CONTENTS
The relation of an event in the family affairs of Moses, is introduced
in this Chapter. The Reader will recollect, that when Moses with his
wife Zipporah and his two sons were at the inn in their way to Egypt,
as related in Exodus 4:1, it is said that the Lord met him. It is
probable at th... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 4:24. See the gospel sense of this: Matthew 19:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
I think it an observation worth remark, how fond the Old Testament
saints were of giving names to their children which became expressive
of mercies received. It were to be wished that New Testament believers
more generally adopted the same plan. Gershom signifieth a stranger.
Hence David, Psalms 39:... [ Continue Reading ]
Eliezer, that is, my God is my help. Psalms 46:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
This mount of God was Horeb: 1 Kings 19:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
Probably this was said by a messenger: Genesis 32:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Reader may make applications of these things in a spiritual sense
to his own state; and what a volume hath everyone to unfold to a
friend after a long separation! Psalms 66:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jethro though a Midianite, could not but be led to discover the hand
of God in guiding Israel. The church makes the same beautiful
observation at the close of a long discourse of divine mercies. Psalms
107:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe the early and general idea of sacrifices even before the
giving of the law. Doth not this evidently imply that from the first,
the idea was alive in the human mind of some mode of expiation. See
Genesis 3:21 with Hebrews 10:5 and Revelation 13:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader! do not overlook in this feature of Moses, one of the
characters of the Lord Jesus, whom Moses prefigured. John 5:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader, carry on in your mind the typical representation here made of
the Lord Jesus, remember those sweet scriptures, John 14:6; John 14:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 1:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Samuel 23:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 6:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 14:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
To understand this account, the Reader should consult Numbers 10:29.
It is probable that Jethro and Hobab mean one and the same person. If
not, perhaps Hobab was the son of Jethro whom his father left with
Moses, when he himself; as this verse relates, returned to his home.
And that Hobab, as the pa... [ Continue Reading ]