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SO HE LET HIM GO - i. e. God withdrew His visitation from Moses.
Moses sent Zipporah and her children back to Jethro before he went to
Egypt, Exodus 18:2. The journey would have been delayed had he w...
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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 4:24 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...
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HE: i.e., Jehovah.
HIM. Moses' son Eliezer. Compare Exodus 4:24.Genesis 17:14....
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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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_SO HE LET HIM GO: THEN SHE SAID, A BLOODY HUSBAND THOU ART, BECAUSE
OF THE CIRCUMCISION._
So he let him go. Moses recovered; but the remembrance of this
critical period in his life would stimulate t...
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4:26 husband (f-11) Lit. 'bridegroom,' as Psalms 19:5 ; 'son-in-law,'
as 1 Samuel 18:18 ....
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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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HE LET HIM GO] i.e. God let Moses go, removed his sickness and allowed
him to recover. It was probably at this time that Moses sent his wife
and children back to the house of his father-in-law. They r...
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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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SO HE LET HIM GO. — God let Moses go, _i.e.,_ allowed him to recover
— accepted Zipporah’s act as sufficient, albeit tardy, reparation,
and spared the life of her husband.
THEN SHE SAID. — When Moses...
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וַ יִּ֖רֶף מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אָ֚ז אָֽמְרָ֔ה
חֲתַ֥ן ד
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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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Exodus 18:2; Joshua 5:2. It is difficult to determine whether Zipporah
meant this in anger, or whether it were an instance of faith. If the
latter, it carries with it a sweet testimony of the holy joy...
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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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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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SO HE LET HIM GO,.... That is, the Lord let Moses go; suffered him to
go on his journey without any further interruption; as the Targums,
"it", the angel, ceased from him, or left him; or the disease...
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So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband [thou art], because
of the circumcision.
Ver. 26. _A bloody husband thou art._] This peal she rings oft in his
ears, and so taught him patience.
“Co...
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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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MOSES DISMISSED BY JETHRO...
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So He let him go. Then she said, A bloody husband, or bridegroom, THOU
ART, BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMCISION. She vented her displeasure after the
recovery of Moses was assured. It seems that this incident...
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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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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...
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SO HE LET HIM GO; or, _he_, i.e. God, or the destroying angel sent
from God, _departed from him_, i.e. from Moses, and removed the tokens
of God's indignation, the sickness or stroke laid upon him. Zi...
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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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_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...
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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 4:24 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...
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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...
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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...
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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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So he let him go — The destroying angel withdrew. But still Zipporah
cannot forget, but will unreasonably call Moses a bloody husband,
because he obliged her to circumcise the child; and upon this
occ...