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Verse Exodus 4:17. _THOU SHALT TAKE THIS ROD_] From the story of
Moses's rod the heathens have invented the fables of the _thyrsus_ of
Bacchus, and the _caduceus_ of Mercury. Cicero reckons five
_Bac...
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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 4:17 F. Moses obtains from Jethro leave of absence. For tide
rod in Exodus 4:17, _ cf._ * Exodus 4:2; Exodus 4:20 B; also...
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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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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 MOSES SAID UNTO THE LORD, O MY LORD, I AM NOT ELOQUENT, NEITHER
HERETOFORE, NOR SINCE THOU HAST SPOKEN UNTO THY SERVANT: BUT I AM SLOW
OF SPEECH, AND OF A SLOW TONGUE._
I am not eloquent. It is...
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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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SIGNS] RV 'the signs,' i.e. the appointed signs.
18-26. Moses takes leave of Jethro and returns with his wife and
children to Egypt....
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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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THIS ROD, _i.e.,_ “the rod that had been changed into a serpent,”
as the LXX. paraphrase.
(18) SIGNS. — Rather, _“the_ signs” (τὰ σημεῖα_,_
LXX.); i.e., the signs which thou wilt have to perform, as...
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וְ אֶת ־הַ מַּטֶּ֥ה הַ זֶּ֖ה תִּקַּ֣ח
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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 PROMISES OVERCOME MOSES' RELUCTANCE
Exodus 4:10
To Moses' _second misgiving_ God made a promise of exceeding beauty,
which all who speak for God should consider. Compare Exodus 4:12 with
Jeremi...
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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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_Rod. So the devil taught Mercury and Bacchus to mimic Moses, and to
carry a wand. Tum virgam capit, hac animas ille evocat orco. (Virgil,
iv.) (Calmet)_...
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1 Corinthians 1:27....
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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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17._And thou shalt take this rod. _There is no doubt that God chose
this shepherd’s rod to be the instrument of his power, in order the
more to confound the pride of Pharaoh. For what but shame and re...
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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 THOU SHALL TAKE THIS ROD IN THINE HAND,.... Which he then had in
his hand, and was no other than his shepherd's staff:
WHEREWITH THOU SHALL DO SIGNS: wondrous things, meaning the ten
plagues infl...
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And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
signs.
Ver. 17. _Wherewith thou shalt do signs._] God, of his freewill,
joining his operation thereunto; as likewise he doth to the...
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_Take this rod_ The staff or crook he carried as a shepherd, that he
might not be ashamed of the mean condition out of which God called
him. “This rod must be his staff of authority, and must be to hi...
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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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And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
signs. The shepherd's staff was to be a symbol of the divine signs
which were to be performed by the hand of Moses. The Lord has pat...
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THE FEARS OF MOSES REPROVED...
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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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10-17 Moses continued backward to the work God designed him for;
there was much of cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief in him. We
must not judge of men by the readiness of their discourse. A great...
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Both those which I have already made thee to do, and others as I shall
direct and enable thee....
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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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MOSES CONTINUES HIS RESISTANCE AND YAHWEH BECOMES ANGRY (EXODUS 4:10).
Moses is naturally appalled at the hugeness of the responsibility that
Yahweh is seeking to place on him and desperately tries t...
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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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_He shall be thy spokesman._
MUTUAL AID IN RELIGIOUS WORK
I. That sometimes great men are called to undertake a work against the
performance of which they imagine themselves to have a natural
impedi...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:14_
MUTUAL AID IN RELIGIOUS WORK
I. THAT SOMETIMES GOOD MEN ARE CALLED TO UNDERTAKE A WORK, AGAINST THE
PERFORMANCE OF WHICH THEY IMAGINE THEMSELVES TO HA...
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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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Exodus 4:2 Exodus 7:9 Exodus 7:19 1 Corinthians 1:27...
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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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Take this rod — The staff or crook he carried as a shepherd, that he
might not be ashamed of that mean condition out of which God called
him. This rod must be his staff of authority, and must be to hi...