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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 4:7

And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his [other] flesh.

Ver. 7. As his other flesh.] To show him that God, by small means, could bring about great matters, and that in a moment. See Isaiah 66:7,8. Which yet was ill applied by Cardinal Pool to this revolting nation in Queen Mary's days.

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