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Verse Exodus 2:15. _PHARAOH - SOUGHT TO SLAY MOSES. BUT MOSES FLED
FROM THE_ _FACE OF PHARAOH_] How can this be reconciled with Hebrews
11:27: _By faith he_ (Moses) _forsook Egypt, not fearing the wr...
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No Egyptian king would have left; such an offence unpunished. But the
position of Moses, as an adopted son of a princess, made it necessary
even for a despotic sovereign to take unusual precautions....
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2. MOSES THE CHOSEN DELIVERER
CHAPTER 2 Moses: His Birth, Education, Choice, and Exile
_ 1. His birth and concealment (Exodus 2:1)_
2. His rescue and education (Exodus 2:5)
3. His choice and failu...
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EXODUS 2:11 J. MOSES'S FLIGHT TO MIDIAN. Here is interposed an
incident from J, who uses the same word grow (contrast Exodus 2:10) of
Moses reaching man's estate, interpreted in Acts 7:23 as 40 years...
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THE FACE OF. Figure of speech _Pleonasm (App-6)._
A WELL. Hebrew. _beer._ See note on. Genesis 21:19. The well, i.e. of
Jethro....
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HE SOUGHT TO SLAY MOSES— Both as guilty of homicide, and as
presuming to be the avenger and deliverer of his people. Moses,
however, escaped from his wrath, and fled into the land of Midian,
which was...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
2 And there went a man of the house of Le-vi, and took to wife a
daughter of Le-vi. (2) And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and
when she saw him that he was a goodl...
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_NOW WHEN PHARAOH HEARD THIS THING, HE SOUGHT TO SLAY MOSES. BUT MOSES
FLED FROM THE FACE OF PHARAOH, AND DWELT IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN: AND HE
SAT DOWN BY A WELL._
Moses fled ... and dwelt in the land...
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LAND OF MIDIAN] The south-eastern part of the peninsula of Sinai.
There is reason to believe, however, that the home, or headquarters,
of the Midianites, who were probably a nomadic tribe, lay outside...
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BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES
1. The names of the father and mother of Moses were Amram and Jochebed
respectively (see Exodus 6:20). Two children were born to them before
Moses. The oldest was a daugh...
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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 2
Chapter 2 shows how God used women again. They became part of God’s...
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WHEN PHARAOH HEARD... HE SOUGHT TO SLAY MOSES. — Naturally. The
administration of justice was one of the chief duties of the royal
office; and the crime committed by Moses was one to be punished by
de...
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וַ יִּשְׁמַ֤ע פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶת ־הַ
דָּבָ֣ר הַ
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THE CHOICE OF MOSES.
Exodus 2:11.
God works even His miracles by means. As He fed the multitude with
barley-loaves, so He would emancipate Israel by human agency. It was
therefore necessary to educat...
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MOSES SLAYS AN EGYPTIAN AND FLEES TO MIDIAN
Exodus 2:11
Amid all the allurements of Pharaoh's court, the heart of Moses beat
true to his own people. Neither the treasures of Egypt, nor the
pleasures...
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Here begins the story of Moses. When Pharaoh was beginning to take
active steps to oppress the people, God brought to birth the man who
was to break Egypt's power. A mother's love is seen scheming for...
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_Madian. A city and country of Arabia, which took its name from Madian
the son of Abraham, by Cetura, and was peopled by his posterity.
(Challoner) --- There were, perhaps, some of the descendants of...
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How the Lord graciously over-rules events! Moses' flight from Egypt is
the first step in the design of Israel's deliverance from it. Midian
was in peace at that time with Israel, for Israel was not ye...
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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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15._Now when Pharaoh heard. _Moses acknowledges his fear, though it
was not sufficient to withdraw him from the work to which he was
called. We said before, that his zeal was mingled with infirmity, b...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2.
First, we have the historical circumstances which relate to the
captivity of Israel-the persecutions which this people had to endure,
and the provide...
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NOW WHEN PHARAOH HEARD THIS THING, HE SOUGHT TO SLAY MOSES,.... Both
for his killing the Egyptian, which by the laws of Egypt i was death,
whether bond or free; and for his taking part with the Hebrew...
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Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses
fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he
sat down by a well.
