Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of
Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came
to the (a) mountain of God, [even] to (b) Horeb.
(a) It was so called after the law was given.
(b) Called also Sinai.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of
the midst of a (c) bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned
with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.
(c) This shows that the Church is not consumed by the fires of
affliction, because God is in the midst of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the (d) LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto
him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said,
Here [am] I.
(d) Whom he calls the angel in (Exodus 3:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: (e) put off thy shoes from off thy
feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] (f) holy ground.
(e) Resign yourself to me; (Ruth 4:7; Joshua 5:15).
(f) Because of my presence.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he
was (g) afraid to look upon God.
(g) For sin causes man to fear God's justice.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people
which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their (h)
taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
(h) Whose cruelty was intolerable.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large,
unto a land (i) flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites, and the Jeb... [ Continue Reading ]
(k) Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come
unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians
oppress them.
(k) He heard before, but now he would avenge it.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto God, Who [am] (l) I, that I should go unto
Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of
Egypt?
(l) He does not fully disobey God, but acknowledges his own weakness.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, (m) Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a
token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth
the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
(m) Neither fear your own weakness, or Pharaoh's tyranny.... [ Continue Reading ]
And God said unto Moses, I (n) AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
(n) The God who has always been, am, and shall be: the God almighty,
by whom all things have their being, and the God of mercy, mindful of
my promise.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the
elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him,
The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we
beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may (o)
sacrifice to the LORD... [ Continue Reading ]
(p) But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that
sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment: and ye shall put [them] upon your sons, and upon your
daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
(p) This example may not be followed generally: though at... [ Continue Reading ]