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Exodus 4:24-26

EXODUS—NOTE ON Exodus 4:24 The covenant requires circumcision (Genesis 17:9). Failure to be circumcised may lead to being “cut off” (some form of severe punishment from God; see note on Ex. 12:15).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 4:24. _BY THE WAY IN THE INN_] Genesis 42:27. The account in this and the following verse is very obscure. Some suppose that the Exodus 4:23 is not a part of the message to Pharaoh, but...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IN THE INN - Or “resting place.” See Genesis 42:27 note. MET HIM, AND SOUGHT TO KILL HIM - Moses was attacked by a sudden and dangerous illness, which he knew was inflicted by God. The word “sought to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 4:24 J. MOSES THREATENED WITH DEATH DECAUSE UNCIRCUMCISED. This is an old and strange boulder of tradition. The incident here follows Exodus 4:20 a. It appears to relate in strongly anthropomor...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BY THE WAY IN THE INN. A further lesson, not learnt in Egypt or at Horeb.. secret in Moses' life, known only to himself. Moses had neglected to circumcise Eliezer. To save the child's life, Zipporah n...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS, &C.— The best account which can be given of the extraordinary event here related, is, that Moses having deferred the circumcision of one of his sons, perhaps out of compliance wit...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND IT CAME TO PASS BY THE WAY IN THE INN, THAT THE LORD MET HIM, AND SOUGHT TO KILL HIM._ Inn - Hebrew, the inn; a halting-place for the night. SOUGHT TO KILL HIM - i:e., he was either overwhelmed...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:24 inn, (d-11) See Genesis 42:27 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IN THE INN] RV 'lodging-place,' not necessarily a building. SOUGHT TO KILL HIM] This probably means no more than that Moses was struck with some grievous sickness and was in danger of death. It is ano...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IN THE INN. — There would not be any “inn,” as we understand the word, in the Sinaitic peninsula. Probably there would not even be a caravanserai. Nothing more is meant by _mâlon_ than a recognised re...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֥י בַ † דֶּ֖רֶךְ בַּ †...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and (l) sought to kill him. (l) God punished him with sickness for neglecting his ordinances....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    The Lord met him, and would have killed him. This was an angel representing the Lord, who treated Moses in this manner, for having neglected the circumcision of his younger son: which his wife underst...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There seems somewhat obscure in this verse. Probably, as Zipporah was of Midian, she had prevailed upon Moses to neglect the rite of circumcision. And if so, this omission was highly sinful. See Genes...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    24._And it came to pass by the way. _The expression, “the Lord met him,” is here used in a bad sense, for an adverse meeting, or hostile encounter; as though Moses should say that the hand of the Lord...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS BY THE WAY, IN THE INN,.... As Moses and his family were travelling in their way to Egypt, at an inn where they stopped for the refreshment of themselves and cattle, or in order to...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. Ver. 24. _And sought to kill him._] To do justice upon him, according to Genesis 17:14, and as upon one that...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _By the way in the inn_ Here our translation uses the modern word _inn:_ but the original signifies only the place where they rested that night, which was probably in some cave, or under some shade of...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    MOSES DISMISSED BY JETHRO...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it came to pass by the way in the inn that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him. In the place where Moses and his family encamped for the night while on the journey, the Lord threatened to tak...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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_...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    24-31 God met Moses in anger. The Lord threatened him with death or sent sickness upon him, as the punishment of his having neglected to circumcise his son. When God discovers to us what is amiss in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MET HIM, i.e. appeared to him in some visible shape, AND SOUGHT TO KILL HIM. Whom? Moses, spoken of and to before. He offered and endeavoured to kill him, either by inflicting some sudden and dangerou...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 4:24 way H1870 encampment H4411 LORD H3068 met H6298 (H8799) sought H1245 (H8762) kill H4191 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE THREE SONS (EXODUS 4:21). This section could be described as being at the heart of the book of Exodus, for it deals with three attitudes that lie at the heart of God's dealings with the world: His...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    KILL HIM (Cf) (Genesis 17:14) The context (Genesis 4:25) interprets v. 25. Moses was forgetful of the very foundation sign of Israel's covenant relation to Jehovah. On the eve of delivering Israel he...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Zipporah took a sharp stone._ NEGLECTED DUTY A HINDRANCE TO THE PERFORMANCE OF RELIGIOUS WORK I. Moses had neglected the duty of circumcising his son. II. That this neglect of duty introduced an e...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 4:25. A bloody husband.] An unfortunate rendering, bearing an opprobrious tone foreign to the Hebrew which is more exactly (with Benisch, Keil. Young, and others), “A bridegroo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EXODUS 4:24-2 The transition is abrupt from the promise of triumph over Pharaoh to the threat of instant death. But we must bear in mind that some days may have elapsed between the two, an...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    the inn. Genesis 42:27 Genesis 17:14 the Lord. Exodus 3:18 Numbers 22:22...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    It seems the sin of Moses, was neglecting to circumcise his son, which perhaps was the effect of his being unequally yoked with a Midianite, who was too indulgent of her child, and Moses so of her. Th...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Whom did the Lord meet at the encampment, and why did He seek to kill him? PROBLEM: Exodus 4:24 states, “And it came to pass on the way, at the encampment, that the Lord met him and sought to kill him...

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