Exodus 3:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:1-10

The Burning Bush. "Behold the bush," etc. Exodus 3:2 . A very astonishing event; yet amply evidenced to us by those voluminous arguments which now more than ever establish the authenticity of Exodus; but in addition to this, we have here the special endorsement of the Truth Incarnate. See Mark 12:26 . [Examine this passage critically, and consider how full and valid the endorsement is! No mere acceptance of received legend.] I. THE TIME . A solemn undertone in Mark 12:1 .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:1-22

THE MISSION OF MOSES . After forty years of monotonous pastoral life, affording abundant opportunity for meditation, and for spiritual communion with God, and when he had attained to the great age of eighty years, and the hot blood of youth had given place to the calm serenity of advanced life, God at last revealed Himself to Moses "called him" ( Exodus 3:4 ), and gave him a definite mission. The present chapter is' intimately connected with the next. Together, they contain an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:3-10

I. How MOSES MET WITH GOD . 1 . The marvel was marked and considered. He might simply have glanced at it and passed on; but he observed it till the wonder of it possessed his soul. There are marvels that proclaim God's presence in the earth today. Creation, the Bible, Christ's saving work. The first step towards conviction is to consider them. 2 . "He turned aside to see." It was a matter to be inquired into and probed to the bottom. 3 . God meets the earnest, sincere... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:4-6

The prohibition, and the ground of it. Suddenly the steps of the inquirer are arrested. Wonder upon wonder! a voice calls to him out of the bush, and calls him by his own name, "Moses, Moses!" Now must have dawned on him the conviction that it was indeed a "great thing" which he was witnessing; that the ordinary course of nature was broken in upon; that he was about to be the recipient of one of those wonderful communications which God from time to time had vouchsafed to his forefathers,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:5

Draw not nigh . The awful greatness of the Creator is such that his creatures, until invited to draw near, are bound to stand aloof. Moses, not yet aware that God himself spoke to him, was approaching the bush too close, to examine and see what the "great thing" was. (See Exodus 3:3 .) On the general unfitness of man to approach near to holy things, see the comment on Exodus 19:12 . Put off thy shoes . Rather, "thy sandals. " Shoes were not worn commonly, even by the Egyptians,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:6

The God of thy father . "Father" here is used collectively, meaning forefathers generally, a usage well known to Hebraists. (Compare Exodus 15:2 , and Exodus 18:4 .) The God of Abraham , etc; i.e . the God who revealed himself to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and entered into covenant with them ( Genesis 15:1-21 ; Genesis 26:2-5 ; Genesis 35:1-12 ). The conclusion which our Blessed Lord drew from this verse ( Matthew 22:32 ) is not directly involved in it, but depends on his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:6

The God of the fathers. " I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham," etc. In these words— I. GOD CONNECTS HIMSELF WITH THE DEAD PATRIARCHS . They imply— 1 . Continued existence; for God, who says here, not " I was," but " I am , the God of thy father," is, as Christ reminds us, "not the God of the dead, but of the living" ( Matthew 22:32 ). The personal relation was not dissolved. The patriarchs still lived to him. 2 . The resurrection of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:6

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Having wakened the mind of Moses into full activity, given him a revelation of supernatural power, and brought him altogether into a state of the greatest reverence and awe, God proceeds to a revelation of himself in a particular aspect—an aspect which required and repaid the most earnest attention. Notice that, unlike the revelation of the name I AM ( Exodus 3:13 ), it was unsolicited. I. CONSIDER THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS NAME ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 3:5

Put off thy shoes - The reverence due to holy places thus rests upon God’s own command. The custom itself is well known from the observances of the temple, it was almost universally adopted by the ancients, and is retained in the East.Holy ground - This passage is almost conclusive against the assumption that the place was previously a sanctuary. Moses knew nothing of its holiness after some 40 years spent on the Peninsula. It became holy by the presence of God. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 3:6

Our Saviour adduces this passage as a proof that the doctrine of the Resurrection was taught in the Old Testament Matthew 22:32, and He calls this book “the Book of Moses” Mark 12:26, two points to be borne in mind by readers of the Pentateuch. read more

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