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Verse Exodus 4:8. _IF THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE - THE VOICE OF THE FIRST
SIGN,_ _c._] Probably intimating that some would be more difficult to
be persuaded than others: some would yield to the evidence o...
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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 4:1 J (following Exodus 3:18). MOSES'S THIRD DIFFICULTY
Israel's unbelief. To overcome it, he is enabled to authenticate his
mission by three signs the rod that became a serpent and again a rod...
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VOICE. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6), by which the "sign" is
personified....
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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...
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THAT THEY WILL BELIEVE THE VOICE OF THE LATTER SIGN— This perhaps
might be better rendered, _they MAY believe;_ for GOD doth not so much
foretel what _will_ happen, as what is the purpose and design 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 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._
No JFB commentary o...
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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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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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THE VOICE OF THE FIRST SIGN. — Not “the voice of Moses witnessed
to by the first sign” (Rosenmüller), but the voice, which the sign
itself might be regarded as uttering. (Comp. Psalms 105:27, where
Mo...
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וְ הָיָה֙ אִם ־לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ לָ֔ךְ
וְ
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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...
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GOD'S SIGNS TO CONFIRM MOSES' WORDS
Exodus 4:1
This wonderful chapter tells us how Moses' three misgivings were
tenderly and sufficiently dealt with by his heavenly Friend. To _his
first misgiving_ G...
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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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Micah 6:9....
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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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8._And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee. _In these
words God took away from Moses every handle for doubt; as much as to
say, that he was sufficiently provided and strengthened to o...
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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 IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE THEE,.... Will not
give credit to the commission he had from God, but question the truth
of it:
NEITHER HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF THE FIRST SIGN; whi...
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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither
hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the
voice of the latter sign.
Ver. 8. _The voice of the first sign._]...
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_The voice of the first sign_ The expression here is peculiarly proper
and forcible; for God's _works_ have a voice as well as his _word_, to
which we ought diligently to attend. And these miracles sp...
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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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GOD GIVES MOSES MIRACULOUS POWERS...
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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither
hearken to the voice of the first sign, to its unmistakable evidence,
THAT THEY WILL BELIEVE THE VOICE OF THE LATTER SIGN....
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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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1-9 Moses objects, that the people would not take his word, unless he
showed them some sign. God gives him power to work miracles. But those
who are now employed to deliver God's messages to men, nee...
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TO THE VOICE OF THE FIRST SIGN; to the voice or word of God delivered
and confirmed by the first sign. For Moses did not make dumb shows
before them, but acquainted them with the mind of God therein....
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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 4:8 believe H539 (H8686) heed H8085 (H8799) message H6963 first
H7223 sign H226 believe H539 ...
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THE SECOND SIGN - THE LEPROUS HAND (EXODUS 4:6).
It was with his hand that Moses had smitten the taskmaster whom he had
murdered. Now he was to be made to recognise that it was defiled, and
needed pu...
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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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_They will believe the voice of the latter sign._
THE PARALYSIS OF DOUBT
A man needs not to be a thorough unbeliever, overtly renouncing all
allegiance to revealed truth, in order to become useless i...
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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...
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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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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...
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The voice of the first sign — God's works have a voice to speak to
us, which we must diligently observe....