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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Exodus 2:11,12

When Moses was grown, he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens As one that not only pitied them, but was resolved to venture with them and for them. He slew the Egyptian Probably it was one of the Egyptian task-masters, whom he found abusing his Hebrew slave. By special warrant from Heaven (which makes not a precedent in ordinary cases) Moses slew the Egyptian, and rescued his oppressed brother. The Jews' tradition is, that he did not slay him with any weapon, but, as Peter slew Ananias and Sapphira, with the word of his mouth.

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See also Exodus 2:11,12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 2:11. _WHEN MOSES WAS GROWN_] Being full _forty_ years of age, as St. Stephen says, Acts 7:23, _it came into his heart to visit his brethren_, i.e., he was excited to it by a Divine insp...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WENT OUT UNTO HIS BRETHREN - At the end of 40 years. The Egyptian princess had not concealed from him the fact of his belonging to the oppressed race, nor is it likely that she had debarred him from c...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GROWN. and learned in all the wisdom of Egypt, but not yet of God. unto his brethren. Acts 7:23, "it came into his heart". looked on: more than merely saw. regarded with lively sympathy. AN EGYPTIAN....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEN MOSES WAS GROWN— The event mentioned in this verse, must have happened many years after Moses was grown to man's estate. St. Stephen says, _he was full forty years old,_ Acts 7:23. It seems to fo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN MOSES WAS GROWN, THAT HE WENT OUT UNTO HIS BRETHREN, AND LOOKED ON THEIR BURDENS: AND HE SPIED AN EGYPTIAN SMITING AN HEBREW, ONE OF HIS BRETHREN._ In those d...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IN THOSE DAYS] According to Acts 7:23; Moses was at this time 'full forty years old.' This incident shows that the patriotism of Moses had not been destroyed by his Egyptian upbringing, also that he w...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ בַּ † יָּמִ֣ים הָ הֵ֗ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • 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

    11._And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown. _Now did that faith which the Apostle celebrates begin to shew itself, when Moses, despising the pleasures and riches of the Court, chose r...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN MOSES WAS GROWN,.... To man's estate; some of the Jewish writers say he was eighteen, others twenty years of age e, but Stephen, who is most to be credited, say...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. Ver. 11. _Wh...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    MOSES ATTEMPTS TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. Moses grew to...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN THOSE DAYS, whilst Moses lived at court, and was owned as the son of Pharaoh's daughter, and, as some write, designed to succeed Pharaoh in the throne. _Moses was grown to maturity_, being forty ye...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 2:11 days H3117 Moses H4872 grown H1431 (H8799) out H3318 (H8799) brethren H251 looked H7200 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST FIVE WORDS - ATTITUDE TOWARDS GOD (EXODUS 20:2). The basic principle behind these first commandments is a simple one. It is that Yahweh is supreme, and that to try to depict Him in any heave...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He slew the _Egyptian_._ THE OPPRESSOR SLAIN; OR A WRONG WAY OF REPROVING INJURY I. There are many instances of cruel oppression in the world. 1. There is oppression in the commercial life of men....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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” ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 2:11 WHEN MOSES HAD GROWN UP. Stephen says that Moses was 40 at this time (Acts 7:23). Even after being raised in Pharaoh’s house, Moses considers the Hebrew sla

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 2:11_ THE OPPRESSOR SLAIN; OR, A WRONG WAY OF REPROVING INJURY I. THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES OF CRUEL OPPRESSION IN THE WORLD. Slavery is almost obsolete. We...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    A.M. 2473. B.C. 1531. Moses. Acts 7:22 Hebrews 11:24 burdens. Exodus 1:11 Exodus 3:7 Exo

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    When Moses was grown he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens — He looked on their burdens as one that not only pitied them, but was resolved to venture with them, and for them....

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