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Verse Exodus 4:23. _LET MY SON GO, THAT HE MAY SERVE ME_] Which they
could not do in Goshen, consistently with the policy and religious
worship of the Egyptians; because the most essential part of an...
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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 4:21 J. THE DEATH OF PHARAOH'S FIRSTBORN IS THREATENED.
Exodus 4:22 f. seems to have been moved back hither from before Exodus
10:28 to serve as a general introduction to the Plagues, receiving...
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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 I SAY UNTO THEE, LET MY SON GO, THAT HE MAY SERVE ME: AND IF THOU
REFUSE TO LET HIM GO, BEHOLD, I WILL SLAY THY SON, EVEN THY
FIRSTBORN._
If thou refuse ... I will slay thy son, even thy first-b...
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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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For the fulfilment of this warning see Exodus 12:29; Exodus 12:30....
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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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I WILL SLAY THY SON, EVEN THY FIRST-BORN. — The threat was not made
until immediately before the tenth plague (Exodus 11:5). It is not
recorded in the words which Moses is here directed to use; but th...
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וָ אֹמַ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ שַׁלַּ֤ח אֶת
־בְּנִי֙ וְ
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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...
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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...
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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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_Thy son. This was the tenth and last scourge, which forced the king
to relent. (Menochius)_...
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This is the first time we meet with that solemn prefatory expression
which, in the succeeding parts of scripture, holy men, acting under
the divine authority, adopted: Thus saith the Lord. And when Go...
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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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23._And I say unto thee, Let my son go. _This was not the beginning of
the legation, but its final clause; for Moses warned the desperate man
of his son’s death, when everything else had been tried in...
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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 I SAY UNTO THEE, LET MY SON GO, THAT HE MAY SERVE ME,.... Worship
God according to his will in the place he had designed for him, and
where he might be safe and free; and which service was due fro...
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And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou
refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy
firstborn.
Ver. 23. _Let my son go._] God commanding Pharaoh to let...
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_Which I have put in thy hand_ In thy power: _I will harden his heart_
After he has frequently hardened it himself, wilfully shutting his
eyes against the light, I will at last permit Satan to harden...
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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 I say unto thee, Let My son go that he may serve me; and if thou
refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
first-born. This threat looks forward to the last of the Egyptian
plagu...
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MOSES DISMISSED BY JETHRO...
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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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18-23 After God had appeared in the bush, he often spake to Moses.
Pharaoh had hardened his own heart against the groans and cries of the
oppressed Israelites; and now God, in the way of righteous ju...
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I SAY UNTO THEE; I command thee; for _saying_ is put for commanding,
LUKE 4:3, LUKE 9:54; and in 1 CHRONICLES 21:19, compared with...
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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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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...
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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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_Israel is My son, even My firstborn._
THE PRIMOGENITURE OF THE GOOD
I. That the good have a Divine father.
1. He is merciful to the children.
2. He vindicates the children from their foes.
II. T...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 4:18 These verses are a transition from
Moses’ exile in Midian to his return to Egypt.
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 4:22 ISRAEL IS MY FIRSTBORN SON. God has
remembered his covenant with Abraham (see Genesis 15:13). He will
bring his people to the land promised
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:21_
THE ANTICIPATION OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE
I. THAT VERY FREQUENTLY GOD CAUSES GOOD MEN TO ANTICIPATE CHRISTIAN
SERVICE.
1. _It is often anticipated as the...
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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...
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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 11:5 Exodus 12:29 Psalms 78:51 Psalms 105:36 Psalms 135:8...
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Let my son go — Not only my servant whom thou hast no right to
detain, but my son whose liberty and honour I am jealous for. If thou
refuse, I will slay thy son, even thy first — born — As men deal
wi...