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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:17

Exodus 2:17. Stood up and helped them This he did, because wherever he was, as occasion offered itself, he loved to be doing justice, and appearing in the defence of such as he saw injured. He loved to be doing good: wherever the providence of God cast us, we should desire and endeavour to be useful; and when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:1-25

Preparation of Moses (2:1-25)Moses was the person God chose to save his people and lead them out of Egypt. He was born of godly Hebrew parents, who no doubt taught him that the true and living God was the only legitimate object of human worship, and this God had chosen Israel to be his people. At the same time Moses grew up in the Egyptian palace, where he was trained in the best learning and culture available at that time (2:1-10; see Acts 7:22; Hebrews 11:23).By the time he was forty years of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:16

priest : or chieftain exercising priestly functions, as Job and Melchizedec. Jethro (Exodus 3:1 ) is called Reuel (Exodus 2:18 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:17

drove them away . Probably the only well (Exodus 2:15 ); hence cause of contention. Compare Genesis 21:25 ; Genesis 26:15 , Genesis 26:18 , Genesis 26:20 , Genesis 26:21 , Genesis 26:22 . helped . Compare Genesis 29:10 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:16-22

"Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today? And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock. And he said unto his daughters, Where... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 2:16

Exodus 2:16. Now the priest of Midian— Or, now a prince of Midian. See Genesis 41:45. The original word signifies either priest or prince. Jethro, probably, was both, as was usual in those days. He appears to have been a priest of the true GOD, from ch. Exodus 18:11-12. The event here recorded respecting his daughters, is very similar to that mentioned, Genesis 29:0 to which, and to the notes upon it, we refer. This is a fresh instance of the pastoral simplicity of ancient times, when the care... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 2:17

Exodus 2:17. Shepherds came and drove them— i.e. The flocks, away; for the original word is masculine. But Moses stood up and helped them; chastising the rudeness of the shepherds, not by force, as we may imagine, since he was alone against many; but by that authority and pre-eminence, which education, wisdom, and address give the civilized over the clownish and illiberal. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 2:16

16-22. the priest of Midian—or, "prince of Midian." As the officers were usually conjoined, he was the ruler also of the people called Cushites or Ethiopians, and like many other chiefs of pastoral people in that early age, he still retained the faith and worship of the true God. seven daughters—were shepherdesses to whom Moses was favorably introduced by an act of courtesy and courage in protecting them from the rude shepherds of some neighboring tribe at a well. He afterwards formed a close... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 2:16-25

5. Moses’ life in Midian 2:16-25This section introduces some of the secondary characters in Exodus and sets the stage for Moses’ call. Its purpose is primarily transitional.Moses provided water for Jethro’s daughters and their sheep in the wilderness (Exodus 2:16-17). Later he provided water for God’s people and their flocks in the wilderness (cf. Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:7-11). This was the third time Moses sought to deliver others from harm (Exodus 2:17; cf. Exodus 2:12-13).As "the priest of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:1-25

Birth and Early Life of Moses1. The names of the father and mother of Moses were Amram and Jochebed respectively (see Exodus 6:20). Two children were born to them before Moses. The oldest was a daughter called Miriam (i.e. Mary), who was a young woman at the time when Moses was born (see Exodus 2:8); and the second was a son, Aaron, who was born three years before Moses (see Exodus 7:7) and presumably before Pharaoh’s exterminating edict: cp. Numbers 26:59.2. Hid him three months] This defiance... read more