Exodus 3:7-4:17

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 3:7

Taskmasters - Oppressors. A different word from that in Exodus 1:11.I know - The expression implies personal feeling, tenderness, and compassion (compare Exodus 2:25 margin). 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 3:7

the LORD said = Jehovah said (Hebrew. 'amar, requiring the words spoken). This expression occurs forty-five "sundry times" in Exodus, and in ten "divers manners" (see App-10 ), and compare Leviticus 1:1 ; Leviticus 5:14 .Numbers 3:40 , and see note on Exodus 6:10 . (1) The LORD said, Exodus 3:7 ; Exodus 33:21 . (2) To Moses (or to "him"), Exodus 4:2 , Exodus 4:4 , Exodus 4:6 , Exodus 4:11 , Exodus 4:19 ; Exodus 6:1 ; Exodus 7:1 , Exodus 7:14 ; Exodus 9:22 ; Exodus 10:1 , Exodus 10:12 , Exodus... 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 3:7

Exodus 3:7. I have surely seen— In Act 7:34 it is, I have seen, I have seen; (see note on ch. Exodus 2:23, &c.) which is agreeable to the Hebrew, seeing, I have seen; the repetition implies God's determined purpose to deliver the Israelites. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 3:1-12

Horeb is another name for Sinai (Exodus 3:1). It probably indicates a range of mountains rather than a particular mountain peak. The writer called it "the mountain of God" because it was the place where God later gave the Mosaic Law to Israel. The traditional site of Mt. Sinai and the Horeb range is in the southern Sinai Peninsula. However some Scripture references cast this location into question (cf. Deuteronomy 33:2; Galatians 4:25). These references suggest that the site may have been... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 3:1-18

6. Moses’ call 3:1-4:18 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1-22

The Call of Moses and his Commission to be the Deliverer of Israel1. Horeb] The names Horeb and Sinai seem to be synonymous, though it has been suggested that Horeb is the name given to the entire mountain range, while Sinai denotes the particular mountain where the Law was given. Assuming that the Pentateuch is composed of different documents, it is better to believe that Horeb is the name used by one set of writers and Sinai by another. Horeb is here called the mountain of God by... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 3:7

(7) The Lord said.—Heb., Jehovah said. The “God” of Exodus 3:6 is “Jehovah” here, and again “God” in Exodus 3:11. (See the Note on Exodus 3:4.)I have surely seen.—Heb., seeing I have seen. It is not so much certainty as continued looking that is implied. (Comp. Exodus 2:25.)Taskmasters.—A different word from that similarly translated in Exodus 1:11, and one that implies cruel usage. It is sometimes rendered “oppressors” (Zechariah 9:8). read more

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