUDGES 4:11. Or, 2. Largely, i.e. their grandfather, for such are oft called _fathers_, as GENESIS 31:43 2 KINGS 14:3, 2 KINGS 16:2 18:3; so he w... [ Continue Reading ]
They guessed him to be AN EGYPTIAN by his habit and speech, or he told them that he came from thence. DREW WATER; Heb. _in drawing drew_, which notes that he drew it very diligently and readily, which caused their quick return.... [ Continue Reading ]
Heb. _Have left the man thus_, or now, at this time of the day, when it is so late, and he a stranger and traveller.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moses was content; or, consented to this desire or offer. And so his present and temporary repose there is turned into a settled habitation. Moses married Zipporah not instantly, but after some years of acquaintance with the family, as may probably be gathered from the youngness and uncircumcisednes... [ Continue Reading ]
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IN PROCESS OF TIME; Heb. _in those many days_, viz. in which he lived or abode there, i.e. after them. _In_ is put for _after_ here, as it is NUMBERS 28:26 ISAIAH 20:1 MARK 13:24, compared with MATTHEW 24:29 LUKE 9:36. After forty years, as appears by comparing EXODUS 7:7, with ACTS 7:30. THE KING O... [ Continue Reading ]
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Heb. _Knew_ them, so as to pity and help them; as words of knowledge are oft used, as PSALMS 1:6, PSALMS 31:7. He who seemed to have rejected them, now owned them for his people, and came for their rescue.... [ Continue Reading ]