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Exodus 3:13

EXODUS—NOTE ON Exodus 3:13 What is his name? Since Egyptians believed in many gods, it was essential to know the identity of the one true God (the God of your fathers). In ancient times, to know a person’s name was to know something very essential about that person. Though Moses is apparently not familiar with God’s name, this does not mean that the personal name of God was unknown to the Hebrews (see e.g., Genesis 4:26; Genesis 12:8; Genesis 26:25; Genesis 30:27). See note on Ex. 6:3–8.

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    Verse Exodus 3:13. _THEY SHALL SAY - WHAT_ IS _HIS NAME?_] Does not this suppose that the Israelites had an idolatrous notion even of the Supreme Being? They had probably drank deep into the Egyptian...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל ־הָֽ אֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּ֨

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  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    When they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? — What name shall I use, whereby thou mayest be distinguished from false gods, and thy people may be encouraged to expect deliv...

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