And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
Ver. 19. For all the men are dead.] Here the Lord lays his finger upon the sore. This was that pad in the straw, the thing that made Moses hang off as he did; however he pretended the people's incredulity, his own inability, and this and that, neither did he altogether dissemble: but self-love needs not be taught to tell her tale.
Verse Exodus 4:19. _IN MIDIAN_] This was a new revelation, and appears to have taken place _after_ Moses returned to his father-in-law previous to his departure for Egypt....
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 4:19 A J. MOSES IS RECALLED BY YAHWEH TO EGYPT. This piece probably originally followed Exodus 2:23_ a_, the narrative of the revelation at the bush having been antedated by the compiler, to do...
THE LORD SAID. See note on Exodus 3:7, and compare note on Exodus 6:10. ALL. Not merely Pharaoh, but all the court faction. are dead. The counterpart to Matthew 2:15;...
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 THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES IN MIDIAN, GO, RETURN INTO EGYPT: FOR ALL THE MEN ARE DEAD WHICH SOUGHT THY LIFE._ All the men are dead. The death of the Egyptian monarch took place in the 429th year o...
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...
Cp. Matthew 2:19....
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...
IN MIDIAN. — Moses appears to have delayed his departure after he obtained permission to go from Jethro. Hence the address “Go, return,” which is peremptory. ALL THE MEN WHICH SOUGHT THY LIFE. — Not o...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל ־מֹשֶׁה֙ בְּ מִדְיָ֔ן
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...
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...
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...
_Life. "After those many days were elapsed, the king of Egypt died," who had obliged Moses to flee, as the Septuagint, Josephus, and Philo add at the end of ver. 18. Upon which God, who had already co...
Will not the Reader recollect in this place concerning a greater than Moses? Matthew 2:20....
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...
19._And the Lord said _(56) _unto Moses _Some connect this sentence with what follows, as if God had spoken to his servant after permission to return had been given him by his father-in-law; but my op...
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 THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES IN MIDIAN,.... After he had obtained leave of his father-in-law to quit Midian, but before he left it; GO, RETURN INTO EGYPT: that is, directly, immediately; before he ha...
_The Lord said unto Moses_ This seems to have been a second vision, whereby God calls him to the present execution of the command given before. _The rod of God_ His shepherd's crook, so called, as it...
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 the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, for Moses apparently delayed his journey even now, GO, RETURN INTO EGYPT; FOR ALL THE MEN ARE DEAD WHICH SOUGHT THY LIFE. This disclosure was intended to reassu...
MOSES DISMISSED BY JETHRO...
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...
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...
This seems to have been a second vision, whereby God calls him forth to the present and speedy execution of that command which before was more generally delivered. WHICH SOUGHT THY LIFE, to wit, to ta...
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 4:19 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 Midian H4080 Go H3212 (H8798) return H7725 ...
MOSES LEAVES MIDIAN FOR EGYPT (EXODUS 4:18). This is a section of powerful contrasts. On the one hand Jethro is Moses' tribal leader with acknowledged rights (Exodus 4:18 a), on the other Yahweh deman...
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...
_All the men are dead which sought thy life._ THE DEATH OF ENEMIES 1. In a world like this, the greater the man the more enemies he will have. 2. Death in this world is constantly sweeping away our...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 4:18 These verses are a transition from Moses’ exile in Midian to his return to Egypt. ⇐ ⇔
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:19_ THE DIVINE PRECAUTION FOR THE SAFETY OF CHRISTIAN WORKERS I. IT IS SOMETIMES MANIFESTED BY REMOVING GOOD MEN AND GREAT WORKERS FROM DANGEROUS ASSOCIAT...
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...
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...
Midian. for all. Exodus 2:15 Exodus 2:23 Matthew 2:20...
The Lord said unto Moses — This seems to have been a second vision, whereby God calls him to the present execution of the command given before....