Ver. 15. _But Moses fled._] God, by fo...
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_Moses fled from Pharaoh_ God ordered this for wise ends. Things were
not yet ripe for Israel's deliverance. The measure of Egypt's iniquity
was not yet full; the Hebrews were not sufficiently humbled...
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1 Moses is borne,
3 and in an arke cast into the flags.
5 He is found, and brought vp by Pharaohs daughter.
11 He slayeth an Egyptian.
13 He reproueth an Hebrew.
15 He fleeth into Midian.
21 Hee...
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Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses
fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he
sat down by a well. The land of the Midianites had no defin...
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MOSES ATTEMPTS TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE...
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B. THE BIRTH AND MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION OF MOSES. HIS ELEVATION AND
FIDELITY TO THE ISRAELITES. HIS TYPICAL ACT OF DELIVERANCE AND
APPARENTLY FINAL DISAPPEARANCE. GOD’S CONTINUED PURPOSE TO RELEASE
I...
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THE BIRTH AND PROTECTION OF MOSES
(vs.1-10)
God's hand of overruling power and grace is seen beautifully in this
chapter. There is nothing spectacular, but an incident takes place
that would be norma...
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11-15 Moses boldly owned the cause of God's people. It is plain from
Exodus 2:11. that this was done in faith, with the full purpose of
leaving the honours, wealth, and pleasures of his rank among th...
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HE SOUGHT TO SLAY MOSES; not out of zeal to punish a murderer, but to
secure himself from so dangerous a person, probably supposing that
this was the man foretold to be the scourge of Egypt, and the
d...
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This section of our book abounds in the weightiest principles of
divine truth principles, which range themselves under the three
following heads, namely, the power of Satan, the power of God, and the...
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MOSES HAS TO FLEE FROM EGYPT (EXODUS 2:11 B).
Moses would have been educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians,
being groomed for high office. Loyal relatives who had no pretensions
to a claim to th...
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MOSES FALLS AMONG FRIENDS IN MIDIAN (EXODUS 2:15).
Moses' position was precarious. But God had not forsaken him. And he
would soon raise him to a position where he could prepare for his (as
yet unkno...
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CONTENTS: Deliverer prepared for Israel. Moses' birth, boyhood and
marriage.
CHARACTERS: Levi's daughter, Pharaoh's daughter, mother of Moses,
sister, Moses, Pharaoh, seven daughters of priests, shep...
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Exodus 2:1. _Took to wife._ Amram married Jochebed, his father's
sister, as in Exodus 6:20; that is, as the scriptures often afford
example, his father's relation. But doubts may be entertained of
Jos...
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_He sat down by a well _
THE MEDITATIONS OF A PERPLEXED SOUL
I. They occurred at an important crisis in the life of Moses. “But
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh.”
1. Moses had vacated a good hom...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 2:1 These facts, together with the account of
God’s call on Moses (Exodus 3:1), should lead the people of Israel
to embrace Moses as God’s authorized “prince and judge” ...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 2:15 In sitting down BY A WELL, Moses repeats
the actions through which both Isaac (Genesis 24:11) and Jacob ...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 2:15_
THE MEDITATIONS OF A PERPLEXED SOUL
“And he sat down by a well.” This calls to our mind a New
Testament scene. These meditations—
I. THEY OCCURRED A...
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EXPOSITION.
Exodus 2:11-2
FIRST ATTEMPT OF MOSES TO DELIVER HIS NATION, AND ITS FAILURE.
AFTER MOSES WAS GROWN UP — ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION ACCEPTED BY
ST. STEPHEN ...
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There went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of
Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him
that he was a goodly child, she hid him for three months (Exod...
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fled. Exodus 4:19 Genesis 28:6 Genesis 28:7 1 Kings 19:1 1 Kings 19:13...
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MOSES' PREMATURE EFFORT
Exodus 2:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Acts 7:1 tells us that Moses was forty years of age when he sought to
deliver Israel from the bondage of Pharaoh. We wish, therefore, to
base o...
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Moses fled from Pharaoh — God ordered this for wise ends. Things
were not yet ripe for Israel's deliverance. The measure of Egypt's
iniquity was not yet full; the Hebrews were not sufficiently humbled...