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Charles John Ellicott

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

(3) I will now turn aside.—A minute touch, in dicating that Moses is the writer. He remembers that the bush did not grow on the track which he was pursuing, but lay off it, and that he had to “turn aside,” in order to make his inspection.This great sight.—The phenomenon was strange and unusual—worthy of note, whatever might be the cause. 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 3:2

3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a {c} bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.(c) This shows that the Church is not consumed by the fires of affliction, because God is in the midst of it. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1-22

THE BURNING BUSH: MOSES CALLED TO EGYPT In tending Jethro's sheep Moses came to Mount Horeb, called "the mountain of God," because it signified Israel's relationship with God as under law. It is also called Sinai. Only after Moses' long years of desert experience does God finally reveal Himself to him, attracting him by the amazing sight of fire raging in a bush without consuming it (vs.2-3). As he goes closer to observe this miraculous sight, God calls him by name, warning him not to come... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:1-22

THE CALL OF MOSES The Egyptian records refer to Moses. Rameses, said by many to be the Pharaoh of the Exodus, built a great monument on which he made an inscription naming the nobility who were present when it was erected. Toward the end of the list he mentions “The ra-Moses, Child of the Lady and Priestess of the Sun God Ra.” Note the peculiarity of the description. “The ra-Moses” means some distinguished ra-Moses, while “Child of the Lady” describes a situation and relation not unlike... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 3:1-12

Moses At Horeb Exo 3:1 So ends the romance of the young hero! We have often seen brilliant beginnings turn to cloudy endings. A man has come out very sensationally for a day or two, and then has subsided into commonplace and obscurity. But what would Moses have been had he pursued the line upon which he so vigorously commenced? Suppose that from day to day he had gone abroad smiting men, where would the story of his life have ended? It was but a poor way, after all, of attacking the moral... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 3:3

"Handfuls of Purpose" For All Gleaners "And see... why" Exodus 3:3 . What serious man is always inclined to do. What curious man is too prone to do. What flippant man finds it impossible to do. The spirit of the inquirer determines the result of the inquiry. Surprises on the journey of life should awaken religious interest. To the attentive eye the so-called continuity of law or sequence is continually interrupted. Phenomena, so called, are as perplexing as the essence of matter itself.... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 3:2

An angel means a messenger. Malachi was commissioned by the Holy Ghost to explain what a messenger is: Malachi 3:1 . Compare this with John 1:18 . See a further account by our Lord himself; Luke 20:37-38 , and again John 8:58 . Reader! pause over this verse. Is not this an emblem of the Godhead dwelling in our nature? Is not God said to be a consuming fire? Hebrews 12:29 . And can anything more strikingly represent our nature than that of a poor bramble bush? Romans 5:6 . Was it not truly so... read more

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