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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 2:11-25

Moses Slays an Egyptian and Flees to Midian Exodus 2:11-25 Amid all the allurements of Pharaoh’s court, the heart of Moses beat true to his own people. Neither the treasures of Egypt, nor the pleasures of sin; the attraction of human love, nor the glamour of the world’s smile, could turn him aside from his own folk. A light shone for him over the humble huts of Goshen, before which that of Pharaoh’s palaces paled. Some glimmering knowledge of the promised Christ appears to have been present... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 2:1-25

Here begins the story of Moses. When Pharaoh was beginning to take active steps to oppress the people, God brought to birth the man who was to break Egypt's power. A mother's love is seen scheming for the life of her child. The New Testament tells us that what she did, she did by faith. Was anything more unimportant, judged by all human standards, than the startled cry of a baby? Yet that cry opened the gate of a woman's heart and admitted to the center of Egyptian life the coming deliverer. ... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Exodus 2:11-25

Moses' Premature Effort Exodus 2:11-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Acts 7:1-60 tells us that Moses was forty years of age when he sought to deliver Israel from the bondage of Pharaoh. We wish, therefore, to base our remarks upon a Scripture found in Hebrews 11:24-27 which covers this period. There are several vital things for us to consider. 1. The decision of a matured man. When Moses stepped forth from the house of Pharoah he did not do it as a mere child, unable to weigh the full meaning of his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:11-15

Moses Has To Flee From Egypt (Exodus 2:11-15 b). Moses would have been educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, being groomed for high office. Loyal relatives who had no pretensions to a claim to the throne were always a bonus to ancient kings. But the writer is not interested in that. What mattered was that Moses aligned himself with the people of God. a When grown up Moses goes among his Hebrew brothers and sees an Egyptian taskmaster beating one of them severely (Exodus 2:11). b... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:11-22

Exodus 2:11-Song of Solomon : J. Moses’ s Flight to Midian.— Here is interposed an incident from J, who uses the same word “ grow” (contrast Exodus 2:10) of Moses reaching man’ s estate, interpreted in Acts 7:23 as 40 years of age ( cf. 42 years in Jubilees). The “ Egyptian” slain by Moses may have been some bully of a gangmaster ( cf. Exodus 3:7). The well-intentioned but unjustifiable assumption of the authority to punish committed Moses to the career of a patriot ( cf. Hebrews... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 2:14

Moses feared, through the weakness of his faith, which afterwards growing stronger, he feared not that which now he did fear, the wrath of the king, Hebrews 11:27. Distinguish the times, and scriptures agree which seemed to clash together. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 2:13-14

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Exodus 2:13-14A GOOD MAN’S INTERFERENCE WITH A QUARRELI. That it is the duty of Good Men to try to subdue any quarrels they may be called to witness. 1. Because they recognise the common grief of Men. This quarrel was between two Hebrews. They were both the slaves of a tyrant king. Both felt the misery of their condition. See, then, the folly of their quarrel. It would augment their woe. Their own unity ought to have been the relief of their serfdom. So there... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:1-25

Chapter 2There went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him for three months ( Exodus 2:1-2 ).The word "goodly" is "beautiful", so this woman had a beautiful little boy, and she just couldn't bring herself to throwing him in the river. Now that was the order of the Pharaoh. But he was such a beautiful little boy, and of course what mother could really just throw her son... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:1-25

Exodus 2:1. Took to wife. Amram married Jochebed, his father’s sister, as in Exodus 6:20; that is, as the scriptures often afford example, his father’s relation. But doubts may be entertained of Josephus here, because she must have been very old when Moses was born. Exodus 2:2. A goodly child; a beautiful and fine looking infant. Hence she made an ark of papyrus, a water plant, proper for the purpose. This reed grew ten feet high, and was employed in making canoes, and was used for many... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 2:13-14

Exodus 2:13-14Two men of the Hebrews strove together.Moses’ championship of the rightIn the first instance we might have thought that in taking part with the Hebrew against the Egyptian, Moses was but yielding to a clannish feeling. It was race against race, not right against wrong. In the second instance, however, that conclusion is shown to be incorrect. We now come to a strife between two Hebrews, both of whom were suffering under the same galling bondage. How did the youthful Moses deport... read more

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