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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 19:4

On eagles’ wings - Both in the law Deuteronomy 32:11 and in the Gospel Matthew 23:37, the Church is compared to fledgelings which the mother cherishes and protects under her wings: but in the law that mother is an eagle, in the Gospels “a hen”; thus shadowing forth the diversity of administration under each covenant: the one of power, which God manifested when He brought His people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and led them into the promised land; the other of grace,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 19:4

Exodus 19:4. Ye have seen how I bare you on eagles’ wings A high expression of the wonderful tenderness God showed for them. It denotes great speed; God not only came upon the wing for their deliverance, but he hastened them out, as it were, upon the wing. Also that he did it with great ease, with the strength as well as the swiftness of an eagle. They that faint not, nor are weary, are said to “mount up with wings as eagles,” Isaiah 40:31. Especially it signifies God’s particular care of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 19:1-25

19:1-24:18 MAKING OF THE COVENANTIsrael at Mount Sinai (19:1-25)The arrival of the people at Mount Sinai marked the fulfilment of the promise God made to Moses on the occasion of the burning bush (see 3:12). The journey from Egypt took three months and was accomplished solely by God’s power and care. Long before the nation of Israel existed, God chose it to be his people and he confirmed this choice in a covenant made with Abraham. He then guided the history of Abraham’s descendants to bring... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 19:4

I bare you, &c. Compare Deuteronomy 32:11 , Deuteronomy 32:12 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 19:4-6

"Ye have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel."These verses, along with the first three, are a single paragraph, in fact constituting a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 19:4

Exodus 19:4. How I bare you on eagles' wings— See Deuteronomy 32:11-12. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 19:1-6

The Israelites arrived at the base of the mountain where God gave them the law about three months after they had left Egypt, in May-June (Exodus 19:1). The mountain in the Sinai range that most scholars have regarded as the mountain peak referred to in this chapter stands in the southeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula. Its name in Arabic is Jebel Musa, mountain of Moses. [Note: See Israel Finkelstein, "Raider of the Lost Mountain-An Israeli Looks at the Most Recent Attempt to Locate Mt.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 19:1-11

B. The establishment of the Mosaic Covenant 19:1-24:11The Lord had liberated Israel from bondage in Egypt, but now He adopted the nation into a special relationship with Himself."Now begins the most sublime section in the whole Book. The theme of this section is supremely significant, playing a role of decisive importance in the history of Israel and of humanity as a whole." [Note: Cassuto, p. 223.] At Sinai, Israel received the law and the tabernacle. The law facilitated the obedience of God’s... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 19:1-25

Preparation for the Giving of the Law1. The same day] the 15th day of the month: cp. Exodus 12:18, Exodus 12:29; Exodus 16:1. Marching slowly, with long halts at the various stations on the route, the host took two months to traverse the 150 m between Egypt and Sinai. Here they remained eleven months (see Numbers 10:11-12), during which time the nation entered into a formal covenant with Jehovah on the basis of the moral law received from God by Moses, and promulgated by him.Wilderness of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 19:4

(4) I bare you on eagles’ wings.—Comp. Deuteronomy 32:11, “As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them upon her wings.” When its young are first fledged, the eagle is said to assist them in their flight by flying beneath them, so that they may settle upon its wings or back, if necessary. God means that He has bestowed upon His people the same tender and powerful care, has borne them up mightily when they might have fallen,... read more

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