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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:7-11

God's sympathy with the oppressed. I. GOD IS EVER IN SYMPATHY WITH THE OPPRESSED , AND AGAINST THEIR OPPRESSORS ( Exodus 3:7 , Exodus 3:9 ). This is now, thanks to the Bible, made as certain to us as any truth can be. God's sympathy may be viewed— 1 . As implied in his moral perfection. 2 . As certified to us by the pity of our own hearts. He who put pity in these hearts must surely himself be pitiful. Yet, so much is there in the world which bears... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:8

I am come down . Another anthropomorphism, and one very common in Scripture ( Genesis 11:5 , Genesis 11:7 ; Genesis 18:21 ; Psalms 18:9 ; Psalms 144:5 , etc.), connected of course with the idea that God has a special dwellingplace, which is above the earth. To bring them up . Literally correct. Palestine is at a much higher level than Egypt. (Compare Genesis 12:10 ; Genesis 13:1 ; Genesis 37:25 ; Genesis 39:1 ; Genesis 42:2 ; Genesis 46:3 , Genesis 46:4 ; Genesis... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:9

This is a repetition, in substance, of Exodus 3:7 , on account of the long parenthesis in Exodus 3:8 , and serves to introduce Exodus 3:10 . The nexus is: " I have seen the oppression— I am come down to deliver them—come now, therefore, I will send thee" read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 3:8

The natural richness of Palestine, the variety and excellence of its productions, are attested by sacred (compare Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6) and ancient writers, whose descriptions are strongly in contrast with those of later travelers. The expression “flowing with milk and honey” is used proverbially by Greek poets.The Canaanites ... - This is the first passage in this book where the enumeration, so often repeated, of the nations then in possession of Palestine, is given. Moses was to learn... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 3:8

Exodus 3:8. I am come down to deliver them When God doth something very extraordinary, he is said to come down to do it, as Isaiah 64:1. This deliverance was typical of our redemption by Christ, and in that the eternal Word did indeed come down from heaven to deliver us. A large land So it was, according to its true and ancient bounds, as they are described, (Genesis 15:18,) and not according to those narrow limits, to which they were afterward confined for their unbelief and impiety. ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:1-12

God calls Moses (3:1-12)While Moses was minding sheep at Mount Sinai (also called Mount Horeb, after the range in which it was situated), the unseen God, who for eighty years had silently guided his life, made himself known to him. The revelation of God in the burning bush showed that though this God was unapproachably holy, he could dwell among earthly things without destroying them (3:1-6).God was now going to use Moses to deliver his people from bondage in Egypt and bring them into a new... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 3:8

deliver . Connect this with "serve" in Exodus 3:12 ; and connect both with 1 Thessalonians 1:9 , 1 Thessalonians 1:10 . good. Five-fold description of the land: good, large, milk, honey, place of the nations. See App-10 . milk and honey. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species). App-6 . Canaanites . Six nations named. The number of man (see App-10 ). and . Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 3:7-8

"And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their task-masters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of the land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, and unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.God's "coming down" to... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 3:9-11

"And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"God here flatly proposed to Moses that Moses himself should lead the people up out of Egypt,... read more

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