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Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 3:8

Exodus 3:8. A good land and a large, &c.— The land of Canaan is here described as good and large, and abounding with plenty; flowing with milk and honey, a proverbial expression, denoting plenty; and, as such, frequently used, not only in the Scriptures, but also in prophane writers. So Euripides, speaking of a country, says, that it flows with milk and honey, and the nectar of bees. The fertility of Canaan is manifest from the number of inhabitants which it maintained, as well as from the... 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

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 3:8

(8) I am come down.—By condescension to human infirmity, which conceives of all things under the limitations of time and space, God is spoken of as dwelling ordinarily in heaven, or “the heaven of heavens,” whence sometimes He “comes down” to manifest Himself to men. That this was not understood literally, even by the Jews, appears from such passages as 1 Kings 8:27; Psalms 137:7-9; Proverbs 15:3, &c.A good land and a large.—The land promised to Abraham (Genesis 15:18) well deserves this... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 3:1-22

Exodus 3:2 It is the office and function of the imagination to renew life in lights and sounds and emotions that are outworn and familiar. It calls the soul back once more under the dead ribs of nature, and makes the meanest bush burn again, as it did to Moses, with the visible presence of God. J. Russell Lowell. References. III. 2. A. M. Mackay, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xliv. 1893, p. 20. G. F. Browne, ibid. vol. liv. 1898, p. 76. P. McAdam Muir, ibid. vol. lviii. 1900, p. 246. E. E.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:1-22

5CHAPTER III.THE BURNING BUSH.Exodus 2:23 - Exodus 3:1-22"In process of time the king of Egypt died," probably the great Raamses, no other of whose dynasty had a reign which extended over the indicated period of time. If so, he had while living every reason to expect an immortal fame, as the greatest among Egyptian kings, a hero, a conqueror on three continents, a builder of magnificent works. But he has only won an immortal notoriety. "Every stone in his buildings was cemented in human blood."... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 3:1-22

CHAPTER 3 The Burning Bush and the Call and Commission of Moses 1. The vision of the burning bush (Exodus 3:1-3 ) 2. Jehovah speaks and calls Moses (Exodus 3:4-10 ) 3. Moses’ answer (Exodus 3:11-12 ) 4. The name revealed (Exodus 3:13-14 ) 5. The commission of Moses (Exodus 3:15-18 ) 6. The promise (Exodus 3:19-22 ) The two last verses of the preceding chapter form the introduction to the great manifestation of Jehovah in the burning bush and the call of Moses. God’s time had come.... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 3:8

3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land {i} flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.(i) Most plentiful of all things. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 3:9

3:9 {k} Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.(k) He heard before, but now he would avenge it. read more

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